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The Leadership Institute

1995

 

 

Since 1995, our founder, Majid Al Futtaim, has transformed the way that people shop, eat, rest, play and travel, where they live and the services they enjoy that make life easy.

 

Majid Al Futtaim is the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia

 

 

 

My dream is to create great moments for everyone, everyday.

Majid Al Futtaim

Founder
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City Centre, the 1st integrated shopping, leisure & entertainment centre, launches in the UAE
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Carrefour opens its doors in City Centre Deira
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Magic Planet, the 1st family entertainment centre, launches in the UAE
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Carrefour

Carrefour operates different hypermarket and supermarket stores to meet the growing needs of its diversified customer base. In line with the brand’s commitment to provide the widest range of quality products and value for money, Carrefour today offers an unrivalled choice of more than 100,000 food and non-food products as well as thousands of household goods.

2000

VOX Cinemas, the UAE's 1st multiplex cinema, launches

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2001
The 1st Carrefour hypermarket launches in Egypt
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2002
The 1st City Centre Mall opens in Oman
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2003
Majid Al Futtaim Fashion established
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Mall of the Emirates

The region’s first shopping resort and flagship luxury destination, Mall of the Emirates is a multi-level shopping centre with more than 545 international and local stores, the Middle East’s first indoor ski resort and snow park, VOX Cinemas and more than 96 dining and café options.

2005

Mall of the Emirates launches as the region’s 1st shopping resort & entertainment centre

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2005
The Middle East’s 1st indoor ski resort & the world’s largest indoor snow park opens its doors
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2006
Al Mouj, Majid Al Futtaim’s first mixed-use community, launches in Oman
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2009
Wahooo! waterpark opens in City Centre Bahrain
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Ski Dubai

As the Middle East’s first indoor ski resort and the world’s largest indoor snow park, Ski Dubai offers an exclusive and breathtaking mountain-themed snow setting at Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. Here guests can enjoy a range of snow-centred activities including skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing, meeting Gentoo and King penguins, or simply enjoying the sub-zero temperatures away from the heat of the desert.

2010

iFly Dubai, the region’s 1st indoor skydiving experience, opens in City Centre Mirdif

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2011
Waterfront City, Lebanon's 1st mixed-use community, launches
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2013
Beirut's 1st City Centre opens
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2014
My City Centre, the new neighbourhood retail concept, arrives in Sharjah

2017

Carrefour arrives in Kenya

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2017
Mall of Egypt opens its doors
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2017
Ski Egypt welcomes its first customers
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2017
Orbi Dubai launches in City Centre Mirdif
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2017
Launch of Tilal Al Ghaf, our 1st communities project in Dubai
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2017
Opening of the 1st VOX Cinemas in KSA and Kuwait

2018

Carrefour Launches first sail-thru supermarket

2019

Majid Al Futtaim launched its fourth VOX Cinemas multiplex in Riyadh at the Kingdom Centre, which features a new fine-dining concept.

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VOX Cinemas

VOX Cinemas is the Middle East’s most innovative and customer-focused cinema experience. With 58 cinema complexes totalling over 500 screens across the region, including 23 cinemas in the UAE, 13 in Oman, 3 in Egypt, 2 in Bahrain, 1 in Lebanon, and 2 in Qatar, VOX Cinemas is now the Middle East’s largest and most rapidly growing cinema. VOX Cinemas has its own large-format VOX MAX big screen cinema. It also holds exclusive Middle East rights to 4DX in the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Lebanon. It is also home to VOX KIDS, the first cinema in the Middle East dedicated to children.

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2019
Carrefour launches ‘Market’ format in Oman
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2019
Opening of My City Centre Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s most sustainable mall
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2019
Opening City Centre Suhar
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2019
Second VOX Cinemas Multiplex in Riyadh
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2019
Dreamscape Immersive launch in Mall of the Emirates
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2019
Majid Al Futtaim opens first Carrefour store in Uganda
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2019
Majid Al Futtaim launches ‘SHARE’, a Lifestyle Rewards Programme

2020

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2020
Opening of THAT Concept Store
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2020
Our second food concept outside of the cinema space, Pizza Al Taglio, opens at Food Central, City Centre Deira
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2020
Majid Al Futtaim launches online marketplace through Carrefour, welcomes shopping mall tenants and UAE businesses
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2020
First Kitchen 35 opened at Food Central City Centre Deira

2021

Majid Al Futtaim opens Mall of Oman, the largest shopping destination in the Sultanate

 
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