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                      DUBAI
             HOLIDAY HOMES                  MARKET REVIEW 2019

   AN ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF HOLIDAY HOMES ON DUBAI’S HOSPITALITY MARKET
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RESEARCH

DUBAI HOLIDAY HOMES
MARKET REVIEW 2019
                                            Almost five years have passed since the introduction of Decree Number
Key findings                                41 (2013) which regulated the leasing of vacation homes in the Emirate
In Dubai’s holiday home market there        of Dubai. The Decree aimed to provide a framework within which the
are currently 10,766 active* listings out   short-term rental sector could operate and was one that was beneficial
of a total of 20,395 properties which       to both operators and to end users. Easing of regulations in April 2016
have been registered on the Airbnb
platform.                                   opened the market further to individual operators, which allowed
                                            homeowners to rent residential homes on a short term, straightforward
Dubai’s holiday home market accounts        and low cost basis.
for 2.0% of Dubai’s total households,
the highest proportion of all other key     Whilst there are many platforms for short                                      Holiday home supply
global hub cities.                          term rentals, Airbnb is viewed by many
                                            as an instrumental enabler of the peer-to-                                     In Dubai’s holiday home market there are
                                            peer short term letting boom particularly in                                   currently 10,766 active* listings out of
Of the 10,766 active listings in 2018,
                                            major tourism hubs such as Paris, London                                       a total of 20,395 properties which have
61% were entire homes or apartments,
                                            and New York, to name a few.                                                   been registered on the Airbnb platform
31% were private rooms and the
                                                                                                                           since 2010 (Figure 1). The total number
remaining 8% were shared rooms.             In Knight Frank’s 2016 Holiday Homes                                           of listings has increased substantially
                                            report we noted that the market size of                                        in recent years, with total active listings
From late 2017 we have seen a               peer-to-peer short term rentals in Dubai                                       recording a growth rate of 161% since
divergence in achievable RevPAR in the      was fairly limited, and had considerable                                       2016.
holiday homes and hotel market.             ground to cover in terms of user base and
                                            geographic coverage when compared                                              As the number of property listings created
                                            to more mature markets. This report                                            on the Airbnb platform has increased, we
                                            analyses the state of the market to date,                                      have also seen a corresponding increase
                                            as well as the underlying impact that the                                      in the proportion of active listings from
                                            short term rentals have had on Dubai’s                                         32% Q2 2016 to 37% Q2 2018.
                                            hospitality market.

                                            FIGURE 1
                                            Dubai Airbnb listings and active listings

                                            number of listings

                                              25,000

                                              20,000

                                              15,000

ALI MANZOOR
Partner, Hospitality & Leisure                10,000

“As is now generally accepted,
 holiday homes have had a                      5,000
 discernible impact on the
 hospitality market; however
 these affects are not felt
 universally within Dubai.”
                                                   0

                                                        2015                                        2016                                2017                                      2018*

                                            *Note: Active properties are those which have an achieved rate in 2018. Year to June 2018          aggregate number of properties on Airbnb
Please refer to the important notice        Source: Knight Frank Research, Airdna                                                              active listings
at the end of this report.
DUBAI HOLIDAY HOMES - RESEARCH - Knight Frank
DUBAI HOLIDAY HOMES 2019

Dubai’s holiday home market accounts                                 are widely marketed through Airbnb on a
                                                                                                                                   FIGURE 3
for 2.0% of Dubai’s total households, the                            global basis, from a legal perspective this                   Active listings composition by unit type
highest proportion of all other key global                           is not permissible in Dubai, with those
hub cities (Figure 2). More so, these active                         who choose to do so risk facing hefty
listings account for 12.5% of the total                              fines.
number of hotel keys in Dubai, and while
                                                                     The majority of supply in the market is
the number may appear low in relation
                                                                     composed of one bedroom units, which
to other key global cities, it is important
                                                                     account for 61% of total listings. Studios
to note that Dubai has a far larger
concentration of keys per household in
                                                                     and two bedroom units account for 17%                           8% 31%                                61%
                                                                     and 13% respectively. Three and four
relation to comparable destinations.
                                                                     bedroom units which are traditionally
Of the 10,766 active listings in 2018, 61%                           more difficult to lease under the short term                                                           Entire home
were entire homes or apartments, 31%                                 rental model account for just 5% apiece.                                       Private room            apartment

were private rooms and the remaining                                                                                                     Shared room
8% were shared rooms. While individual
rooms in an apartment and shared rooms                                                                                             Source: Knight Frank Research

