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40 countries set to sign
business deals at GIBTM
Abu Dhabi—Delegations from 40 countries will conclude business deals
at the Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (GIBTM),
a three-day event to be opened in Abu Dhabi tomorrow. “The 2008
edition of ‘Gulf Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition’ (GIBTM)
is attracting more companies compared to last year’s exhibition,”
said Mubarak Hamad Al Muhairi, director general of the Abu Dhabi
Tourism Authority (ADTA). He said :”The number of international
companies participating in the event has increased this year, the
fact that led the authority to raise exhibition spaces.”
“More than 1500 major actors from the incentive tourism sector are
expected to visit the exhibition in addition to the presence of more
than 250 senior officials of companies operating in this sector and
already taking part in the exhibition,” said Al Muhairi. He said
that some 4000 meetings are expected to be held during the
exhibition to conclude transactions or to agree in principle to such
transactions. “We also expect that many companies from about 40
countries will sign transactions during the event, which will
enhance the role of the exhibition as an umbrella bringing together
clients and service providers in an encouraging and competitive
investment environment”.
Mubarak Hamad Al Muhairi, director general of the Abu Dhabi Tourism
Authority (ADTA), outlined the interest the authority and its
partners take to the success of this second GIBTM Exhibition,
pointing out that this approach is consistent with the plans of the
authority to support and promote the tourism sector and to provide
the requirements of tourism-related activities, notably
infrastructure and services exhibitions, conferences, meetings and
businesses along with travel, hospitality and entertainment
services, which make the experience of visitors and investors
involved in the tourism sector productive and encouraging.—Agencies
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