PREVIEW / GIBTM
GIBTM sold out as confidence in meetings sector surges
Event promises outstanding networking and knowledge sharing opportunities
Signs the regional and global meetings industry is confident about 2013 business prospects are clearly evident in the robust pre-show bookings reported from Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE), organiser of the upcoming Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (GIBTM). The show, which takes place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from March 25-27, has seen a flood of new exhibitors eager to take part, and existing participants snapping up addi- tional exhibition space, according to RTE. GIBTM Exhibition Manager Lois Hall
said “Newcomers to GIBTM this year represent a wide geographical spread and include the Madrid Visitors & Convention Bureau (MV&CB), the National Tourism Organisation of Serbia, Cast Software and San Francisco Travel. We are delighted to welcome back the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism after a one-year break.”
Regular exhibitors demonstrating
their confidence in the show’s ability to deliver results include Bahrain Ministry of Tourism, Etihad Airways and Jordan Tourism Board, which have all doubled the size of their exhibition stands for this year. “It is significant that Bahrain, Jordan
and Egypt have also booked a large amount of floor space, and it’s another positive indicator that the region’s meet- ings industry professionals are upbeat about economic prospects for 2013 and beyond,” added Hall. MV&CB CEO Ignacio Fernández described GIBTM as an “essential forum for making initial contact with travel and tour- ism countries in the Middle East” – a region Madrid has identified as a “potentially strong market for meeting and incentive business”. The Hosted Buyer recruitment process
for the 2013 edition of GIBTM is also well underway, with 300 senior-level regional
and international buyers from leading associations, corporates, destination man- agement companies, agencies, and confer- ence organisers, expected to attend. “The VIP Hosted Buyer Programme,
which was initiated to attract the region’s highly sought-after corporate buyers from GCC nations including the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar is also attract- ing decision makers from the lucra- tive vertical sectors such as Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals, IT, Finance and Automotive,” explained Hall. Now in its seventh year, GIBTM attracts
in excess of 2,400 industry profession- als annually. The show’s Hosted Buyer Programme attracts more than 300 buyers with a combined budget exceeding US$827 million, who through 7,600 pre-scheduled appointments over the two-and-a-half-day exhibition meet with more than 350 exhibi- tors from 36 different countries.
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