DUBAI: Arabian Adventures, the region’s major destination management company (DMC), has opened a brand new, state-of-the-art, operations center at Dubai Investment Park. The new facility, the biggest of its kind in the region, is designed to support Arabian Adventures’ rapidly growing business, and will service business requirements for the next 20 years.
Occupying 2.4 hectares, the centre provides easy access to the Northern Emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The largest and most modern operations centre of its kind in the region, it will allow better integration of Arabian Adventures’ safari and general transportation operations. Additionally, it will be able to accommodate a five-fold growth in Arabian Adventures’ fleet of vehicles including coaches, medium-sized buses, mini buses, private cars, four-wheel-drives and luggage trolleys.
Frederic Bardin, senior VP, Arabian Adventures, said, “As the first local tour operator in Dubai we have grown significantly over the past few years. We continue to lead the way as the region’s leading destination management company. The new operations center will allow us to consolidate our existing facilities into one new purpose-built center. This will create significant efficiencies in our operations and will allow us to grow even further in the future. We are predicting an annual increase in business of 10-15 percent.”
According to research from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), annual travel and tourism revenues in the region will increase by 89 percent over the next 10 years and will be worth some $279 billion by 2016 alone. The industry already accounts for 21 percent of Dubai’s GDP and is expected to continue to grow. Arabian Adventures, which is part of the Emirates Group, is expecting to capitalize on this growth. The new center has, therefore, been designed to accommodate this significant business growth and places Arabian Adventures in a very strong position for the future.