Feed the Mind while you Unwind
Five-star holidays now available to the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature from £1049
Reading a good book on holiday is one of life’s greatest pleasures – now the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is giving book lovers the chance to go one better and meet their favourite author. For the first time, holiday packages from the UK are available to the international segment of the Dubai festival (8-12 March 2016), recognised as one of the leading international events in the literary world.
Flights from the UK are with Emirates and accommodation is at the home of the Festival in Dubai Festival City, picturesquely situated on the banks of the Creek at either the five -star InterContinental or Crowne Plaza Hotels. Also included is a Freedom pass giving access to more than 200 of the main Festival sessions, plus tickets to the Celebration Night.
‘Visitors to the Festival will be staying at the heart of the action where you can immerse yourself in the literary world of inspiring writers and thinkers, or simply dip in and out of sessions in between lazing by the pool or doing a spot of sightseeing,’ said Isobel Abulhoul, CEO and Trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation and Festival Director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. ‘With unlimited free access with the Freedom Pass, why not challenge yourself by going along to find out about an unfamiliar topic or discover a new genre, feeding the mind while you unwind. What holiday could be more perfect?’
The Festival takes place from 1-12 March, with the international segment of the programme between 8-12 March. Prices start at £1049 for the Crowne Plaza Hotel and £1439 for the InterContinental Hotel including:
- Return flights to Dubai with award-winning airline Emirates.
- Six nights’ hotel accommodation, including breakfast (Crowne Plaza or InterContinental Hotel, deluxe room, based on two adults sharing).
- *Freedom Pass for unlimited main Festival sessions (subject to availability, restrictions apply).
- Tickets to the special celebration event, Oasis of Time.
- Meet and greet on arrival, return airport transfers in Dubai,
- 24-hour City Sightseeing ticket,
- All taxes & service fees (excluding local tourist tax).
*The Freedom Pass, gives free access to all of the 200 + main sessions at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. All sessions subject to availability. Access not granted to passholders if a session is sold out – the Festival advises that tickets be purchased to specific desired sessions, to avoid disappointment. Please note workshops, masterclasses, dining and special events are not covered by the pass. The special events include, amongst others, Desert Stanzas, The Literary Cruise, Time Travel Dinner, Shakespeare’s Villains with Steven Berkoff, Tea and Tales, Food Event with John Torode, The Literary Lunch, The Literary Breakfast, and the children’s Once Upon a Time tea-parties.
The holiday can be booked at Netflights.com on their dedicated telephone line, 01772 911736. More details of the Festival and its 2016 authors can be found at www.emirateslitfest.com