Dubai secured 232 business events in 2022, almost 100% more than in 2021. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock/eranda
Dubai has recorded an ‘exceptional year’ of successful bids for
international conferences, congresses and meeting and incentive travel
programmes.
The destination’s convention bureau, Dubai Business Events (DBE),
said it won 232 bids for business events in 2022, almost twice as many
as the previous year. These events are expected to attract an additional
135,000 visitors including scientists, thought-leaders and business
executives to Dubai.
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Read more >Dubai's performance in 2022 represented a 95% growth in
the number of successful bids from 2021 and a 92% increase in the number
of delegates added to the pipeline.
The city was particularly successful in bidding for association
events, with wins including the International Federation of Clinical
Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine WorldLab Congress 2024, International
Congress of Endocrinology 2024, World Sports Medicine Congress 2024,
World Congress of the International Society of Radiographers and
Radiological Technologies 2026, and International Symposium on Dental
Hygiene 2028.
DBE’s bid wins were run in collaboration with a number of different
partners, including Al Safeer Congress Ambassadors and the public and
private sector entities they represent, industry partners including
Dubai World Trade Centre and Emirates, and hotels and professional
congress organisers across the city.
Ahmed Al Khaja, CEO of Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment,
said: “The remarkable growth in successful event bids contributes to the
goal of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 to make the city one of the top
three global destinations for tourism and business. Inspired by the
Dubai leadership’s economic vision, our goal has not only been to grow
the business events sector and drive further visitation to the city, but
also to ensure it can feed into the development of key sectors and
professions.”