The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has recently announced the names of the hotels that won in the Dubai Green Tourism Award 2009. The award was launched last year to honour environment-friendly hotels that have made significant improvements to services and systems through internal and external initiatives such as waste recycling, energy conservation, and environmental awareness campaigns. The winners were announced during the concluding grand ceremony organised by the DCTM on Wednesday morning at the InterContinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City, Al Ras Hall 1.

Regional hoteliers are beginning to recognize the vast number of new hotel rooms coming to market as more of an opportunity than a threat.

Five-star properties to have three categories

Hotel apartments’ classification to have a new category

Promotional event to be held in Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Stockholm from April 19 to 20

The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) is continuing its aggressive marketing and promotional drive and will be highlighting the strengths and attraction of the emirate’s vibrant tourism industry in a series of four Dubai Tourism Road Shows in the Nordic states of Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden from April 19 to 22.

Dubai ranks first in the world for average room rate (ARR) for four consecutive months

The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) participated in the Ukraine International Travel and Tourism (UITT) exhibition, showcasing the tourism product offerings to the prospective visitors and tour operators in one of the most-promising tourism source markets for the emirate.

DTCM accords priority to corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes 

The Rashid Paediatric Therapy Centre (RPTC), which imparts education and rehabilitation programmes for about 300 students with special needs from various nationalities, has honoured the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to serve the people with special needs and other projects to make Dubai accessible to all as a tourism destination.

Six hotels join DTCM in offering jobs in hospitality sector

Kids go Free being promoted in 70 countries   

83 hotels join family tourism initiative starting from May 14

Dubai Bid Alliance helping attract MICE business

52 co-participants to share 408-square-metres Dubai Stand

 The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) organised a ceremony at its Head Office to honour the participants of Heritage Festival for Students held recently at the Heritage and Diving Village complex in Al Shindagha in cooperation with the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).

As part of its continuing global initiatives to promote and market Dubai as a business and leisure destination, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) participated in the 2010 edition of Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meeting Expo (AIME) in the Australian city of Melbourne recently.

Close on the heels of its successful participation in the 2010 edition of Moscow International Travel and Tourism (MITT) exhibition from March 17 to 20, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) is participating in the Ukraine International Travel and Tourism (UITT) exhibition from March 24 to 26.

Family-orientated promotion will run parallel to Dubai Summer Surprises from May 14 

80 hotel establishments signed up for the five-month promotion

The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) and Emirates Airlines launched ‘Kids Go Free’ promotion at the International Tourism Exchange (ITB), the world’s biggest tourism fair, held in Berlin from March 10 to 14.

111 co-participants shared Dubai stand at the world’s biggest tourism convention

Double-decker stand measures 528 square metres

Germany remain a key source market for Dubai’s tourism industry

21 years of DTCM’s successive participation in ITB