Heads-up girls - moonbathing is the new sunbathing.
If you’re looking for an alternative to the standard ladies nights in Dubai, Wild Wadi in Jumeirah Beach Hotel has come up with a novel idea. From now until September, excluding Ramadan, the water park is holding ladies-only evenings on Thursdays from 8-12pm.
Females shorter than 1.1m pay Dh165 and those taller pay Dh205. Included in the price is access to all the rides from Tantrum Alley and Burj Surj to the wave simulator Wipeout Flowrider and the more sedate Juha’s Journey.
Booking is recommended to avoid the queues. For more information go to
www.jumeirah.com/en/hotels-resorts/dubai/wild-wadi/
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
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An Emirates Dubai-London round-trip ticket costs 180,000 miles on the Air Miles website. But customers earn these ‘miles’ at a much faster rate than airline miles. Adidas offers two air miles per Dh1 spent. Air Miles has partnerships with websites as well, so booking.com and agoda.com offer three miles per Dh1 spent.
“If you use your HSBC credit card when shopping at our partners, you are able to earn Air Miles twice which will mean you can get that flight reward faster and for less spend,” says Paul Lacey, the managing director for Europe, Middle East and India for Aimia, which owns and operates Air Miles Middle East.
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