ADNEC increases exhibition market in UAE capital by 185% in its first year

ABU DHABI – The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (ADNEC) revealed that, during the first operational year of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, there was a massive 185% increase in the number of major exhibitions staged here. ADNEC has also announced that to celebrate the first anniversary of its opening, it will participate in three major international events in February 2008: London’s CONFEX 2008, Melbourne’s AIME and China’s UFI Open Seminar in Asia.



ADNEC was recently cited as a major contributing factor in the success of the UAE as a global conference destination. Abu Dhabi was also ranked as the second most important destination for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) in the Gulf, a rise of nine places in just one year.