MICE in Middle East

Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) in Middle East

Middle East
Dubai is the most happening destination for MICE trips with exhibitions, conferences and seminars of every scale being hosted there. The Dubai Convention Bureau coordinates the promotion of all convention hotels and venues in Dubai and is augmenting its facilities to meet commitments made till 2020.

Abu Dhabi is keeping pace with a dazzling array of ongoing tourism projects at the Saadiyat and Yas Islands, Al Raha Beach, Qasr Al Sarab, Angsana Resort and Spa, Bridgeway at Zayed Sports City, the Emirates Pearl, Abu Dhabi Creek Business Resort, the Quay and the Al Gurm Resort.

Sharjah, Doha and the Kingdom of Jordan are also gearing up for the MICE sector with a slew of projects. Bahrain's growing infrastructure includes grand projects like the Durrat Al Bahrain, Amwaj islands and Al Areen. The Gulf Hotel Bahrain's International Convention Centre has been a popular venue for cross-border corporate events.

Qatar's historic monuments and the Cultural Village in Al Dafna, the Education City Convention Centre and the Shangri La make it a good choice for meetings and conferences. The recently launched Blue City, the St Regis Doha and the Al Waab City projects are building up capacities for the MICE market.

The reconstruction of Iraq is most visible in Erbil where large scale real estate projects are driving the city's dream of becoming an alternative to the UAE as a MICE destination. A multipurpose convention centre with a capacity for 1,200 people is already operational, and hotel facilities will see a boom in the next few years.