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Business Travel Show Middle East 2010 opened in full force
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
The Business Travel Show Middle East 2010 was opened last week by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group.
The 2010 show opened to much anticipation and speculation about the recovery of the business travel sector, both in the Middle East and globally. All indications are that confidence is returning to the market with a healthy mix of exhibitors and visitors from the region and abroad. The aviation and hotel sector included the likes of Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines, Air France, Air Charter International, Empire Aviation Group, whilst the hotel sector took in Jumeirah Hotels Group, The Address Hotels & Resorts, Southern Sun, Atlantis The Palm, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts and Premier Inn, just to name a few. Support services such as ground transportation were represented by the likes of Europcar and Hertz, whilst the core component of corporate travel management companies and technology providers had an impressive presence through providers including, Dnata, Alshamel, Travelport, Asuna Travel, FCM and Orient Travel.
Mike Sherrard, Managing Director, Centaur Travel Group the show’s organiser said, “The commitment to reinstate efficient business travel policies was very clearly a shared goal amongst our exhibitors this year. The exchange of information and best practice was amongst our primary objectives this year and this was openly appreciated by the participants”.
Paving the way for active discussion, the ACTE-run Education Conference programme, including keynote presentations and round table sessions attracted over two thousand visitors to the Show. Monique Swart, Project Manager, ACTE commented, “We could not be more pleased with the attendance and participation at this year’s show. We spent a good deal of time ensuring we offered a wide spectrum of topics and speakers, which were not only expert, but topical, relevant and easily transferrable from the conference to application within the various sector services”.
The Business Travel Show Middle East 2011 is scheduled to take October 31st – November 1st. For more information and to view the image gallery please visit www.businesstravelshowmiddleeast.com
