Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing

The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing’s (DTCM) pioneering initiative to encourage hospitality sector adopt environment-friendly practices has proved to be a resounding success with 104 hotels and hotel apartments applying for the second edition of Dubai Green Tourism Award. An eight-member judging panel of experts from the UAE Prime Minister’s Office, DTCM, Dubai [...]

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Ms. Olga Velceva, a receptionist at the Dubai’s iconic Burj Al Arab hotel, has won the prestigious David Campbell Trophy at the an International Presidium of the Amicale Internationale des Chefs de Reception et Sous Directeurs des Grand Hotels (AICR) held in the Czech Republic capital, Prague, from January 18 to 22. She was chosen [...]

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As part of its 2012’s marketing strategy to boost the overall number of Indian travelers to Dubai, the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), conducted tourism workshops to network with the Indian travel industry covering the cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Ahmedabad. The workshops targeted over 1,000 Indian trade professionals comprising major [...]

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The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), in cooperation with the Emirates Culinary Guild (ECG), organised a ceremony at its Head Office to honour the hotels and sponsors for their support to the events it organised for the 40th UAE National Day celebrations in December 2011. Mrs. Arwa Al Ghammai, DTCM Director of [...]

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Dubai has been presented ‘The Most Beautiful Destination’ award by the China Travel Channel after a jury comprising of 100 senior Chinese journalists endorsed the emirate over several other destinations including US, France, Germany, UK and Singapore for the award given to mark the 10th anniversary of the popular TV channel. The award was received [...]

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The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) organized a meeting with the key players of the emirate’s tourism industry to review the performance of Dubai’s tourism industry in 2011 and discuss the growth potential and market trends for the current year. Chaired by the DTCM Director General, Mr. Khalid A bin Sulayem and [...]

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Dubai, January 5, 2012: Continuing its strong participation in the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) for the 17th successive year, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has lined up a wide range of programmes highlighting various facets of Emirati culture and traditions during the DSF-2012 starting on January 5. Mr. Khalid bin Gharib, [...]

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As part of its participation for the 17th successive year in the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) is showcasing the rich maritime history and hospitality traditions of the Emiratis for the visitors of the Heritage Village and Diving Village in Al Shindagha heritage sites complex for the [...]

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For the first time, Dubai hosted the winter camp for Juventus, Italy’s third oldest football club, ahead of the much-awaited championship in the Italian city of Lecce on January 8, wherein they will take on the defending champions and current Serie A leaders, AC Milan, which also conducted its winter training camp in Dubai in [...]

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DTCM hosts Dubai visit for international footballer Recardo Kaka Brazilian national visited iconic landmarks and touristic attractions during the 10-day family tour DTCM actively promoting sports tourism across the world Dubai, December 27, 2011: Recardo Kaka, one of the world famous footballers and a key player of Brazil’s national team, is in Dubai exploring the [...]

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The BestCities Global Alliance has recently announced Jerad Bachar, the Director of the Dubai Convention Bureau as the new board chair for 2012. The Dubai Convention Bureau is a division of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, a non-profit government funded organization, whose aim is to further develop and increase Dubai’s share of the [...]

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Dubai, December 15, 2011: The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) organized a grand welcome ceremony at the Dubai Cruise Terminal to mark the maiden calls of Costa Favalosa and Aida Blu cruise ships to Dubai. The newly-inducted cruise ships will be offering weekly regional itinerary with Dubai as the home port, it was [...]

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Dubai, December 14, 2011: The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) is hosting Dubai Tourism GCC Conference at The Meydan Hotel from December 14 to 16 to update the key decision-makers of travel trade from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman about growth opportunities and promote the destination among the Arabian Gulf [...]

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Dubai, December 5, 2011: Dubai’s extensive infrastructure for the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) industry and its membership of BestCities Global Alliance among other factors played a key role in the selection of Dubai for hosting the biennial World Diabetes Congress from December 4 to 8. Dubai is the second of the three BestCities [...]

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Costa Favalosa and Aida Blu cruise ships docks in Dubai Newly-inducted cruise ships to offer weekly regional itinerary with Dubai as home port Dubai, December 15, 2011: The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) organized a grand welcome ceremony at the Dubai Cruise Terminal to mark the maiden calls of Costa Favalosa and Aida [...]

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Cruise season to see more cruise tourists than the previous years Dubai Cruise Terminal ready to host maiden calls by two cruise ships Dubai hosts 135 cruise ships with 375,000 tourists in 2011 Dubai, December 12, 2011: The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) announced that 20 cruise ships with hundreds of passengers [...]

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The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) sponsored a dinner for the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup last Monday that will take place starting from Tuesday the 22nd to Saturday the 26th of November. The dinner was attended by Juan Cusco with the FIFA beach soccer and top ranked officials from the Dubai Sports Council. [...]

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11% increase in hotel establishment guests in the first three quarters 26 % increase in guest nights and 19% increase revenues in Jan-Sep 2001 Hotel establishments played host to 6.64 million guests in Jan-Sep period Bin Sulayem says achievement due to aggressive promotion and marketing Dubai, November 3, 2011: The Dubai Department of Tourism and [...]

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IMEX America is the world’s newest exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events Show witnessed the largest hosted-buyer programme ever-held in North America Over 1,500 exhibitors from across the world attended the Las Vegas show 16 co-participants shared 1539-square-feet Dubai Stand For Immediate Release Date: Dubai, October 30, 2011 As part of its continuing efforts [...]

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Dubai, October 6, 2011: Definitely Dubai, the user-friendly and informative dedicated portal for Dubai visitors from the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), has won The Internet Awards Middle East in the Best Government Website category, beating nine competitors from the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia. Presented by Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio [...]

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