Tuesday, October 07 - 2008

Green focus for The Business Travel Show

The Business Travel Show Dubai is teaming up with YouGovSiraj this month to roll out a comprehensive survey into the business travel trends of corporates in the UAE.

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, June 09 - 2008 at 08:06
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The survey, which will target buyers and bookers of business travel, will question the market's commitment to green travel initiatives, with a view to finding out how many companies are prepared to pay extra to offset their travelling employees' carbon emissions, and who are using suppliers that minimise carbon footprints.

The Business Travel Show Dubai and YouGovSiraj survey will also consider the latest issues and trends facing corporate travel managers and bookers of business travel, from booking habits and decision making processes to business travel policy making. The survey is being carried out starting from 2nd June, with results being made public at the end of June.

'Through this survey we hope to educate the UAE's business travel bookers and buyers on what can be done to limit the environmental impact of their travel. This survey will enable us to get a clearer picture of who is already offsetting their carbon emissions, giving us a platform to work from to encourage greater environmental awareness among corporate travel managers in the region,'



said Sally Maltby, Event Director for show organisers Centaur Exhibitions.

Earlier this month, The Business Travel Show Dubai signed an agreement to offset its carbon emissions with Carbon Capital Markets, a leading carbon trader and fund manager. This is the second year that the Business Travel Show Dubai and Carbon Capital Markets have worked together to offset the show's carbon footprint.

Emissions to be offset will include those generated by the venue building, courtesy diesel buses used to transport delegates to and from the desert car parking area, the speaker/moderators' personal travel to and from the show and event staff. Visitors and exhibitors at the show will also be encouraged to offset their own travel.

Business Travel Show Dubai is part of the global Business Travel Shows portfolio, which also includes exhibitions in the UK and Germany. The Business Travel Shows are the only events in the industry that are specifically aimed at buyers and bookers of business travel.

The Business Travel Show Dubai is a joint venture between Centaur Media Plc and Dnata World of Events and takes place at the Madinat Jumeriah Arena on October 20-21, 2008.




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Visitors can register online to attend for free, by visiting www.businesstravelshow.ae and clicking on 'registration'.

About YouGovSiraj

YouGovSiraj is a full-service market research company, specialising in qualitative research and online polling. YouGovSiraj acts as a research consultancy for clients on research projects of any size, outsourcing face-to-face and telephone, ensuring the very best service the region can offer. It is a subsidiary company of YouGov Plc in the UK and applies the same online methodology, which has proven levels of accuracy. YouGovSiraj has the region's largest pure research panel of 100,000 members, who respond to surveys. The company has particularly strong analytical skills, with research specialists who have many years regional experience.

For further information contact:

Jane Wilson, Director, Travel and Tourism Research
Tel: 055 624 5275

About The Business Travel Show Dubai

The Business Travel Show is the only event that has a proven track record of attracting thousands of buyers responsible for purchasing and managing their company's travel and meetings expenditure, or simply booking colleague's business trips and organising company meetings. For 14 years the Business Travel Show in the UK has remained a constant fixture in hundreds of suppliers' sales and marketing activity calendars as it delivers genuine leads with real potential, builds brand and product awareness, enables suppliers to reach the media and provides many other tangible results.

Shows take place annually in London, Dusseldorf and now in Dubai and the Shows maintain their No. 1 position for visitors and suppliers by keeping pace with the fast moving changes in the travel industry, reflecting the issues in the market through an innovatory mix of show features, exhibitors, and a strong focus on education and networking, thus creating an exciting pro-business environment.

About Dnata
www.dnata.com

Dnata Travel Services is an established travel industry innovator and market leader in the Middle East, with an extensive network of partnerships providing tailor-made solutions to meet the travel demands of its customers. Building on a solid track record in the United Arab Emirates, Dnata Travel Services has expanded its operations to over 70 outlets in the GCC, including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and it has plans to establish more regional outlets in Qatar and Oman.

Business Travel Show - Dubai
20th - 21st October 2008, Madinat Jumeirah Arena, Dubai

Business Travel Show contact:
Sally Maltby
Event Director
Centaur Exhibitions
Tel: +44 (0)20 7970 6517
Fax: +44 (0)8701 973 463

For further press information:
Nicki Page
Executive Director
Fusion Marketing Dubai
Tel: +971 4 3912149
Anne-Birte Stensgaard Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News Editor
Monday, June 09 - 2008 at 08:06 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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This Article was updated on Sunday, August 10 - 2008


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