15 February 2015
dmg events Middle East and Asia, the Dubai based event organisers responsible for events, including ADIPEC and BIG 5, have announced the opening of new offices in India. Basing its headquarters in Mumbai and opening offices in Bangalore, dmg events aims to widen its product offerings by focusing on new growth opportunities and niche industry verticals besides bringing its portfolio of existing world-class events and exhibitions to India.

dmg events already have a proven track record of managing successful events in India and the 3rd edition of the international building & construction show, The Big 5 Construct India www.thebig5constructindia.com is taking place in Mumbai in September 2015. The Big 5 Construct India 2015 is jointly organized with dmg's partners the Federation of Indian Chambers Of Commerce and Industry www.ficci.com and follows the same format as the The Big 5 events in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Indonesia.

Speaking of dmg's plans for the Indian market, Mike Allsopp, Senior Vice President, Middle East, India and Asia, dmg events said 'with an energetic and visionary new government looking to stimulate key sectors of the Indian economy, dmg events are looking forward to taking advantage of the opportunities that will emerge'.  He also announced the appointment of Mr. Sajid Desai as the Country Director to spearhead the India operations for dmg events. "Sajid is an experienced professional who is well versed in operating in the Indian market with over two decades of experience in business-to-business, special interest and business-to-consumer industries in exhibitions, events, media and online. I wish him every success as he takes over the India operations for dmg events", he added.

Sajid Desai, Country Director, said, "With the new government focusing on economic growth and developing key sectors of the economy, now is a great time to be coming to India. We also look forward to developing our strong association with FICCI in strengthening our position in construction and in other sectors."

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About dmg events
An international exhibition and publishing company, dmg events produces market-leading exhibitions and conferences for the global energy, construction, digital marketing, coatings, hospitality and interior industries, with events in the Middle East, America, Europe and Asia.

As a leading supplier of face-to-face business information, with a customer-centric focus that localizes operations and relationships, our objectives are to keep businesses informed and connect them with relevant consumers to create vibrant marketplaces across multiple event platforms and communities.

Founded in 1989, dmg events has operated in the Middle East since 1995 and owns many leading brands such as The Big 5 construction events, ADIPEC the oil & gas exhibition and conference and INDEX the interior design exhibition.

For more information visit www.dmgeventsme.com

dmg events is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT, www.dmgt.com), an international portfolio of digital, information, media and events businesses.

About DMGT
DMGT is an international business built on entrepreneurship and innovation bringing together leading companies and talented people to provide businesses and consumers with high-quality analysis & insight, information, news and entertainment.

Group revenues are split across our five operating businesses.

The B2B businesses are:
•Risk Management Solutions
•dmg information
•dmg events
•Euromoney Institutional Investor *

The Consumer business, known as dmg media, comprises:
•The Daily Mail and The Mail On Sunday
•MailOnline
•Metro
•Evenbase (Jobsite & Jobrapido)
•Wowcher
•Zoopla Property Group* (Zoopla & Prime Location)
 
DMGT's ambition is to provide the highest quality content and services, across the most attractive growth markets in innovative, responsible and sustainable ways, building on its track record of earnings and dividend growth.
*c51% share

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