Dubai World Trade Center

Considered to be the heart of business activities in the Middle East, Dubai World Trade Center is a 39 storey tower housing a Convention Center with a capacity of 6500 seats, eight exhibition halls and several residential apartments. The 184 metres high building was inaugurated in 1979 after it was built under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. Net lettable space of Dubai World Trade Center or DWTC is approximately 283,000 sq. ft. Of the 39 stories of DWTC, 28 are for commercial activities.

The role played by DWTC in promoting and boosting domestic and international trade cannot be quantified in simple terms. One of the main business activities in Dubai World Trade Center is the exhibitions arranged different halls of the Tower. At present, DWTC can allow a gross exhibition space of 42,000 sq. mts. inside the tower. In addition to it with its acquisition of a new exhibition complex in 1999 for the Airport Expo Dubai, DWTC has added 23,000 sq.mts. more to its gross exhibition area.

Dubai International Convention Center and Dubai International Catering Center are the two main bodies associated with the day to day business of DWTC. Dubai International Convention Center can accommodate as many as 12,000 delegates at a time. One of the major successes of this Center was the organization of 2003 Annual General Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in September 2003 when the state-of-the-art venue of DICC came to the world's attention for the first time. On an average, 8,000 meals are produced daily by a modernized and well equipped kitchen of the Dubai International Catering Centre. The three food & beverage outlets at three different corners of the DWTC complex is managed by this Centre. In addition, Dubai International Catering Centre offers its catering services for affluent external parties like the Royal families, Diplomats and other international dignitaries.

To widen the scope of Arabic language in business circles, DWTC takes extra efforts to conduct beginners, intermediate and advanced courses in Arabic Language.

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