Arabian Travel Market 2004 FACTFILE Opening Hours
Thursday 6th May 2004
Tuesday 4th May
11:00 - 18:00
Meridian Club Members & Trade Visitors
Wednesday 5th May
10:00 - 18:00
Meridian Club Members & Trade Visitors
Thursday 6th May
10:00 - 20:00
Meridian Club Members & Trade Visitors
17:00 - 20:00
General Public
16:00 - 21:00
Meridian Club Members & Trade Visitors & General Public
Friday 7th May
Seminar Programme
A full programme of educational and informative seminars sponsored by TTN and TradeArabia.com will run alongside the exhibition. All seminars are free of charge to all ATM delegates. No booking is required and seats at each seminar are available on a first come first served basis. Seminars will take place in Ajman 6A above Hall 6, located on the mezzanine level.
Wednesday 5th May 2004 11:00 Organising World Class Events in the Gulf When Dubai hosted last year's annual World Bank/IMF meeting, it in effect announced to the world that it was ready to handle the needs of any major world event. At this seminar you'll hear the inside story of how this complex and challenging event was won, how Dubai surpassed the organisational requirements and what this means for the future of the meetings industry in this region. The World Bank/IMF meeting is notorious in the meetings world for the complexity of its arrangements as it combines formal delegation sessions and informal businessto-business wheeler dealing. To take on such an event successfully requires awesome organisational ability. If you are planning or considering an event of any size in the Gulf area, this seminar should be the first entry in your diaries and there is no better time to bring your delegates over to experience a world class event. Moderator: Mr. Medhat Nassar, Regional Business Development Manager - World of Events Panelists: Mr. Rashid Al Noori, Senior Vice President, Dnata Agencies Mr. Ahmed Al Banna, Deputy Director General, DCCI Ms. Patricia Soen, Membership Director, ICCA Location: Ajman 6A
14:00 Trends in Outbound Travel from Saudi Arabia - The Largest Source Market in the Gulf / Middle East Saudi Arabia represents the largest body of outbound travellers in the Middle East / Gulf region. Further, the Saudi traveller tends to be a long-stayer and a high-spender. These factors make it a source market of great importance, for all destinations seeking to increase their share from this region. This presentation will attempt to profile the Saudi outbound traveller, analyse trends in travel patterns and behaviour, and present an 'outlook for the future' based on these trends. Market Vision is a specialist tourism and hospitality research and consulting organisation, based in Dubai, with a focus on the Gulf / Middle East markets. Its clientsinclude the Madrid-based World Tourism Organisation,European Travel Commission, VisitBritain, Turespana Spanish Tourism Board, and Cyprus Tourism Organisation. Speaker: Mr.Gautam Sen Gupta, CEO & Director of Market Vision Research & Consulting Location: Ajman 6A 16:00 E-commerce Is Not The Future, It Is The Present Expedia is the largest Tour Operator dedicated to the online market and is the fastest growing travel agency - in 7 years of operations reaching a turnover of $8.2 billion dollars and 35 million room nights sold during 2003. Expedia allows customers to fully tailor make their travel experience and uses state-of-the-art online package technology. This seminar will show the evolution of e-commerce from booking the single elements, to the whole travel experience. E-commerce is not the future, it is the present and it is happening while you read these lines. Speaker: Mr Diego Lofeudo, Senior Sales Manager of Destination Services for Expedia, Inc Location: Ajman 6A
14:00 E-Umrah Made Easy The seminar will commence with a brief overview on Dar Al Manasek Tourism and Umrah and WaytoUmrah.com. Concentrating on the services and online reservation system - (DORS - Dar Al Manasek online Reservation System) that is available. The session will include area such as Umrah Packages (visa services, meet and assist, transportation, guide, accommodation according to the ministry of Hajj regulations), Hajj (Meet and Assist, Transportation, guide, accommodation) and Ramadan Packages. An Introduction, Hotels Guide, Key Benefits of the system, system requirements, payment types and usage will be provided for the this Reservation System. Followed by a Brief online Presentation on DORS - How to make bookings, How to amend /cancel bookings, Generating different kinds of Reports and How to Print Online Guest Voucher. WayToUmrah.com will give information on the overall Ministry of Hajj System, Applying for visas, Stages to pass on, and Interrelation between other Ministries, Approval of Visas and Obstacles. Going on to Key Elements of the System through to e-payment and future plans such as Expanding the Umrah System so that it will reach all Muslims all over the world. Speaker: Dar Al Manasek and waytoumrah.com Location: Ajman 6A 16:00 SMART PACKAGING: MEETINGS-2-GO Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. Meetings2Go aims to make meetings great works of art - at a fraction of the cost. Sometimes, we appear to make meeting planning so unnecessarily complicated. Meetings2Go makes the process simple and elegant by making available ready to go turnkey meeting and incentive packages. Meetings2Go is part of a family of products that include Events2Go, Incentives2Go and Trainings2Go. The target audiences are part-time planners doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and others who do not consider themselves meeting planners but who actually plan meetings for their organisations. There are over 200,000 of them in the USA alone. Dr. Andrea Sigler, President and CEO of CIMPA will explain how suppliers and buyers alike can participate and how sellers can reach buyers they otherwise would not meet in
\trade shows and industry meetings. Speaker: Andrea Sigler PhD, President and CEO Connected International Meeting Professionals Association Location: Ajman 6A
Social Programme Monday 3 May 13:30 Nakheel Luncheon (By Invitation Only) TBC
Tuesday 4 May 10:00 Reed Travel Exhibitions Opening Ceremony Dubai World Trade Centre 16:00 SKAL Club Dubai 672 Drinks Party (By Invitation Only) Entre-nous Restaurant, Upper Section, Novotel Hotel 19:00 Reed Travel Exhibitions Official Exhibitor Welcome Party The New Arabian Ranches 20:00 Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort & Spa Reception (By Invitation Only) Le Royal Meridien Dubai
Wednesday 5 May 18:30 Fairmont Dubai Cocktail Reception (By Invitation Only) Fairmont Dubai
Thursday 6 May 16:00 Czech Republic Reception Stand 2505
Friday 7 May 08:30 Reed Travel Exhibitions Golf Tournament The New Arabian Ranches
Venue ATM 2004 returns to it's original home at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Site maps and full information on the Trade Centre including services offered, facilities and a full exhibition calendar can be found at www.dwtc.com
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