Highlights of this year’s show include
the European and Asian Market Focus Hours. These provide a full hour of networking between European exhibitors and buyers who have or will be placing business in Europe and Asian exhibitors and buyers who have, or will be, placing business in Asia. “This will provide suppliers in both
regions with a highly-targeted platform for meeting buyers interested in placing business with them,” stressed Hall. This year’s conference programme
includes: Research & Trends presented by world leading associations ACTE, SITE, ICCA & MPI; Best Practice & Case Studies; Event Management; Personal & Professional Development; Search Engine Optimisation (SEO); plus the highly- anticipated release of the 2013 Industry Research Report & Social Media. Also exhibiting at this year’s show
are the Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM), Cyprus Tourism Authority (CTA), Hungarian National Tourism, Movenpick Hotels and Resorts, Rotana Hotels & Resorts, Oman Ministry of Tourism, Sharjah Commerce & Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), TCA Abu Dhabi, Turkish Culture & Information Office, Kuwait Hotel Owners Association, Quick Mobile, Matrix Audio Visual & Entertainment, PSideo SA and many more. GIBTM’s 2013 official show sponsors
are MV&CB and Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa Abu Dhabi, who will host this year’s Hosted Buyer Welcome Reception, taking place at the hotel on Monday March 25, 2013 from 6.30-9.30pm. Up-to-the-minute insight into market
conditions and sentiment will be revealed in the highly anticipated Seventh IBTM
Middle East Meetings Report, at a special session at 1pm on March 25. There are a number of exciting events
and initiatives lined up this year includ- ing MPI, SITE and ICCA industry asso- ciation education programmes. A new series of interactive business
US$827 million
The 300 hosted buyers’ spending budget at GIBTM
travel management sessions hosted by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) looks set to draw large audiences, as will insightful Arabic language seminars conducted by local cultural expert, Ali Al Saloom. The all-new Event Camp Middle East,
European and Asian Market Focus Hour and inaugural GIBTM PechaKucha20x20 Challenge provide some unusual activities in what is already proving to be a dynamic, interesting event. “I would like to take the opportunity
to thank His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, for his continued patronage, as well as the support of our distinguished partners – the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Etihad Airways, The Vision Destination Management Company, ACTE, SITE, ICCA and NPI,” concluded Hall.
For more information and to register as a delegate or Hosted Buyer for GIBTM, log onto
gibtm.com
Far Left: Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan officially opens GIBTM and walks the show with Craig Moyes and Lois Hall of Reed Travel Exhibitions
Above: Registration GIBTM 2012 Left: GIBTM promises a host of seminars
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