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			<title>What attitude will you have at ATM?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I’m getting excited about Arabian Travel Market - and I'm not alone, says Jamie Knights.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>The quality conundrum</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In response to customer demand, suppliers and manufacturers are creating high-quality products based on philosophies of wellbeing and innovation — but can it last?]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Industry overview</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Reed Travel Exhibition Group exhibition director Paul Kennedy MBE talks economics, identity, definition, challenges and markets.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Middle East's buyers urged to attend AIME</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Middle East buyers are being urged to sign up to AIME’s 2009 Hosted Buyer Programme in order to take advantage of “a wonderful opportunity to meet more than 850 meeting and incentive exhibitors”, according to event organisers.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>EIBTM's Middle East presence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[European meetings industry show will see new destinations from the Middle East exhibiting and the return of absentees.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>GIBTM aims to be the “pivot” for MENA meetings industry </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Trade show aims to act as a catalyst for the growth of this burgeoning sector.    ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Luxury travellers demand less opulence, more sophistication</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Top-end clients are looking for “something a little bit different”, says International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) organiser.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Beijing Olympics to boost CIBTM</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Organisers of CIBTM optimistic about the impact of games on premier meetings industry event in China.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>ATM promotes quality over quantity</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=521859&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Arabian Travel Market organiser Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) claims the 2008 event attracted a better quality of visitors than last year - and most exhibitors tend to agree.    ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Competition conundrum</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The leisure industry revealed a united front and shared ambition at last month's Arabian Travel Market (ATM) held in Dubai. ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>ATM quality versus quantity issue goes beyond the show</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=521305&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  The jury is out as to whether this year's instalment of Arabian Travel Market attracted more visitors than last year.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>ATM fails to thrill</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The lack of big news at this year's ATM and investment conference could be a negative, or it could be another sign of the market maturing.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Ignorance is bliss</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As global travellers become increasingly eco-aware, the Middle East's tour operators and travel agents need to cater to their green needs.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Reed Exhibitions reveals Dubai logistics week</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Reed Exhibitions has launched its latest Middle Eastern trade show, aimed at the logistics industry.  ]]></description>
			<category>Transportation | News</category>
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			<title>GIBTM: Finding the missing pieces</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The absence of certain Middle East exhibitors and a shortage of regional corporate buyers showed there is still room for improvement for GIBTM.    ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>The world on show in Dubai</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  ATM organisers aim to provide more than a space venture with seminars, hosted buyers, a travel agent initiative, 2000-plus exhibitors and a user-friendly floor plan.    ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Turning a blind eye</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=517394&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As travellers become increasingly eco-aware, the Middle East's travel trade needs to cater to their green needs.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>A moment of reflection</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Valuable lessons were learned by everyone involved in this month's meetings industry double act in the UAE.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Communication paramount</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=517084&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Barnett: everyone involved in an event must be aware of the needs of the client.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>RTE forecasts GIBTM trends</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=515537&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Second GIBTM Industry Research survey to build on meetings statistics and data.    ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>ATM travel agent day reminder</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=514355&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sponsor Arabian Travel News calls on travel agents to register for the inaugural event. ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>ATM unveils seminar programme</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=511999&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Reed Travel Exhibitions  has unveiled details of its seminars for the Arabian Travel Market.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Meeting the challenges ahead</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=511419&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Reed Travel Exhibitions group exhibition director meetings and incentive events Paul Kennedy MBE discusses the region's booming meetings industry and possible challenges for the future.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Back to basics</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last couple of months it has become clear to me that there are very few dedicated meetings professionals - who are exclusively responsible for organising meetings and events for their companies - in the Middle East.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Event professionals in short supply</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=509975&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For most Middle East firms, planning an event is usually an extra task for mid-management staff rather than dedicated events professional.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>GIBTM survey to fill data void</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=510000&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Barnett: lack of industry data to be resolved by 2008 survey.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Just say ‘no’ to MICE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If a unified approach to developing the market is needed to drive the meetings industry forward, ‘MICE’ has to go.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Out with the old, in with the new</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Formerly popular meetings destinations Egypt and Jordan pushed aside by new Gulf talent.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>The meetings industry in the Gulf: the story so far and the challenges ahead</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Any visit to the Gulf region or indeed any read of a meetings industry (the official term for ‘MICE') trade magazine reveals the rapid development of hotels with meetings and conference facilities and state of the art exhibition venues that also have meeting/convention facilities.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>ATM and ATN launch travel agent day</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Partners join forces to educate the region’s travel trade.]]></description>
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