GIBTM Podcast

From Dubai to Oman, Qatar to Bahrain, this is a region that the rest of the world wants to do business with. Demand for meetings and incentive facilities is booming and now it has its own event, GIBTM. In this first podcast in a series, Paul Kennedy MBE, Group Exhibition Director of Meeting and Incentive Events explains how GIBTM is different to general travel show, what the meetings industry is, why it is called MICE, and reveals some interesting facts from the region’s first research study.

Whilst GIBTM is dedicated to everyone who works within the meetings, incentives and business travel sector, in this podcast we explain how to identify if you qualify as a visitor or as a Hosted Buyer. Explaining that the event is open to everyone from the entire region and also to overseas buyers, Paul Kennedy talks us through the differences between a Hosted Buyer and a general visitor to the show. He goes on to explain about the event programme and what’s on offer to all that attend GIBTM from special events right through to special travel and hotel rates. Finally, the line up of exhibitors and features at the event.