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Dubai Business Events and partners showcase offering in Barcelona
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Business Events (DBE), Dubai's official convention bureau, 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 ambition 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 15,000 meetings professionals including 4,000 international hosted buyers. Dubai's exhibition standfeatured 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 ofDubai'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 organizers 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 andshowcasing the wide range of services available in Dubai. Events such as IBTM World enable us to reach key marketsand further our efforts to build a globally competitive events industry in Dubai."
The team from Dubai were pleased to welcome H.E. Dr.Hessa Abdullah Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to Spain and H.E. 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 thekey industries event forthe Professional Convention Management Association's (PCMA) Dubai Meetings Forum, being hosted from December 6-7, 2015.This event will seeDubai welcoming more than 20 global meeting planners on this educational study mission.
About Dubai Business Events - the Official Convention Bureau
Dubai Business Events (DBE) - the Official Convention Bureau, aims to further develop and increase Dubai's share of the international business events market in order to grow economic development, jobs and knowledge creation in the emirate. DBE's main goal, as a division of Dubai Tourism, is to establish the Emirate as a premier business event destination by helping organizers of international meetings, incentives, congresses and exhibitions plan and manage every aspect of their event. DBE's service standards are audited by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance as part of DBE's membership of BestCities Global Alliance that aim to deliver the world's best service experience for the meeting industry.
About Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism)
With the ultimate vision of positioning Dubai as the world's leading tourism destination and commercial hub, Dubai Tourism's mission is to increase the awareness of Dubai among global audiences and to attract tourists and inward investment into the emirate.
Dubai Tourism is the principal authority for the planning, supervision, development and marketing of Dubai's tourism sector. It markets and promotes the Emirate's commerce sector, and is responsible for the licensing and classification of all tourism services, including hotels, tour operators and travel agents. Brands and departments within the Dubai Tourism portfolio include Dubai Convention and Events Bureau, Dubai Calendar, and Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (formerly known as Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment). In addition to its headquarters in Dubai, Dubai Tourism operates 20 offices worldwide.
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