{"id":3364,"date":"2015-05-06T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T11:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourism.plus4d.com\/2015\/05\/06\/arabian-travel-market-2015-gets-set-for-business\/"},"modified":"2015-05-06T14:12:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T11:12:20","slug":"arabian-travel-market-2015-gets-set-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/?p=3364","title":{"rendered":"Arabian Travel Market 2015 gets set for business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 1.25em; padding-right: 1.25em; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The event kicks off today for four days providing business networking opportunities, seminar sessions and ministerial discussions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 1.25em; padding-right: 1.25em; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The 2015 edition looks to welcome over 400 confirmed exhibitors and an expected 23,000 visitors. The show has grown by seven percent since 2014, and added an extra hall for 2015, with 86 countries represented, 64 national pavilions, and a total of 113 new exhibitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 1.25em; padding-right: 1.25em; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAs we count down to Expo 2020 and a target of at least 20 million visitors annually as part of Tourism Vision 2020, and a forecasted figure of 25 m visitors for the six-month-long expo, it\u2019s impossible not to be swept up in the momentum of tourism development, both right here in the UAE and across the region. Despite ongoing challenges facing neighbouring economies, the Middle East continues to break new ground when it comes to infrastructure expansion, government and private sector initiatives, and visitor engagement,\u201d said Nadege Noblet-Segers, exhibition manager, Arabian Travel Market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 1.25em; padding-right: 1.25em; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In addition, ATM 2015 will welcome 80 senior industry leaders from commercial travel organisations to its Captains of Industry Lunch, and introduce, for the first time, the ATM Best Stand Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 1.25em; padding-right: 1.25em; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWith one of ATM\u2019s main themes for this year being family tourism, we are also using the show as an opportunity to highlight Dubai\u2019s strength within this segment. Furthermore, DTCM is playing an integral role in promotion of Emirati culture, and during this year\u2019s ATM delegates are being invited to daily workshops hosted by Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU),\u201d said Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 1.25em; padding-right: 1.25em; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This year looks to add to its record-breaking achievements last year \u2013 33,000 participants an increase of 12%, from more than 130 countries, and business deals worth over US$ 2.1 billion signed over the four days<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The event kicks off today for four days providing business networking opportunities, seminar sessions and ministerial discussions. 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