{"id":4011,"date":"2015-11-09T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T11:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourism.plus4d.com\/2015\/11\/09\/mid-market-travel-in-focus-at-atm-2016\/"},"modified":"2015-11-09T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T11:54:10","slug":"mid-market-travel-in-focus-at-atm-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/?p=4011","title":{"rendered":"Mid-market travel in focus at ATM 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">WTTEN-Organisers of the Arabian Travel Market recently announced an apt show theme for <span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">ATM<\/span> 2016 \u2013 Mid-market travel \u2013 a key growth segment for the region\u2019s hospitality and tourism sector.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The event is scheduled to take place from 25-28 April, 2016 at the Dubai International Convention &amp; Exhibition Centre. \u201cReports from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) revealed that up to 50% of the 3,600 new hotel rooms to enter Dubai market in the final months of 2015 have a three-star or lower rating, while competitive room rates are set to rival luxury market, as 69% to have four stars or less according to research,\u201d said Nadege Noblet-Segers, exhibition manager, Arabian Travel Market.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThis will add much-needed midscale room stock to the emirate\u2019s hotel landscape, where three-star or below room supply only accounted for 29% of total availability in the first quarter of 2015,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Destinations like Dubai are already putting in place programmes to encourage investment into midmarket hotels such as release of government land plots for three and four-star hotel projects, speeding up of construction permit approval process to just two months, and waiver of the 10% municipality room tax for four years upon completion.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dubai currently has a total hotel key count of approximately 94,000. This figure is set to rise to between 140,000 and 160,000 keys by 2020 with around 20% set to target the mid-market hotel sector.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThere is massive pent-up demand for new midscale projects and this could also be the catalyst for a new wave of visitors,\u201d said Mohamed Awadalla, CEO, TIME Hotels.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Global mid-market brand Louvre Hotels will also be exhibiting at ATM 2016 with a focus on promoting an affordable Middle East hospitality experience.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTTEN-Organisers of the Arabian Travel Market recently announced an apt show theme for ATM 2016 \u2013 Mid-market travel \u2013 a key growth segment for the region\u2019s hospitality and tourism sector. 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