The Dubai-based retail giant Majid Al Futtaim, which already operates Ski Dubai and Ski Egypt and is working on a third indoor snow centre in a huge mall complex under construction in Saudi Arabia, has announced that a fourth centre, in Oman, is on course to open in March next year. Unlike Majid Al Futtaim existing indoor snow centres however,

Snowmaking has got underway for the first time since 2008 at the indoor snow centre that’s part of the huge new American Dream indoor theme park and shopping mall complex in New Jersey. The complex, reported to have been conceived in 1996 and under-construction, on-and-off, since 2004 began opening to the public this week.  The indoor snow centre element which

A long-standing plan to build an indoor snow centre in Saint-Paul near Paris has been dropped. In a statement issued by the group planning the slope, the reasons given were, “In the context where climate change has become a reality, the project to build a ski trail in Saint-Paul might not be understood and accepted by our fellow citizens. Therefore

The indoor snow centre within the huge American Dream mall will not open until about six weeks after the $5 billion complex begins opening its doors on October 25th. Big SNOW, North America’s first indoor real-snow park for skiing and boarding, will open on December 5th, offering year-round skiing and snowboarding, as well as a retail shop. Private lessons, coaching

A first permanent indoor snow centre has opened in Qatar in the Persian Gulf. Snow Dunes is located within the Doha Festival City Mall and has an indoor snow area of 9,500 square metres.  The centre is themed on an Arabian City and a legend about snow there. Images of the park’s opening show queues forming as excited locals get

The Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim group which has given us Ski Dubai, Africa’s first indoor snow centre Ski Egypt and is working on a third mall with indoor snow centre in Saudi Arabia, has said a fourth complex with indoor snow facility is progressing in Oman. Mall of Oman will have 145,000sqm of retail space with 350 outlets, Oman’s largest

The rapidly expanding SnowWorld group of indoor snow centres has unveiled a new corporate identity whilst unveiling a 30% jump in its EBITDA figure (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) for the first six months of this year. SnowWorld recently acquired SnowPlanet and the and the two SkiDomes run by the SIS Leisure Group to give it control of