FIGURE 2                                                                                                                           FIGURE 4
Dubai Airbnb listings and active listings                                                                                          Composition of supply, active listings 2018

                     SYDNEY
                                                      DUBAI
                          21,628
                                                          10,776
                          186                                                                                     LONDON
                                                          508
                          66%
                                                          46%                                                         61,314
                          US$ 169.59

                          84.10%
                                                          US$ 171.32                                                  130
                                                                                                                                                               61%
                                                                                                                      78%                                      1 bedroom
                                                          74.04%
                                                                            HONG KONG
                          1.2%
                                                          2.0%                                                        US$ 196.68
                                                                                     2,950
                          28.6%
                                                          12.5%                                                       81.97%
                                                                                     902
                                                                                                                      1.0%
                                                                                     76%
                                                                                                                      40.9%
          PARIS                                                                      US$ 181.72

                                                                                                                                              13%
                                                                                     88.63%
             40,639                    NEW YORK
                                                                                     0.1%                                                     Studio
                                                                                                                                                                            17%
             96
                                          36,926
                                                                                     4.0%
             93%                                                                                                                                                            2 bedrooms
                                          192
             US$ 250.18
                                          89%                                                                                            5%                 5%
             77.80%                                                                                                                      4 bedrooms         3 bedrooms
                                          US$ 239.99
             0.8%                                                                          SINGAPORE
                                          86.43%
             34.2%                                                                                7,668
                                          1.2%
                                                                                                                                   Source: Airdna
                                                                                                  195
                                          32.0%
                                                                                                  72%

                                                                                                  US$ 158.36

                                                                                                  87.00%

                                                                                                  0.4%

                                                                                                  12.0%

                                                                                 PARIS
Source: Knight Frank Research                      number of            Airbnb ADR            Airbnb                  hotel ADR
                                                   active listings      (LCU)                 occupancy

                                                   hotel                listings as %         active Airbnb rentals
                                                   occupancy            of households         as % of hotel rooms
DUBAI HOLIDAY HOMES 2019

Over the last three years we have seen a                                 South districts. In Knight Frank’s Holiday                                   density of holiday home units compared
substantial increase in residential supply                               Homes 2016 report we noted that the                                          to 2016, and we have now started to
in Dubai. This has been the case in both                                 vast majority of holiday home supply                                         see short term rental accommodation
high density areas such as the Palm                                      was located in Dubai Marina, the Palm                                        appearing in new districts east of Sheikh
Jumeirah, Marina and Downtown Dubai                                      Jumeirah, Jumeirah Beach Residence                                           Zayed Road and in the more historic parts
and also within newer parts of the city                                  (JBR), DIFC and Downtown Dubai. As of                                        of Dubai north of Za’abeel Park (Figure 5).
such as the Arabian Ranches and Barsha                                   2018, these submarkets have a far higher

