ADNEC Hosts Abu Dhabi Familiarization Trip for North American Delegation
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) hosted a international delegation from North America with the objective of familiarizing them with Abu Dhabi National Exhibit Centre as a recommended destination for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) and creating more understanding concerning its first-rate centers, reducing side framework and strategic location.
During the visit, which was arranged in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau and Etihad Airways, Khalifa Al Qubaisi, the Acting Chief Commercial Officer of ADNEC, highlighted the tremendous potential of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibit Centre with its advanced centers, luxury holiday accommodations, customized occasion solutions and the most up to date in modern technology.
Abu Dhabi is gearing up for an amazing events period ahead, Al Qubaisi said, that includes the World Power Congress to be held in September next year, the World Road Congress to be kept in October next year, and the 2019 Special Olympics World Gamings to be hosted in March following year including the engagement of greater than 7,000 professional athletes from over 170 countries. Additionally, a series of customized medical conferences were also slated to be kept in the coming years, consisting of the World Urban Forum 2020, the International Federation of Esthetic Dentistry (IFED) World Congress in 2021, the World Congress of Nephrology 2020 and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) 2023, he added.
Al Qubaisi said: "We welcome the representatives of global institutions and organizations from North America here in Abu Dhabi and ADNEC. The emirate has ended up being a significant destination in the region for holding leading conferences, motivations, conferences and exhibits in addition to business tourist, many thanks to its advanced framework and critical location that comes for significant global markets. It has also become a global social centre with the world's most modern seminar and exhibit centers, in addition to numerous first-rate resorts and specialized specialist expertises. We emphasize that the Abu Dhabi National Event Centre is good to go and prepared to host global occasions and give the coordinators with the required assistance with its state-of-the-art facilities and premium event administration and planning services."
The visiting delegation comprised key reps and organization coordinators from global organizations and companies from North America, which included Dorothy Ofori, from the International Federation of Accountants; William Drohan, form Drohan Monitoring - Academy for Eating Disorders; Louis Shomette, Psychonomic Culture; Sergei Zelenev, from the International Council on Social Welfare; Emilio Rosa, from SKYPASS Traveling and Christian C Krueger, from the American Express Conferences & Occasions Monitoring company.
The Abu Dhabi National Exhibit Centre, which was inaugurated in February 2007 by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, hosted over 442 events last year. It supplies exhibits, seminars and live event coordinators, around 133,000 Sqm of indoor and outside flooring room. The centre concentrates on holding occasions and activities on vital industries including health, petrochemicals, renewable resource, education and innovation in addition to actual state, sports, safety and security and protection.
In 2012, the center hosted the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC), which attracted over 12,000 worldwide delegates including specialized doctors and practitioners, and last year, it arranged the World Diabetic issues Congress, together with numerous other leading occasions and congresses. The centre has contributed significantly to the growth and growth of business tourism market in Abu Dhabi, as part of its approach to advertise the Emirate's variety of revenue streams. In 2017, ADNEC contributed to AED 3.89 billion to Abu Dhabi's economy and drew in over 2.082 million site visitors, which helped boost hotel occupancy in the emirate to greater than 693,000 guest evenings and sustained the advancement of local sectors, especially those concerning knowledge and trade.
