The "Arab Travel Market 2021" will be attended by 11,000 people from 62 countries

Dubai brings together tourism and travel makers in the largest "attendance" event since the start of "Corona"

  • Dubai is preparing for the exhibition with measures that include intensive cleaning processes and improving air circulation and purity.

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  • Danielle Curtis: "The event will set the tone for the travel and tourism industry in the middle of the next months remaining this year."

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The Arab Travel Market 2021 will start in Dubai today, from 16 to 19 May.

The exhibition will be held across nine halls at the Dubai World Trade Center, in line with the guidelines and regulations for physical distancing, health and public safety, as there will be 11,000 people in the halls. Multiple stations to sterilize hands, and procedures to maintain safe distance and social distancing.

new dawn

According to the company "Red Exhibitions" organizing the event, 62 countries, represented by major exhibiting companies, will participate in the live edition of the exhibition, which is the largest attendance event for travel and tourism in the world, since the outbreak of the new Corona virus (Covid-19). And participants.

This year's edition of the "Arab Travel Market" will be held under the slogan "A new dawn for travel and tourism", during which 67 conference sessions will be held, with more than 145 local, regional and international speakers.

An elite group of high-level keynote speakers, in addition to a group of the world's most prominent technology experts, will meet for four days at the "Travel Forward" stage, as suppliers and delegates from across the Middle East and beyond will have the opportunity to advance travel technology trends and provide pioneering insights. About the latest technologies and trends that will shape the future of travel and tourism.

Hybrid version

This version will also be for the first time a "hybrid", as a virtual event for the Arab travel market will be launched a week after the end of the main event.

The organizing company aims to reach a larger segment of interested people and workers in this industry, through a virtual event that was held for the first time earlier last year, and proved to be very successful in attracting 12 thousand visitors from 140 countries.

The Arab Travel Market 2021 exhibition will be an essential part of the "Arab Travel Week", which will be held over 10 days, in which exhibitions, conferences, sessions and awards will be held, products and networking events will be launched, in addition to other activities included in the week.

Huge event

“We have worked more this year than any other year, together with our partners and sponsors closely together, so that we can hold this mega event in an attendance manner, which will define the style of the travel and tourism industry,” said Danielle Curtis, Arab Travel Market Exhibition Director in the Middle East. In the Middle East for the next remaining months of this year ».

"We will look to take advantage of the latest trends and opportunities, in addition to facing challenges directly, through innovative solutions, in cooperation with governments, trade associations, industry professionals and influencers who work together in perfect harmony," she added.

• A new dawn for the tourism industry through 67 sessions and 145 local, regional and international speakers.

First day activities

The highlights of the first day of the exhibition include the opening session entitled "Tourism for a brighter future", moderated by the managing editor and broadcaster of the "CNN" news network in Abu Dhabi, British media, Becky Anderson.

The session includes: Director General of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai, Hilal Saeed Al-Marri, and the former Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Dr. Talib Al-Rifai, and chief economist specializing in the Middle East at Oxford Economics, Scott Livermore, and Managing Director of Jazar Company Maldives Marketing and Public Relations, Thuyeb Muhammad.

Another session entitled "Tourism in the Post-Recovery Period from (Covid-19)" will be held, and will include: Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed bin Abdullah Hamid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism in Bahrain and Chairman of the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority Haytham Matar, Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, and Managing Director of India, Middle East and Africa for IHG Hotels and Resorts.

The most prominent participating countries

The most prominent participating countries include: the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Germany, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Italy, Israel, Greece, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, the Maldives, the Philippines, Thailand, Mexico, and the United States.

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