Dubai wins 175 international business events in H1 2024 as city captures major accolades

Dubai wins 175 bids for enterprise occasions within the first six months of 2024, up 24% YoY
Ahmed Al Khaja: Consistent with Mohammed bin Rashid’s imaginative and prescient, enterprise occasions proceed to play a essential function in driving tourism and financial prosperity in Dubai
Dubai ranked No.1 metropolis within the Center East for the variety of affiliation conferences hosted in 2023 and No1. amongst Prime 10 Assembly Locations in wider MEA area
Excellent efficiency contributes to fulfilling the target of the Dubai Financial Agenda D33 to double the dimensions of Dubai’s financial system by 2033

Enterprise occasions proceed to strengthen Dubai’s data financial system and contribute to tourism development, with the town profitable a formidable 175 bids within the first six months of 2024 to host occasions by 2024 and past. A rise of 24% in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, these bid wins are anticipated to carry greater than 92,000 delegates, enhancing the pipeline of attendees for enterprise occasions over the approaching years. 

The profitable bids place the town to host a number of prestigious worldwide conferences, congresses, and incentive conferences over the approaching years, with an occasion win pipeline stretching into 2028. Spanning a variety of sectors and professions, this achievement underscores the significance of enterprise occasions to the Dubai Financial Agenda D33, which goals to double the dimensions of Dubai’s financial system over the last decade main as much as 2033 and reinforcing its place among the many world’s prime three cities to go to, stay and work in. 

Dubai Enterprise Occasions (DBE), a part of Dubai Division of Economic system and Tourism and the town’s official conference bureau, labored with stakeholders and business consultants, together with Al Safeer Congress Ambassadors, to bid for and seize marquee enterprise occasions. Along with profitable bidding exercise, latest months have seen additional international recognition for Dubai’s standing as a number one enterprise occasions hub. The Worldwide Congress and Conference Affiliation (ICCA) ranked Dubai the highest metropolis within the Center East for the variety of affiliation conferences hosted in 2023, whereas Cvent ranked it primary in its ‘Prime Assembly Locations within the Center East and Africa’.

Ahmed Al Khaja, CEO of Dubai Festivals and Retail Institution, mentioned: “Consistent with the imaginative and prescient and management of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, enterprise occasions proceed to play a essential function in driving tourism and financial prosperity. Excessive-impact conferences, congresses and conferences not solely enhance financial progress, but additionally make important contributions to Dubai’s burgeoning standing as a data hub, and centre of experience throughout key sectors. That is aligned with the ambitions of the Dubai Financial Agenda D33, which envisions Dubai as a number one vacation spot for enterprise and leisure, and the very best metropolis to go to, stay and work in.

“Associations, companies and organisations all over the world are more and more recognising the ability of internet hosting their conferences in Dubai, as demonstrated by the variety of main worldwide conferences secured by the town within the first half of 2024. Our vibrant calendar of upcoming occasions will carry collectively business leaders, visionaries and delegates from all around the world, benefiting from and feeding into our data financial system and propelling collective development, and we sit up for welcoming them to Dubai.”

Dubai’s reputation as a vacation spot for company and incentive occasions continues to surge as a direct results of its vary of vacation spot choices that meet all funds necessities, a big selection of worldwide lodges, its world-class infrastructure and conferences services, and unimaginable accessibility. Occasions captured within the first half of the 12 months for these segments embrace Modicare Advisors Incentive 2024, Vkusno i Tochka Conference 2024, World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit 2024, and OPPO Guangdong Cellular Communication Incentive 2025.

Dubai’s rising stature as a worldwide affiliation hub, in addition to the fast evolution of the town’s data financial system and give attention to innovation, additionally resulted in decisionmakers selecting the town for his or her main gatherings. Conferences and congresses captured within the  first half of the 12 months embrace: The Worldwide Cotton Affiliation Convention 2025, IFHNOS Summit 2025, WC A World Annual Convention 2025, and Rhinology World Congress 2028. 

By means of year-round engagement, shut collaborations, and partnerships with lodges, occasions venues, Skilled Congress Organisers (PCOs), Vacation spot Administration Corporations (DMCs) and different service suppliers, DBE continues to draw the world’s most prestigious occasions and solidify Dubai’s place as a year-round international enterprise occasions hub. 

Within the first half of 2024, DBE efficiently concluded a number of gross sales missions in goal markets and took part in main commerce reveals, together with IMEX Frankfurt. It’ll additionally take part within the upcoming IMEX America (8-10 October; Las Vegas) and IBTM World (19-21 November; Barcelona). DBE continues to work carefully with business stakeholders to host assembly planners in Dubai for research missions that enable them to expertise Dubai’s enterprise occasions and tourism infrastructure and its quickly rising data financial system. 

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