Results of a comprehensive annual Trends and Spends survey conducted by the UK`s Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine in…
Results of a comprehensive annual Trends and Spends survey conducted by the UK`s Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine in June 2002 have ranked
Dubai has the facilities and services to compete with the best in the world and the results of this survey have established our success as an ideal incentive venue, said the DTCM Director General, Khalid A. bin Sulayem.
The survey covers the full calendar year of 2001 and ranks destinations that are most popular for incentive travel. Dubai leads the long haul category categorized by delegate nights and is followed by Las Vegas, Cape Town, Mauritius, California, Savannah, Miami, New York, New Orleans and Orlando.
Dubai is a favored destination by UK incentive travel organizers and we will not only sustain our strong showing in the UK market but develop it further, remarked Mr. bin Sulayem.
The UK is one of Dubai`s principal travel origin markets in Europe accounting almost 350,000 hotel establishment guests in 2001 registering a growth of 16% over the previous year.
Mr. bin Sulayem extended his sincere appreciation to the many local private sector organizations that have contributed to this latest international success for Dubai and said, The incentive travel market forms an essential segment of the travel business that is integral to the development of the emirate`s tourism industry and the contributions from the private sector have been a major factor in achieving these outstanding results.
Incentive travel is a vital sector which brings in high-yield visitors and is also one where we have applied ourselves with renewed enthusiasm, Mr. bin Sulayem observed.
The DTCM will continue to progressively evaluate and identify possible avenues and market sectors that can be ventured into in the most cost effective manner in order to increase our market share from the incentive travel industry, Mr. bin Sulayem said.
DTCM secures Dubai`s high profile at major industry specific events by leading incentive travel delegations to participate in exhibitions such as Asia-Pacific Incentive & Meetings Expo (Melbourne), UK Conferences & Incentives Exhibition – International CONFEX (London), European Incentive Business and Travel Meetings Exhibition (Geneva) and Incentive Travel and Meetings Executives Show (Chicago).
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