{"id":38361,"date":"2021-05-16T16:49:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T12:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=38361"},"modified":"2021-05-16T16:49:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T12:49:48","slug":"hh-sheikh-ahmed-bin-saeed-opens-arabian-travel-market-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/hh-sheikh-ahmed-bin-saeed-opens-arabian-travel-market-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Opens Arabian Travel Market 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, CEO and Founder of the Emirates Group and chairman of Dubai World, officially inaugurated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabiantravelmarket.wtm.com\/\">Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2021<\/a> today, marking the start of the 28<sup>th <\/sup>edition of the Middle East\u2019s largest travel and tourism exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>HH Sheikh Ahmed was accompanied by HE Helal Saeed Al Marri, CEO of Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and Director-General of Dubai\u2019s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), Claude Blanc, WTM &amp; IBTM Portfolio Director; Danielle Curtis, Exhibition Director Middle East,ATM and other VIPs who embarked on a tour of the show floor as the four-day event got underway at DWTC.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place from 16to 19 May, this year\u2019s event has 1,300 exhibitors from 62 countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Italy, Germany, Cyprus, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, the Maldives, the Philippines, Thailand, Mexico and the US, underscoring the strength of our reach.<\/p>\n<p>ATM 2021\u2019s show theme is appropriately \u2018A New Dawn for Travel &amp; Tourism\u2019 and spread across nine halls. Consistent with the existing density restrictions and social distancing guidelines and regulations, there will be 11,000 people in the halls at any given time.<\/p>\n<p>The event will once again play an integral role in Arabian Travel Week, a 10-day long festival of travel and tourism events taking place in Dubai and online. In addition to the in-person Arabian Travel Market event, the travel events that are part of Arabian Travel Week are: travel technology exhibition Travel Forward, ARIVAL Dubai for the tours and attractions sector, GBTA\u2019s half day virtual business travel conference, ITIC\u2019s Middle East Tourism Investment Summit and regionally focused buyer groups including China, and of course ATM Virtual, the online edition of the ATM exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>This year, for the first time in ATM history, a new hybrid format will mean a virtual ATM running a week later, from 24-26 May, to complement and reach a wider audience than ever before. ATM Virtual, which made its debut last year, proved to be a resounding success attracting 12,000 online attendees from 140 countries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38362\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atm-2021-opening-tour-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atm-2021-opening-tour-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atm-2021-opening-tour-1-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atm-2021-opening-tour-1-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atm-2021-opening-tour-1-732x559.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, CEO and Founder of the Emirates Group and chairman of Dubai World, officially inaugurated Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2021 today, marking the start of the 28th edition of the Middle East\u2019s largest travel and tourism exhibition. 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