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We are just a few days away from the biggest show of the first quarter of 2021, the renowned Gulf Travel Show will kick off on 31st March and 1st April from 10 am to 6 pm. Partners from across the globe are ready to showcase their many offerings to the Middle East agents for two whole days. Nour Zayati, Sales Manager, Grand Hyatt Dubai shares their reason to participate and expectations from the event. “At GTS 2021 we will be showcasing our property. The Grand Hyatt Dubai is the only City    Resort in the UAE. Renovated 682 luxury rooms including 38 suites, Grand Resort Facilities including extensive landscaped gardens, 4 swimming pools and 2 tennis courts. 13 F&B  bars and restaurants with various cuisine from around the world. It is important for us to participate in GTS 2021 in order to establish new strong relationships with various TO, TA  in our neighboring countries and around the world. We will be able to create awareness and display our property to a fast-growing market. Building various win-win partnerships with other travel experts.”

Dubai College of Tourism (DCT), part of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), hosted the first HR Forum at the Grand Hyatt Dubai. The event, attended by more than 150 people from over 100 hotels operating in the city, focused on DCT’s efforts to train and empower the emirate’s tourist-facing workforce, which is expected to grow to more than half a million by 2020. Ensuring a knowledgeable, well-rounded hospitality workforce that delivers exceptional service is a critical component of Dubai Tourism’s strategy towards meeting its Tourism Vision 2020 goals, which include welcoming 20 million visitors per year by the start of the next decade. The event was an opportunity to introduce forthcoming DCT programmes, including Dubai Way, a detailed online training course designed to improve the knowledge of the tourist-facing workforce, as well as the Tourism Employee System, a unified platform created by Dubai Tourism and Dubai Police that maintains the industry’s employment records and is designed to improve administrative efficiency. Also on the agenda was Dubai Tourism’s new ‘Medyaf’ initiative that seeks to place UAE nationals in customer-facing roles within the tourism industry. Issam Kazim, CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing, commented: “Dubai is already well known for its exceptional service and visitor experience, but as we work towards increasing the number of visitors to the city in line with our Tourism Vision 2020, it’s crucial that we not only maintain these levels, but also raise the bar even higher. To that end, Dubai Tourism and Dubai College of Tourism are committed to working closely with our public and private sector stakeholders and partners by offering world-class training programmes. This is to ensure …