Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), Chairman of Dubai Airports, and Chairman and Chief Government of Emirates Airline and Group, inaugurated Arabian Journey Market (ATM) 2024, the main world journey and tourism occasion being held on the Dubai World Commerce Centre (DWTC) from 6-9 Might, The record-breaking version will function 2,300 exhibitors from 165 nations, with round 41,000 guests anticipated to attend the occasion.
This yr’s version of ATM will mark the occasion’s largest to this point. Having launched in 1994 with 300 exhibitors and seven,000 commerce guests, ATM has now established itself as a globally famend occasion integrating all journey sectors and verticals, from MICE to leisure and luxurious hospitality, to company journey. Exhibitor participation has elevated by 26% this yr, with development recorded throughout all occasion verticals.
Through the opening, Sheikh Ahmed stated that the huge curiosity generated amongst ATM 2024 attendees reaffirms Dubai’s standing as a significant vacation spot for tourism and journey within the area, highlighting its function in shaping the way forward for the trade by bringing collectively leaders of allied sectors from around the globe.
Sheikh Ahmed later toured numerous pavilions on the exhibition. He was accompanied by His Excellency Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economic system; His Excellency Hilal Saeed Al Marri, Director Basic of the Dubai Division of Economic system and Tourism; Danielle Curtis, Director of the Arabian Journey Market within the Center East, and a number of other high officers and leaders representing the journey and tourism trade on the regional and world ranges.
ATM 2024 will deal with the theme, ‘Empowering Innovation: Reworking Journey By Entrepreneurship’, spotlighting visionary entrepreneurs in aviation, lodges, hospitality, and public sights, and underscoring their transformative function in the way forward for the sector.
A four-day convention agenda will function 200 audio system throughout greater than 50 periods on two major phases – the International Stage and the brand new Future Stage. The International Stage will host day by day summits exploring entrepreneurship, creating markets, sustainability, and luxurious, whereas the Future Stage would be the dwelling of all innovation-related content material, overlaying subjects akin to AI, NextGen locations, journey know-how, and future development forecasts.
The opening day of ATM 2024 options 12 periods throughout the International and Future phases. Highlights of the day embrace the International Stage Welcome: The Gateway to International Insights keynote speech from His Excellency Issam Abdulrahim Kazim, Chief Government Officer, Dubai Company for Tourism and Commerce Advertising and marketing, and the Ministerial Debate: Streamlining Tourism throughout the GCC. The Market Insights Summit can even mark 4 days of centered deliberations at ATM, with entrepreneurship, luxurious and sustainability rounding out ATM’s summit programme this week.
Waiting for Day Two, probably the most impactful traits in journey know-how can be mentioned on the Past the Hype: Demystifying 2024 Journey Tech Traits session on the Future Stage. The International Stage will, within the meantime, collect aviation consultants from IATA, Riyadh Air, AviationXLab and Cirium to discover How Expertise is Disrupting Aviation adopted by a session on Navigating the Way forward for Air Journey with Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports.
Journey Tech, the journey know-how exhibition at ATM will proceed by means of Might 7, showcasing the revolutionary applied sciences driving the journey and hospitality sector and the Entrepreneurship Summit on Might 7 will delve into the subject of Nurturing Journey and Tourism Entrepreneurship to Drive Financial Progress, together with exploring how International Disruptions are Catalysts for Innovation.
ATM 2024 is a part of Arabian Journey Week, a ten-day-long competition of journey and tourism occasions that happen in Dubai. Along with ATM, different occasions which can be a part of Arabian Journey Week are the ATM Begin-up competitors, ATM Journey Tech, GBTA Enterprise Journey Boards and Purchaser Networking.
ATM 2024 is being held at the side of Dubai World Commerce Centre and its strategic companions embrace Dubai’s Division of Economic system and Tourism (DET) because the Vacation spot Accomplice, Emirates because the Official Airline Accomplice, IHG Lodges & Resorts because the Official Lodge Accomplice, and Al Rais Journey because the Official DMC Accomplice.
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