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Danielle Curtis, Exhibition Director ME, Arabian Travel Market, said: “While it’s clear
that healthy competition will continue to play an important role in strengthening the
GCC’s world-class tourism offering, it was also encouraging to hear how collaboration is
enabling the region to become more than the sum of its parts in terms of attracting
global travellers. We are immensely grateful to this year’s ministerial participants, who
provided a diverse range of valuable insights into the region’s unified tourism future.”
The opening day of ATM 2024 featured 12 sessions across the Global and Future
Stages. Welcoming attendees to the Global Stage today, H.E. Issam Abdulrahim
Kazim, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce
Marketing, hosted the fascinating Global Stage Welcome: The Gateway to Global
Insights session, outlining the key tourism objectives for Dubai for the coming years.
Meanwhile, the all-new Future Stage kicked off a week of innovation-focused sessions,
including Branding in the AI Era: How Travel Brands Can Capture Wanderlust and The
New Age of Island Tourism.

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