FIGURE 5
Dubai’s Airbnb listings

          PALM JEBEL ALI
                                                                                PALM JUMEIRAH
                                                                                                                                                                    DUBAI MARITIME
                                                                                                                                                                         CITY
                                                                                                                                                                                             PALM
                                                    JUMEIRAH BEACH                                                                                                                           DEIRA
                                                      RESIDENCE    DUBAI MARINA
                                                                                                                            JUMEIRAH              JUMEIRAH                                 DEIRA
                                                                                   MEDIA CITY                   UMM SUQEIM                                     WORLD TRADE             AL RIGGA      ABU HAIL
                                MINA JEBEL ALI                                               AL SUFOUH                                         AL WASL           CENTRE
                                                              JUMEIRAH LAKES                                   AL MANARA           AL SAFA                                    AL                        AL MAMZAR
                                                                 TOWERS                                                                                                     KARAMA
                                                                                                                                                    DOWNTOWN
                                                                                             AL BARSHA                                   BUSINESS                                                         AL NAHDA
                                                 JEBEL ALI                  EMIRATES HILLS                             AL QUOZ             BAY
                                                  VILLAGE        JUMEIRAH                                                                                      BUR DUBAI
                                                                                                                                                                                                  DUBAI
                                                                  ISLANDS                                   AL QUOZ                                                                          INTERNATIONAL
                                                                                                          INDUSTRIAL                                                                          AIRPORT (DXB)
                                                                                                                                             AL MERKADH                                                         AL QUSAIS
                    JEBEL ALI 2                                                                                                                                                            GARHOUD
                                                                                                                                                             RAS AL KHOR
                                                                                  JUMEIRAH                                                                                             UMM RAMOOL         AL TWAR
                                                                               VILLAGE CIRCLE
                                                                                                                                     NAD AL SHEBA 1       MEYDAN                DUBAI                           MUHAISNAH
                                                                      DUBAI SPORTS                                                                         CITY              FESTIVAL CITY
                                                                          CITY
                                                                                                                                                                             AL            AL RASHIDIYA
                                                    DUBAI                                                                                                                 KHEERAN
                                                 INVESTMENT
                                                    PARK                       MOTOR CITY                                                                                RAS AL KHOR
                                                                                                                                              NAD AL SHEBA                                            MIRDIF
                                                                                                ARABIAN                                                                   INDUSTRIAL
                                                                                                RANCHES                                                                      AREA                                 AL MIZHAR
                                                                                                                       AL BARARI

                                                                                                                                                                                           AL WARQA
                                                                       REMRAAM                               CITY OF ARABIA
                                                                                                                                                         DUBAI SILICON     INTERNATIONAL
        AL MAKTOUM                                                                                                                                          OASIS               CITY
      INTERNATIONAL
       AIRPORT (DWC)                                                                                                             THE VILLA
                                                                         AL YALAYIS
                                                                                                                                                    ACADEMIC CITY                WARSAN
                                                                                                    UMM NAHAD

                                                  AL SELAL
                                                                                                                                                                             AL ROWAIYAH

Source: Knight Frank Research

                                                      “From the perspective of annual seasonality the holiday home market
                                                       is somewhat in-line with the Dubai-wide hotel market where demand
                                                       tends to be strong at both the start and end of the year, and dips during
                                                       the summer months. Where the figures differ however is within the
                                                       magnitude of change, as monthly holiday home performance tends to
               TAIMUR KHAN                             exhibit greater seasonal variance than traditional hotels.”
               Research Manager
DUBAI HOLIDAY HOMES 2019

FIGURE 6
Holiday homes ADR heat map

    PALM JEBEL ALI
                                                                         PALM JUMEIRAH
                                                                                                                                                            DUBAI MARITIME
                                                                                                                                                                 CITY
                                                                                                                                                                                      PALM
                                             JUMEIRAH BEACH                                                                                                                           DEIRA
                                               RESIDENCE    DUBAI MARINA
                                                                                                                    JUMEIRAH              JUMEIRAH                                   DEIRA
                                                                           MEDIA CITY                   UMM SUQEIM                                     WORLD TRADE       AL RIGGA             ABU HAIL
                        MINA JEBEL ALI                                               AL SUFOUH                                         AL WASL           CENTRE
                                                      JUMEIRAH LAKES                                   AL MANARA           AL SAFA                             AL KARAMA                         AL MAMZAR
                                                         TOWERS
                                                                                                                                            DOWNTOWN
                                                                                     AL BARSHA                                   BUSINESS                                                           AL NAHDA
                                         JEBEL ALI                  EMIRATES HILLS                             AL QUOZ             BAY
                                          VILLAGE        JUMEIRAH                                                                                      BUR DUBAI
                                                                                                                                                                                           DUBAI
                                                          ISLANDS                                   AL QUOZ                                                                           INTERNATIONAL
                                                                                                  INDUSTRIAL                                                                           AIRPORT (DXB)
                                                                                                                                     AL MERKADH                                                          AL QUSAIS
              JEBEL ALI 2                                                                                                                                                          GARHOUD
                                                                                                                                                     RAS AL KHOR
                                                                          JUMEIRAH                                                                                             UMM RAMOOL           AL TWAR
                                                                       VILLAGE CIRCLE
                                                                                                                              NAD AL SHEBA 1      MEYDAN                DUBAI                            MUHAISNAH
                                                              DUBAI SPORTS                                                                         CITY              FESTIVAL CITY
                                                                  CITY
                                                                                                                                                                     AL              AL RASHIDIYA
                                            DUBAI                                                                                                                 KHEERAN
                                         INVESTMENT
                                            PARK                       MOTOR CITY                                                                                RAS AL KHOR
                                                                                                                                      NAD AL SHEBA                                             MIRDIF
                                                                                        ARABIAN                                                                   INDUSTRIAL
                                                                                        RANCHES                                                                      AREA                                  AL MIZHAR
                                                                                                               AL BARARI

