Oman Travel Market Exhibition to be opened by H.E. Engineer Abdullah Bin Abbas Bin Ahmed, Chairman of Muscat Municipality

Established in 2003 as the Discover Oman Exhibition, the event is organised by OITE as the Oman Travel Market since 2005. It is organised under the auspices of Ministry of Tourism and supported by UNESCO.

OTM is a unique travel and tourism event in the Sultanate and will represent the real estate tourism, adventurous tourism, health tourism and the traditional tourism areas.

The exhibition is organised in line with the developments taking place in the Sultanate's tourism industry. The rapid growth in the travel and tourism market in the Sultanate has put this event in the spot light and will include participants from hotels, resorts, airlines, travel and tour operators, health centres and providers of other tourism related services.

The visitors can access various avenues of holiday and health destinations besides the travel offers the airlines have to offer.

Oman Air, Gulf Air and Qatar Airways are the Platinum Sponsors of the event. Golden Tulip Hotels Inns and Resorts/Flamingo Hotels Management Company is the Gold Sponsor whereas Premium Health Solutions is the Silver Sponsor. The Official Newspapers are Times of Oman and Al Shabiba and Official Magazine is Oman Today. Official Clearing & Forwarding Agent is Swift Connections.

The prominent exhibitors confirmed are Al Ahlia Insurance Co SAOC, Al Bustan Palace Intercontinental Muscat, Al Nahda Resort & Spa, Bangkok Hospital Medical Center, Egyptian Tourist Authority, Etihad Airways, India Tourism, Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia, Ministry of Heritage & Culture, OHI Advertising/Desert Nights Resort, Oman National Transport Co SAOC, Oman Post, Oman Tourism Projects Development Co LLC, Promo Oman LLC, Public Authority for Craft Industries, Publicis Graphics Events, Safeer Tourism and Hotel Co, Shanfari Group of Hotels, Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, Sultan's Armed Forces Museum and Zahara Travel & Services Bureau LLC.

The exhibition will have a Unique Destination Seminar alongside the event on 9 May 2007.