Rumors have been abound for a number of weeks/months about Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam visiting Dubai in the United Arab Emerates. A new source for ITP Business, an Arabian business news site, suggests Cirque will launch a tour the region in the coming months with Dubai as its starting point.
According to the source, Cirque du Soleil will visit the following cities and countries in the region:
- Dubai, UAE
- Doha, Quatar
- Bahrain
- Muscat, Oman
- Beirut, Lebanon
This source also suggests that plans for the tour will be unveiled on Tuesday, September 12th, at the Fairmont Hotel so more details are forthcoming.
You can read the original post at ITP Business’s website; however, we’d also like to point out a couple of interesting factoids that also accompanied the post:
- Cirque du Soleil’s ticket sales top $7 million USD a year.
- In weekly numbers, that’s $135,000 USD earned each week.
- Cirque’s annual revenues are now close to $600 million USD.
- Cirque polled at #22 in Interbrand’s 2004 poll of brands with the biggest global impact.
{ Source: ITP Business }
