Dubai's dynamic business events offering displayed at IBTM World

12/1/2015 4:09:41 AM

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))

DUBAI 1st December 2015 (WAM) -- Dubai Business Events DBE Dubai's official convention bureau has attended IBTM World in Barcelona a leading global events industry exhibition. The exhibition enabled Dubai to showcase its wide world class meetings incentives conferences and events capabilities as well as share its ambitions to be recognised as a knowledge hub.

Currently home to over 50 percent of the Middle East's business events DBE is constantly working to promote the city as a global business event destination through participation at events such as IBTM World.

At IBTM World this year the exhibition brought 15000 meetings professionals including 4000 international hosted buyers. Dubai's exhibition stand featured 30 partners such as Dubai World Trade Centre Emirates Airline hotels and destination management companies demonstrating an eclectic array of partners and also the diversity of Dubai's unique venues and incentives to a global event audience. Over the course of the exhibition DBE and the co-exhibitors on the Dubai Stand conducted over 600 one-to-one meetings with trade professionals. In addition DBE also conducted destination presentations showcasing the dynamic events offering available in Dubai to over 100 hosted buyers and hosted a dinner with co-exhibitors where they engaged industry organisers and trade media.

Hamad Bin Mejren Senior Vice President Dubai Events and Convention Bureau Dubai Tourism said "This year we have truly taken our message global participating in over 100 sales and marketing activities across the globe taking the message of Dubai as a premier destination for business events and showcasing the wide range of services available in Dubai. Events such as IBTM World enable us to reach key markets and further our efforts to build a globally competitive events industry in Dubai."

The team from Dubai were pleased to welcome Dr. Hessa Abdullah Al Otaiba UAE Ambassador to Spain and Salem Rashid Al Owais UAE Consul-General in Barcelona who paid a visit to the stand during the exhibition.

The next activity DBE will be organising will be the key industries event for the Professional Convention Management Association's (PCMA) Dubai Meetings Forum being hosted on December 6th and 7th. This event will see Dubai welcoming more than 20 global meeting planners on the educational study mission.

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