                                                                                                                                                                                   AL WARQA
                                                               REMRAAM                                CITY OF ARABIA
                                                                                                                                                 DUBAI SILICON     INTERNATIONAL
   AL MAKTOUM                                                                                                                                       OASIS               CITY
 INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                                                                                                 HIGH
  AIRPORT (DWC)                                                                                                          THE VILLA
                                                                 AL YALAYIS
                                                                                                                                            ACADEMIC CITY                WARSAN
                                                                                             UMM NAHAD

                                                                                                                                                                                                               LOW

Source: Knight Frank Research

FIGURE 7
Occupancy heat map

    PALM JEBEL ALI
                                                                         PALM JUMEIRAH
                                                                                                                                                            DUBAI MARITIME
                                                                                                                                                                 CITY
                                                                                                                                                                                      PALM
                                             JUMEIRAH BEACH                                                                                                                           DEIRA
                                               RESIDENCE    DUBAI MARINA
                                                                                                                    JUMEIRAH              JUMEIRAH                                   DEIRA
                                                                           MEDIA CITY                   UMM SUQEIM                                     WORLD TRADE       AL RIGGA             ABU HAIL
                        MINA JEBEL ALI                                               AL SUFOUH                                         AL WASL           CENTRE
                                                      JUMEIRAH LAKES                                   AL MANARA           AL SAFA                             AL KARAMA                         AL MAMZAR
                                                         TOWERS
                                                                                                                                            DOWNTOWN
                                                                                     AL BARSHA                                   BUSINESS                                                           AL NAHDA
                                         JEBEL ALI                  EMIRATES HILLS                             AL QUOZ             BAY
                                          VILLAGE        JUMEIRAH                                                                                      BUR DUBAI
                                                                                                                                                                                           DUBAI
                                                          ISLANDS                                   AL QUOZ                                                                           INTERNATIONAL
                                                                                                  INDUSTRIAL                                                                           AIRPORT (DXB)
                                                                                                                                     AL MERKADH                                                          AL QUSAIS
              JEBEL ALI 2                                                                                                                                                          GARHOUD
                                                                                                                                                     RAS AL KHOR
                                                                          JUMEIRAH                                                                                             UMM RAMOOL           AL TWAR
                                                                       VILLAGE CIRCLE
                                                                                                                              NAD AL SHEBA 1      MEYDAN                DUBAI                            MUHAISNAH
                                                              DUBAI SPORTS                                                                         CITY              FESTIVAL CITY
                                                                  CITY
                                                                                                                                                                     AL              AL RASHIDIYA
                                            DUBAI                                                                                                                 KHEERAN
                                         INVESTMENT
                                            PARK                       MOTOR CITY                                                                                RAS AL KHOR
                                                                                                                                      NAD AL SHEBA                                             MIRDIF
                                                                                        ARABIAN                                                                   INDUSTRIAL
                                                                                        RANCHES                                                                      AREA                                  AL MIZHAR
                                                                                                               AL BARARI

                                                                                                                                                                                   AL WARQA
                                                               REMRAAM                                CITY OF ARABIA
                                                                                                                                                 DUBAI SILICON     INTERNATIONAL
  AL MAKTOUM                                                                                                                                        OASIS               CITY
INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                                                                                                  HIGH
 AIRPORT (DWC)                                                                                                           THE VILLA
                                                                 AL YALAYIS
                                                                                                                                            ACADEMIC CITY                WARSAN
                                                                                            UMM NAHAD

