InterCon to hold recycled boat race

InterContinental Hotels Group properties in Dubai Festival City in association with Mourjan Marinas IGY and Dubai Festival City, will hold the third annual Whatever Floats Your Boat recycled boat race competition on Friday November 26.

Teams participating in this year’s event will construct rafts made from recycled materials to race along the Dubai Creek at the Festival Marina.

Participation in the event is open to all local companies and schools, but spaces are limited.

Whatever Floats Your Boat is renowned for the whacky designs and resourceful recycling as teams race to give back to the environment.

Along with generating awareness for the initiative, a donation of AED 5000 will be provided by each competing company, with every Dirham raised going directly to the Emirates Wildlife Society in association with World Wide Fund for Nature.

The ( EWS-WWF) plans on using the funds raised to support the ongoing conservation of a critically endangered species of turtle, native to the UAE.

Last year’s event raised AED 100,000 for charity to help the EMEG protect the critically endangered turtles.

The event is open to anyone who wishes to come and support the teams.

For more information or to register a team, please contact Sebastien Delteil on 04 701 1071 or email Sebastien.Delteil@ichdfc.ae.