June 02, 2020
By Ashima Jain

With the aim of helping planners choose the right meeting destination in the Middle East and Africa, Cvent curates an annual list of Top 10 Meeting Destinations in Middle East & Africa – and this year too, we’ve got a familiar name for the no. 1 position – Dubai.

With a rich inventory of conventional and non-conventional meeting venues spread across more than 6,84,701 square metres of meeting space, this “city of gold” offers a prosperous MICE market, attracting thousands of meeting and event planners from across the world.

Abu Dhabi climbed up two places this year to take the number two spot, followed by Cape Town at number three (same as last year), Johannesburg at number four and Marrekesh at number five. Cairo jumped up four places to secure the sixth rank, owing to its growing popularity amongst the meeting planners as a preferred MICE destination.

Beirut (#7) and Ras Al Khaimah (#10) are the two debutants to this year’s list giving a tough competition to Doha and Nairobi sitting at eighth and ninth position respectively. With that, it’s a wrap to this years’ Top 10 Meeting Destinations in Middle East & Africa.

All the destinations featured on Cvent Supplier Network are evaluated on various qualifying parameters such as the total number of profile views, percentage of qualified meeting venues, unique request for proposals received, total room nights requested in request for proposals (RFPs), awarded RFPs, awarded room nights and quality of services. In 2018, more than 42 million room nights worldwide and $16 billion of business were sourced through the Cvent Supplier Network – helping to support more than 790,000 events around the globe – that is more than 2,000 events every day!

Click here to know more about Cvent's Top 10 Meeting Destinations in the Middle East & Africa.

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Ashima Jain

Ashima started her writing career with a startup magazine where she wrote content for all its digital channels. During her journalism days, she has contributed stories for some of the top media houses. She has over 3 years of experience in communications and public relations where she was heavily invested in writing digital content for technology brands. When she takes a break from writing, she loves dancing, listening to music and being a globetrotter.

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