InterContinental Dubai Festival City hosts board meetings, conferences, product launches, exhibitions, gala dinners and weddings, from a dozen people to 1,300 guests in its largest ballroom. The hotel stands on the edge of Dubai Creek in Dubai Festival City, with 508 rooms and suites and a 4,250 m² Event Centre on site.
Seminars and company events
The Event Centre groups 19 meeting rooms and 2 ballrooms around a pre-function area that looks over the creek toward the Burj Khalifa. Both ballrooms have been refurbished by the interior designer David T'Kint. The audiovisual kit includes a large LED screen and a 16.5k lumen projector, and an in-house events team runs each event from planning to the day itself. Restaurants in the hotel can also be booked for business lunches, board dinners and receptions.
The hotel belongs to a group of four IHG hotels at Dubai Festival City, sold together as Events by InterContinental. Large congresses can combine the Event Centre with the 7,200 m² pillarless Festival Arena and the event floor of the Holiday Inn & Suites next door, for a total of more than 15,000 m² and 1,661 bedrooms across the four hotels.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take place in the ballrooms or outdoors on the promenade above the creek, for international or traditional ceremonies. The hotel publishes wedding packages and prepares a proposal for each couple. Guests can stay on site, and the spa and pools are open to the wedding party.
Rooms and capacities
Al Ras is the largest ballroom: 1,373 m², 5.16 m ceilings and up to 1,300 guests. Al Baraha covers 1,102 m² and takes up to 1,080. The Promenade, 100 m long and 10 m wide, holds up to 920 guests outdoors. Among the meeting rooms, Al Noor (216 m², up to 220) and Al Amwaj (142 m², up to 104) have daylight and creek views. Smaller rooms such as Al Majlis and Al Khayma (up to 50) and Al Rimal and Al Waha (up to 44) suit committees and breakout sessions. Capacity charts and floor plans are available from the hotel.
Accommodation
The 508 rooms and suites start at 42 to 46 m², with city or water views over the creek toward Deira. Club InterContinental rooms and suites give access to a lounge on the 26th floor, with breakfast, afternoon tea and evening drinks. The leisure deck on the 4th floor has an indoor 25 m lap pool, a glass-bottom pool over the creek and outdoor terraces, and the hotel also has a spa and a gym.
Catering
Banquets are prepared by the hotel kitchens. For dinners off the event floor, several restaurants take private groups: Anise, the all-day buffet with eight live cooking stations (up to 340), Vista restaurant and terrace with skyline views (up to 265), Karam Al Bahr for Lebanese seafood (up to 240), and two venues by the chef Pierre Gagnaire, Pierre's TT (up to 100) and Choix (up to 105).
Getting there
The hotel has direct indoor access to Dubai Festival City Mall. It lies close to Dubai International Airport, the Dubai International Financial Centre and Downtown Dubai, which makes it practical for delegates flying in for a day or two.
