'Event-full': Dubai set to host more conferences

Dubai - Emirate wins variety of key business events across multiple sectors and industries during first half

Dubai Business Events (DBE) recorded exceptional results during the first half of 2019, securing 118 successful bid wins for events to be hosted in Dubai over the coming years.
These events won, including conferences, meetings and incentives, are set to attract 75,288 delegates from around the globe to Dubai over the coming years, representing growth of 17 per cent on the delegate impact of bid wins from the same period in 2018.
Issam Kazim, CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), said: "Dubai continues to consolidate its position as a leading destination for global travel and business events, and the recent bid wins are a testimony to the strides we have made as a city to attract and host large-scale business events. With the DBE team working closely with stakeholders to ensure that the city has the robust capabilities to cater to a wide range of business events, we are seeing meetings planners and decision makers are finding the city to be an increasingly compelling option."
During the first half, Dubai won a variety of key business events across multiple sectors and industries, including the Amway China Leadership Seminar 2020, which is expected to attract 8,000 delegates; Sun Hope International Incentive 2020, with 1,500 delegates; World Hospital Congress 2021, with 1,100 delegates; Geospatial Week 2021, with 750 delegates; and AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress 2025, with 3,000 delegates.
DBE also built on its efforts to engage with meetings industry professionals, both in the city and around the world, through a busy calendar of trade shows, roadshows, study missions and other engagements.
At Imex in Frankfurt, DBE was joined by 30 co-exhibitors including Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai World Trade Centre, Emirates and Expo 2020 Dubai, demonstrating a strong focus on news and upcoming offerings and business events infrastructure in the city.
Steen Jakobsen, assistant vice-president of DBE, said: "Dubai continues to see a healthy pipeline of meetings, conferences, congresses and incentives which will take place over the coming years."
"The past six months have been a busy and productive period in terms of DBE's ongoing activities and projects, and Dubai's elevation on a global scale has been supported by new hotel and venue openings, as well as activities and attractions in the city."
"These developments directly contribute to providing planners with a wide array of options and possibilities when it comes to their events. We look forward to building on this in the second half of 2019, engaging with our stakeholders to promote the city, convert bids into more wins and identify new events to bring to Dubai.''
- business@khaleejtimes.com