                                                                                                                                                                                                               LOW

Source: Knight Frank Research
DUBAI HOLIDAY HOMES 2019

One of the major appeals of short term      particularly important amongst corporate                      hotel supply in the market in aggregate.
rentals in relation to hotels specific to   guests and more affluent leisure guests.                      As a result, we will continue to see this
Dubai is the widespread availability of                                                                   premium achieved in the holiday home
                                            Additionally, due to the spate of mergers
ancillary amenities such as swimming                                                                      market, however as we continue to see
                                            and acquisitions which have taken place
pools and gyms in residential buildings.                                                                  residential development in secondary
                                            within the hospitality sector since 2016,
Unlike other cities where such amenities                                                                  locations we expect that this premium
                                            we are likely to see greater consistency in
are not commonplace in residential                                                                        is likely to start to reduce on average.
                                            product offering globally and an increasing
buildings, their widespread availability                                                                  Another key point of differentiation is
                                            importance of loyalty programs.
narrows the gap in product offering                                                                       the product offering – given that holiday
between the two product types.                                                                            homes can range from one to four

Figure 8 below shows that the vast
                                            Key Performance                                               bedrooms, many of these unit types

majority of buildings in Dubai have
                                            Indicators (KPIs)                                             are far larger than traditional hotel units
                                                                                                          and therefore can accommodate larger
features such as Wi-Fi, kitchen, washing    From the perspective of annual
                                                                                                          families or multiple households.
machines, pools and gyms which aligns       seasonality the holiday home market is
the value proposition between the two       somewhat in-line with the Dubai-wide                          From late 2017 to early 2018 we have
options to some degree.                     hotel market where demand tends to                            seen a divergence in achievable RevPAR
                                            be strong at both the start and end of                        in the holiday homes and hotel market on
However, the data also shows that there
                                            the year, and dips during the summer                          average where hotel RevPAR continued to
are some areas where hotels in Dubai
                                            months. Where the figures differ however                      increase over this period whereas holiday
still maintain a clear advantage over the
                                            is within the magnitude of change, as                         home RevPAR trended down. Over
holiday home market.
                                            monthly holiday home performance tends                        this time period, only the 4 bedrooms+
First, the data indicates that there        to exhibit greater seasonal variance than                     segment in the holiday home market has
currently are very few holiday homes        traditional hotels.                                           outperformed the hotel, although it seems
which classed as ‘Business ready’, only                                                                   to now be falling in-line with the hotel
                                            When comparing achievable rates
55% offer instant booking (Figure 8) and                                                                  RevPAR.
                                            between Dubai’s holiday homes and
not one property offers 24 hour check-in.
                                            hotels we continue to witness the holiday                     In general hotels outperform the holiday
This, combined with the relatively rigid
                                            home market outperform the hotel market                       homes market with the exception
cancellation policies, average response
                                            by 64% year-to-date June 2018. Some of                        being summer months during which
time of six hours, deposits requirements,
                                            the variation can be explained by the fact                    they are either on par or holiday homes
cleaning fees and Airbnb booking fees
                                            that the holiday home supply is still very                    outperform.
(Figure 9) mean that holiday homes
                                            much skewed towards Dubai’s upmarket
often have drawbacks not seen in the
                                            areas such as Dubai Marina, JBR, the
hotel sector. These limiting factors help
                                            Palm Jumeirah and Downtown Dubai
to create differentiation factors from a
                                            (Figure 5). In contrast, Dubai’s hotels are
service perspective even if there is less
                                            spread across the city, with secondary
of an amenity gap in Dubai in relation
                                            locations forming the vast majority of
to other markets. These factors are

FIGURE 8                                    FIGURE 9
Common facilities in Dubai’s holiday        The Drawback of Dubai’s holiday homes
homes
                                                                                                                                                       AED
                      WiFi      95%           50%                                                                359.3                                 400
                                              45%     41%                   43%            42%                                                         350
                 Kitchen        95%           40%
                                                                                                                                                       300
                                              35%
                  Washer        90%           30%                                                                                                      250

                                              25%                                                                                        167           200
                      Pool      82%           20%
                                                                 15%                                                                                   150
                                              15%
                                                                                                                                                       100
                     Gym        73%           10%
                                               5%                                                                                                      50

           Free parking         72%            0%                                                                                                      0
                                                     Flexible   Moderate    Strict

