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Abu Dhabi gained the title of the world’s top destination for weddings in 2024 at the Event Management Federation (EMF) Ace Global Awards, the flagship gathering for India’s leading weddings and entertainment industry. The Awards were held as part of the EMF Global Conference, which was hosted in Abu Dhabi on 26 and 27 July in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Convention & Exhibition Bureau (ADCEB), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi. The EMF Global Conference brought together 685 leading figures from the international events industry, including Bollywood Celebrities, renowned International Wedding Planners and service providers from the entertainment industry as well as luxury hotels and resorts, with a focus on the rapidly growing weddings and celebrations sector. At the end of a two-day schedule, which saw high-profile events held at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi on Yas Island and the Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital was officially presented with EMF’s award for ‘Best International destination of the year for Weddings & MICE ‘during a ceremony at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental. Mubarak Al Shamsi, Director of Abu Dhabi Convention and Exhibition Bureau at DCT Abu Dhabi, said: “It is a great privilege for Abu Dhabi to be named as EMF’s number one choice for couples looking to host an incredible destination wedding in 2024. This title celebrates the diverse and comprehensive landscape of services, offerings, and experiences available to couples who choose to tie the knot in the emirate. As we work towards further solidifying Abu Dhabi’s status as the go-to location for stunning weddings in a spectacular and welcoming setting, accolades from important industry leaders such as the EMF Global Conference help to prove that we …

The Abu Dhabi Convention and Exhibition Bureau, part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), has signed a strategic partnership with the Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) to enable employees and key stakeholders to receive a specialised professional certification and benefit from SITE’s educational programme of global incentive travel industry best practices. Providing networking and destination awareness opportunities to key DCT Abu Dhabi stakeholders, the strategic partnership will provide year-round access to SITE’s dedicated incentive travel events and conferences. As the only international association that focusses on incentive travel, SITE allows leading incentive travel professionals from across the globe to connect and learn new practices, as well as discover how to draw upon new strategies to boost the sector further. The partnership was agreed to demonstrate how Abu Dhabi is the ideal destination to host incentive travel schemes and events for corporate groups. As a destination that offers the world in one place, Abu Dhabi provides an incentive trip with a difference – from its culture and entertainment to its amazing landmarks and natural landscapes- all within close proximity to one another. Mubarak Al Shamsi, Director of Abu Dhabi Convention and Exhibition Bureau at DCT Abu Dhabi, said: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence, which will help us to establish ourselves as a prime incentive travel destination and play a key role in crafting, co-curating, and delivering purposeful contributions to the SITE association, as well as to Abu Dhabi’s incentive travel market. We look forward to working closely with SITE over the coming year to deliver bigger and more impactful incentive travel events and schemes …