Monday, 18 May 2015
Dubai World Trade Centre: Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai World Trade Centre: Dubai World Trade Centre: One more Dubai free zone, Dubai World Trade Centre converting to a free zone, good news for those interested to having business in Dubai ...
Dubai World Trade Centre
One more Dubai free zone,
Dubai World Trade Centre converting to a free zone, good news for those
interested to having business in Dubai world trade centre,
The
move aims to boost Dubai as a hub for regional and international exhibitions
while also attracting local and international investments. www.dubaibusinesskey.com
UAE VP, PM and Dubai’s Ruler Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has issued a new law establishing Dubai World
Trade Centre, the region’s MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions)
venue operator as a free zone.
The decree comes in an effort to boost Dubai as a hub for
regional and international exhibitions while also attracting local and
international investments.
The law also established Dubai World Trade Centre
Authority (DWTCA) to govern the free zone and stated that it will be part of
Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), the investment vehicle of Dubai.
The DWTCA’s responsibilities include establishing and
managing infrastructures within DWTC, managing various business activities,
licensing companies within the zone and overseeing construction work undertaken
in the free zone.
The law also authorises DWTCA to establish companies
independently or jointly and invest in such companies.
The DWTC’s geographical domain includes the current
facilities of Dubai World Trade Centre, the facilities under development and
the Dubai World Trade Centre at Jebel Ali.
The decree also appointed Deputy Ruler of Dubai and
Minister of Finance Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum as DWTCA’s chairman and
Helal Saeed Al Marri as the authority’s director general.
The transformation of DWTC into a free zone follows a
massive expansion plan by the MICE venue operator. www.dubaibusinesskey.com
15,500 square metres extension to its current indoor
complex space after strong year-on-year growth in events.
The extension will expand the available multipurpose
indoor capacity to over 122,000 square metres, catering to the next five years
of portfolio growth and accommodating Dubai’s growing business tourism traffic.
Adjacent to the existing Zabeel Hall complex, three new
halls – named Zabeel 4, 5 and 6 – will form the extension beyond Halls 1, 2 and
3. The new space is expected to become operational from Q1 2016.
This infrastructure expansion will improve the venue’s
ability to host more events concurrently.
A key component of Dubai’s business tourism strategy,
DWTC hosts major tradeshows such as Cityscape Global, Arab Health and Gulfood
as well as smaller events all year round.
According to a recent study by event’s organiser Pacific
World, the UAE, and Dubai specifically, emerged as one of the most popular
destinations for MICE in Europe, Asia and the Middle East in 2014.
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