DTCM holds joint meeting of hotels and tourism companies

The meeting was chaired by DTCM Director General Mr. Khalid A bin Sulayem and attended by senior officials from DTCM and Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) in addition to representatives from the two groups.

The meeting discussed issues relating to the tourism industry in the emirate and ways to strengthen the industry and better coordination among various government organizations to attract more visitors to the emirate.

The meeting discussed 'Rediscover Dubai' programme that will be jointly conducted soon by DTCM and Emirates Airlines in association with hotels and tour operators. The familiarization programme will bring 2000 tour operators and media representatives from various parts of the world and help the efforts to promote Dubai in established and emerging tourism outsource markets.

The meeting also discussed various promotional and marketing campaigns that DTCM is taking in certain markets.

The RTA officials - Mr. Nasser bu Shahab and Mr. Abdul Malik Ibrahim- briefed the participants about various projects and initiatives of the authority and answered queries raised by them.

DCA official, Ms. Hannan Al Mazim, briefed the participations about various programmes and responded to queries concerning a variety of issues relating to the tourism industry.