Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts within the UAE will showcase its diverse and growing meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) portfolio on this year’s edition of the Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (GIBTM), which occurs from 25-27March 2013 on the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC).
Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts recorded a fifteen% increase in group room nights for 2012 in comparison to 2011, capitalising at the strength of its eight properties in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The head source markets for groups segment for all Jumeirah properties in Dubai and Abu Dhabi because the beginning of 2012 was the United Arab Emirates, Uk, Usa, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Switzerland. The best growth in business for the Dubai hotels have been from Saudi Arabia, Russia and South Africa, while for Abu Dhabi from United Arab Emirates, Uk, and Us of a.
Christian Pertl, Vice chairman of Sales and Marketing in Dubai & MEASA, Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts said: “We are delighted on the increase in corporate and meetings business that our MICE offerings achieved in 2012. This have been driven not just by the standard of our hotels’ facilities and the special attention given to MICE business, but in addition by the rate of our response time to enquiries and the addition of 2 new properties to the UAE portfolio, Jumeirah at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi and Jumeirah Creekside in Dubai.”
In late Spring 2013 Jumeirah expects to open Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel in Kuwait, which has extensive meeting and conference facilities.
Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts can be participating at GIBTM in both the Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing pavilion and the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority pavilion. Both stands will include representatives from the gang and taking part hotels including Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah, Jumeirah Creekside Hotel and Jumeirah at Etihad Towers Hotel.