NEXT year’s IBTM Arabia is already half full, with close to 50 per cent of its meeting pods already booked.
Formerly called the GIBTM, the rebranded event takes place at the St Regis Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from February 10 to12. The event is being held in partnership with TCA Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau.It offers meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (Mice) suppliers from the region the chance to meet VIP international planners and buyers who have been accepted onto the hosted buyer programme from Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, North America, South America and the Middle East. IBTM Arabia will also facilitate opportunities for exhibitors and buyers to meet editors from some of the world’s leading Mice publications. Another key difference for IBTM Arabia over other events in the region is the guarantee that every exhibitor will have a pre-scheduled diary of up to 30 mutually matched appointments, access to nine networking opportunities and to a knowledge forum, part of its ‘Discovery Day’. Some of the hosted buyers confirmed to attend IBTM Arabia 2015 include Bespoke Discovery (Jordan), Semark (Saudi Arabia), International Association of Dental Students (Jordan), RIPE NCC (UAE), BME Global (UK), WAITT (Netherlands), V Global Management (Malaysia), Healthcare Consultancy Group (US), International Academy for Design and Health (Sweden), The London Diplomatic Association (UK), Show D’Vision (Germany) and The Achievement Awards Group (South Africa).