       Instant booking          55%                    DUBAI HOLIDAY HOMES           % OF HOLIDAY HOMES   AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME       AVERAGE
                                                       CANCELLATION POLICY            WHICH REQUIRE A           (MINUTES)         CLEANING FEE (AED)
                                                                                           DEPOSIT
                    Dryer       51%

       Business ready
DUBAI HOLIDAY HOMES 2019

The impact of the holiday                       FIGURE 10
home market on Dubai’s                          Average occupancy rates
hotel market
                                                 100%

As is now generally accepted, holiday             90%
homes have had a discernible impact
                                                  80%
on the hospitality market; however these
                                                  70%
affects are not felt universally within
Dubai. As noted in our 2016 Holiday home          60%

report, unlike many other markets in which        50%

short term rentals are traditionally outside      40%
major hospitality nodes, in Dubai, short          30%
term rentals are concentrated within hotel
                                                  20%
districts. As such, from a geographical
                                                  10%
perspective, hotels in the Marina, JBR,
Media City, Downtown Dubai and Sheikh               0%
                                                             Jun         Jul        Aug          Sep           Oct     Nov        Dec          Jan        Feb           Mar        Apr           May            Jun
Zayed Road tend to be the most severely                      2017       2017        2017         2017          2017    2017       2017         2017       2017          2017       2017          2018           2018

impacted. Even if not directly competitive,
                                                            holiday homes               hotels             holiday homes             hotels                holiday homes peak                    hotels peak season
holiday home supply in these locations                                                                     average                   average               season average                        average

has handicapped the ability of properties       Source: Knight Frank Research, STR Global
to yield during peak periods which is
attributable to the fluid nature of short-
term rental supply which can be taken on        FIGURE 11
and off the market almost instantaneously       Average Daily Rate (ADR), in AED
at low marginal cost.
                                                1,000                                                                                                                                                              200%
Finally, from a product perspective,
                                                  900                                                                                                                                                              180%
locally branded hotels that have no clear
                                                  800                                                                                                                                                              160%
points of differentiation face more direct
                                                  700                                                                                                                                                              140%
competition from holiday home supply              600                                                                                                                                                              120%
as these tend to be commoditised in the           500                                                                                                                                                              100%
eyes of guests. By contrast, properties           400                                                                                                                                                              80%
with well recognised operators, unique            300                                                                                                                                                              60%
attributes, extensive amenities, MICE             200                                                                                                                                                              40%
facilities, and strong loyalty programs           100                                                                                                                                                              20%
tend to be less impacted by the holiday             0                                                                                                                                                              0%
homes market. However, with experience-                      Jul
                                                            2017
                                                                       Aug
                                                                       2017
                                                                                    Sep
                                                                                    2017
                                                                                                  Oct
                                                                                                  2017
                                                                                                                Nov
                                                                                                                2017
                                                                                                                           Dec
                                                                                                                           2017
                                                                                                                                     Jan
                                                                                                                                     2018
                                                                                                                                                 Feb
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                                                                                                                                                                                                         2018
based stays being introduced and loyalty
programs likely to follow, it is becoming       Source: Knight Frank Research, STR Global                                holiday homes                hotels            holiday homes premium percentage (RHS)

increasingly more important for hotel
owners to view the short term rental
market as directly competitive to hotels
                                                FIGURE 12
rather than a business model that targets
                                                Hospitality market RevPAR performance
a different demand demographic. By
doing this, owners and operators can
                                                  1,600
formulate effective revenue management
strategies and give consideration to the          1,400

entire market, which in turn will protect the
                                                  1,200
value of their asset.
                                                  1,000

                                                    800

                                                    600

                                                    400

                                                    200

                                                        0
                                                            Jan      Feb     Mar    Apr May             Jun      Jul   Aug    Sep    Oct       Nov      Dec      Jan     Feb       Mar      Apr         May     Jun
                                                            2017     2017    2017   2017 2017           2017    2017   2017   2017   2017      2017     2017     2018    2018      2018     2018        2018    2018

                                                            studio          1 bedroom            2 bedrooms             3 bedrooms             4+ bedrooms               hotel            holiday homes average

                                                Source: Knight Frank Research, STR Global
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