OCEC opening to drive boom in business tourism
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Business travel to the Sultanate of Oman is set to get a major boost following the opening of the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC) last month.
The venue will further strengthen Oman’s position as a growing business hub for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE).
Khalid Al Zidjali, Head of Oman Convention Bureau, said: “The Ministry’s initiative in establishing the Oman Convention Bureau under its supervision is a milestone towards building a foundation and achieving our objectives in the MICE tourism sector. We will be working as a specialized team to enhance this sector and regulate the processes, and use various external channels to promote MICE internationally. The bureau also aims to maintain a healthy atmosphere that supports all institutions and organizations working in the sector to host events and promote the Sultanate,” said Khalid Al Zidjali, Head of Oman Convention Bureau. The Bureau will also market tourism packages to the global corporates.”
The OCEC will include theatres, conference rooms, four hotels with almost 1,000 rooms, and major exhibition halls to cater to thousands of participants simultaneously.
Another important upcoming project is the Muscat International Airport, which is undergoing renovation and expansion. The airport will increase its passenger capacity in three phases. First, it will increase its capacity to hold 12 million passengers, then 24 million passengers and finally move to a passenger capacity of 48 million.
Oman Air, the international airline of Oman and the GCC’s first airline, will include the new generation of Boeing 737 airliners to its fleet and will fly to more routes and new destinations.
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