Left: Yas Marina Circuit
IN THE PITS
Event planners looking for a truly unique motorsports venue can take advantage of the 36 Paddock Garages at the Yas Marina Circuit. Available for hire individually or all together, the garages are an ideal venue for on-track activities and general events such as buffet dinners, seminars and branded display areas.
• Divided into the main pit garages and the support pit garages • The garages can be transformed into presentation areas or banqueting suites
• The main pit garages are air-conditioned and feature an invisible AC curtain, designed to prevent cool air escaping when the pit door is open
Below: Yas Marina Paddock Bottom: Felipe Massa autographing memorabilia
International motorsport has been big business in the Middle East for nearly a decade, ever since the first regional Formula 1 took off from the Bahrain International Circuit in 2004. Since then, the fast cars and stylish venues that have made the Middle East a hub for international racing aficionados have proved alluring for event planners looking for a venue with a difference. When the Yas Marina Circuit opened in Abu
Dhabi in 2009, marking the arrival of a second Grand Prix in the region, the Middle East was firmly established as a main player in the rac- ing industry. In 2009, the region had the honour of hosting
the final race of the FIA Formula 1 series with the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix. This was followed by the opening round of the 2010 FIA Formula 1 series returning to the region for the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in March 2010. Corporate event planners and destination
management companies (DMCs) have been quick to see the value of racing circuits as unique venues for combining business meetings with team building and incentive activities. “The fact that Abu Dhabi is internationally
recognised as a top motorssport venue, with its hosting of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in the last few years, attracts the attention of corporate clients and groups from around the world. The facilities are excellent and offer opportunities to create various types of activities around motor sport in general. Obviously, automotive and the related industries are always keen to offer experiences specifically catered around their own fields,” says Luc Delcomminette, Vice President, Arabian Adventures.
The fact that Abu Dhabi is internationally recognised as a top motorsports venue, with its hosting of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in the last few years, attracts the attention of corporate clients and groups from around the world _ Luc Delcomminette, Vice President, Arabian Adventures
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