Dubai hotels and hotel apartments report good business

The market trends were revealed to the senior DTCM officials at the sixth meeting of the Hotel and Hotel Apartment Group held at the Mina A' Salam Hotel in Dubai recently.
The consultative panel of the emirate's booming hospitality industry comprised of 18 representatives from the hotel and hotel apartments in the emirate. This was the last meeting of the group for the year 2003.

It was held under the chairmanship of the DTCM Director General, Mr. Khalid A bin Sulayem.

The meeting was attended among others by Mr. Mohammed Khamis bin Hareb, DTCM Director Operations and Marketing.

Members of the group briefed the meeting about the market trends and the future growth prospects.

They said the hotel establishments generated good business in the recent months, including the Holy Month of Ramadan, and that there has been significant increase in the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) enquiries and familiarisation trips to the emirate.

The group members unanimously remarked: " Business in general was good due to the DTCM's initiatives and activities. Dubai has been visible in all the events. The city hotels had a big flow of guests from the AGCC markets."

Mr. bin Sulayem briefed the participants about the DTCM's marketing and promotional agenda and the new initiatives being planned to further enhance the international profile of Dubai and carve out an even bigger market share.

The latest initiatives from the Dubai Convention Bureau, the inclusion of new exhibitions for the overseas promotions, and the global advertising campaign, were also revealed.

A wide range of issues faced by the hotel establishments in the emirate were brought to the notice of the DTCM officials for taking up with other government organisations.

The DTCM coordinates with government organsiations like the Dubai Municipality, Dubai Police, Department of Economic Development, and Dubai Naturisation and Residency Department (DNRD) on tourism-related matters and to solve the issues confronting the hospitality industry.

The next meeting of the group, with the new members on board, will be held in the first week of January, 2004.