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Article: Tent events getting trendier.
- Article from:
- Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2009
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Byline: Galal Fakkar
JEDDAH: Using giant tents for entertainment, cultural, religious and marketing activities has become a noticeable phenomenon in big cities, such as Riyadh, Jeddah, Makkah and others in recent years because they are cheaper and more spacious than hotel halls and exhibition centers.
"The tents are more useful than hotel halls and exhibition centers, especially when the duration of the exhibition is long," said Al-Sharif Abdullah Al-Hibaili, the general supervisor of the Jeddah Spring Shopping and Entertainment Festival 2009.
The festival, which ended on Wednesday, occupied an area of 1.5 square kilometers along the Tahliah ...