Grand Shopping Village entertains Muscat residents

Muscat: The Grand Shopping Village proved to be a delight for Muscat residents as they thronged in large numbers at the Al Bahja Hall in Qurum to grab attractive deals, which were on offer at the event.
Apart from being a great shopping experience, visitors also got the chance to engage in some entertaining activities at the venue.
The event, which was inaugurated by Sayyida Basma al Said, saw over 2000 people visiting the venue at different times of the day. Stalls selling a variety of dresses, jewellery, makeup products and several other unique items were the order of the day.
“We try to bring in entertaining activities for children and adults because there is a huge demand for them all the time, and people like being part of them. Alpha Events is really happy to get such brilliant feedback from visitors at the event, we promise to bring in more of these for Muscat’s people,” said Fahad Awais Munir, managing director of Alpha Events, the company which organised the Grand Shopping Village.
After the opening, the next big event was the art competition; where over 50 children took part and sketched their creative ideas on paper. Parents were also happy to leave their tiny tots as they worked their way into the drawing and the parents grabbed the opportunity to take a look at the various stalls displaying a range of items.
“I was overwhelmed with the number of enquiries we received before the event, people were so excited to hear about it, and they wanted to collaborate with us in different ways. Based on the direct feedback I got at the event, everyone had a great experience there and I think it was the art competition which attracted interest from so many wonderful children, and their parents, we are happy that they took part.” said Masarrat Jahan, manager of the event.
The evening hours saw a much bigger attendance and lots of stage activities. A raffle draw with many exciting prizes was also conducted in the evening. Children were given an opportunity to come and showcase their talent on stage.
The special guests at the event were Saiyed Ali Sibtain Naqvi, Nazliea Ajam, Dr. Weam Dawud, Seeniya Biju and Mariyam al Araimi.
Event partners were Al Noor Medical Specialties Centre, Aster al Raffah Hospital, Sugar Apollo, Al Hashar Travels, Oman Foodstuff Factory, Al Bayan College, Pran foods, National Biscuit Industries, Sweets of Oman and Indaprastha restaurant.
“I have gone to other such events in Muscat before, but this brought together so many elements to the same platform and we had fun, so the event catered to the whole family,” said Mirana, a visitor to the event.