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Middle East: Dubai World Trade Centre welcomes two million visitors in 2013

May 13, 2014· · tags: dubai 2020, dubai events, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai’s Tourism Vision for 2020, Middle East Event
Annual visitor numbers to Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) crossed the two-million mark for the first time in 2013 as 2.2 million people visited the various events and exhibitions at the facility. Exhibitors from more than 130 countries visited 373 events, which was 71 more events than 2012 – an increase of 23.5 percent.     “The strong 2013 performance is a reflection of a more stable global economy, domestic market recovery in construction and real estate, as well as growing consumer confidence,” says Helal Saeed Almarri, CEO of Dubai World Trade Centre. “Our focus on developing stronger events within key sectors for Dubai’s economy – and growing the international attendance at events hosted in our venue – has allowed Dubai World Trade Centre to sustainably increase the value created for all stakeholders within the MICE sector – ultimately driving even greater GDP contribution.” The industrial sectors that DWTC focused on during the record-breaking year were healthcare, energy, finance and economics, food, logistics, retail, communications and technology.     Read More
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Middle East: New DCEB chief sets out key goals

January 30, 2014· · tags: Convention and Business Tourism, dubai 2020, Dubai Convention and Events Bureau, dubai events, Middle East Event, UAE Entertainement
The newly-appointed head of the Dubai Convention and Events Bureau (DCEB) has revealed the organisation’s ambitious strategy for positioning the emirate as a leading business events destination in the world.   Steen Jakobsen, Director of Convention and Business Tourism at DCEB, a division of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), has outlined a three-pronged approach to winning more business, with the focus on congresses in particular. “Business events are a very important part of Dubai’s 2020 Vision,” said Jakobsen, referring to the DTCM’s target 20 million visitors by 2020 – a figure predicted to increase to 25 million now the emirate has won the bid to host World Expo 2020.   Read more
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Why Dubai 2020 Expo can give Arab youth a brighter future

November 29, 2013· · tags: dubai 2020, dubai entertainment, dubai event, dubai events, dubai world, Dubai World Expo
More than 50 years ago, a seven-year-old boy visited the Seattle World Expo with his family. He marveled at the scientific and technological innovation on display. He rode the Monorail trains, enjoyed the roller coasters, and visited the futuristic exhibits, including one that demonstrated a revolutionary device known as a personal computer. That young boy was Bill Gates.   Today, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of history’s greatest technology innovators, says he was inspired by his experience at the 1962 Seattle World Expo. It just might have changed his life—and in the process, he changed the lives of billions of people.   Now, it is Dubai’s turn to inspire future innovators and pioneers. Dubai’s victory in winning the right to host the World Expo in the year 2020 is a remarkable achievement. It was the fruit of a nearly two-year-long campaign led by some of Dubai’s most dynamic public officials that included both a logistics and infrastructure plan as well as a strategic vision of the Expo as a place to connect the best minds from across the world to tackle some of the globe’s biggest challenges.   Read more: http://www.albawaba.com
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