GLOBAL HOSPITALITY PROVIDERS HEAD TO DUBAI AS REGIONAL INDUSTRY PLANS MULTI-BILLION INVESTMENTS

Major worldwide players will gather in Dubai this May (23-25 May) at The Hotel Show – the undisputed flagship for, and gateway to, the Middle East’s multi-billion-dollar hospitality industry – as the Middle East plans new developments to meet accelerated tourism ambitions.

Running at Dubai World Trade Centre, the Hotel Show comes against a regional upsurge of hospitality investment driven largely by the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

“Saudi Arabia alone needs to accommodate the 100 million tourists it hopes to attract by 2030 with a hotel pipeline valued at US$110 billion while the UAE hospitality market is expected to expand by 25% over the same period adding a further 48,000 rooms to its room stock. This offers unprecedented opportunity for developers, equipment and product suppliers, designers and operators,” said Elaine O'Connell, Vice President of Design and Hospitality at dmg events, show organiser. The event will also dig deep into the regional hotel prospects through probing conferences, seminars and features which will help industry professionals unearth the opportunity sweet spots.

Upwards of 13,000 industryrelated professionals from investors and owners, F&B specialists, procurement decision-makers, designers and specifiers are expected to attend the show. Meanwhile, show attendance is expected to benefit from its colocation with the Leisure Show, the one-stop exhibition for the Middle East’s dynamic fitness, spa, and gym sectors, which brings owners and operators together with equipment distributors and suppliers. The show has areas dedicated to sport & fitness, wellness & spa, and recreation & adventure.

Also co-located alongside The Hotel Show Dubai and The Leisure Show will be HITEC Dubai, the world’s largest hospitality technology event, INDEX interior design show and Workspace – the premier event for workplace technologies, with over 28,000 visitors expected to attend all co-located shows.

For more information, visit www.thehotelshow.com

Food and beverage producers from across the GCC have praised Gulfood 2023, capitalizing on the opportunities at the 28th edition of the world’s largest annual F&B sourcing event which ran at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from 20-24 February 2023.

The biggest edition in Gulfood’s history brought together with 5,223 leading food and beverage companies, showcasing 100,000 new products from 125 countries and 134,460 visitors from 195 countries. Filled with countless networking opportunities to develop new business relationships and strengthen existing ones, this year’s show offered a bigger platform to make new partnerships, deals, collaborations, signings and announcements.