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Middle East in demand at AIBTM 2014

Alexandre Hourdequin — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:08:48 +0000

Middle Eastern destinations and suppliers will be in strong demand at the Americas Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (AIBTM) in Orlando, Florida, in June. The three-day show, one of the primary meetings events in the whole of the Americas, is set to confirm the upswing in the region’s meetings business, with 3,000 expected visitors […]

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

Alexandre Hourdequin — Tue, 13 May 2014 15:09:38 +0000

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. […]

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Middle East: Meeting in Malta

Alex Hourdequin — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:45:54 +0000

Small though they are, the Islands of Malta – comprising Malta, Gozo and Comino – are certainly big in stature. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, the archipelago’s main island is Malta, but even though it measures just 27 kilometres by 15 kilometres, its ability to host world-class meetings is not to be […]

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Middle East: OCEC to boost Oman’s meetings impact

Alex Hourdequin — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:18:30 +0000

The opening of the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC) will significantly boost the meetings sector’s contribution to the sultanate’s inbound tourism figures, an industry report has claimed. The meetings sector accounted for eight percent of inbound tourism to Oman in 2011 and is expected to grow to between 12 and 15 percent in […]

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Middle East: New DCEB chief sets out key goals

Alex Hourdequin — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:58:56 +0000

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 […]

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Middle East: EXPO 2020 to drive meetings industry

Alex Hourdequin — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:41:18 +0000

Dubai’s World Expo 2020 win will drive a pan-regional meetings sector boom, industry professionals have proclaimed. The Expo, which will take place over a six-month period at the Dubai Trade Centre – Jebel Ali, will put the UAE and the wider GCC’s meetings and conference infrastructure and event organisation know-how firmly in the global […]

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