For the second consecutive year, Dubai is the best business and conference city in the region

Dubai has been awarded the ‘Leading Business Destination’ and ‘Leading Destination for Meetings and Conferences in the Middle East’ awards for the second year running at the 26th World Travel Awards 2019.

The award underscores Dubai’s position on the international tourism map as a leading global destination with tremendous potential to host international business events and conferences.

Issam Kazim, Executive Director of Dubai Tourism and Commercial Marketing Corporation, said: “Dubai continues its efforts to strengthen its position as a leading and preferred tourist destination for hosting business events and international conferences, as well as providing an innovative and appropriate environment for businessmen to enable them to communicate and cooperate with various entities to achieve more The awards recently won by Dubai at the 2019 World Travel Awards are recognized for their continued efforts and to demonstrate their potential and capabilities globally, highlighting innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development. At the same time it seeks to upgrade its capabilities through the continuous development of the city’s business system and environment.

The award comes as Dubai prepares to host international business events. In December, the city will host the Amway Asia Pacific Leadership Seminar, which will be attended by 10,000 people. It will also host next year the International Astronautical Congress, the Million Dollar Round Table Global Conference, and the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research.

According to the latest International Conferences and Meetings (CICA) and Cvent global rankings, Dubai continues to establish itself as the region’s premier destination for business events, and Expo 2020 Dubai will further enhance the city’s position as a preferred destination for business, event and conference tourism. .

The World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to celebrate the establishment of excellence in all sectors of tourism, highlighting the best in the world of travel and tourism industry by honoring and presenting them as inspiring models in the world to continue their growth and intensify their efforts to upgrade the standards and levels of products and services they offer. .