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Arabian Adventures set for further expansion as it opens new operations centre
DUBAI, U.A.E., 7th February 2010: Arabian Adventures, the region's leading Destination Management Company (DMC), has opened a brand new, state-of-the-art, operations centre 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 Vice President, 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 centre will allow us to consolidate our existing facilities into one new purpose-built centre. 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 per cent.”
According to research from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), annual travel and tourism revenues in the region will increase by 89 per cent over the next 10 years and will be worth some US$279 billion by 2016 alone. The industry already accounts for 21 per cent of Dubai’s GDP and is expected to continue to grow. Arabian Adventures, which is part of the Emirates Group, is expecting to capitalise on this growth. The new centre has, therefore, been designed to accommodate this significant business growth and places Arabian Adventures in a very strong position for the future.
“The location at Dubai Investment Park is perfect as it provides easy access to all of the emirates, in addition to Dubai and the new airport, placing us in a position to offer our customers the best service ever,” Mr. Bardin added.
The new facilities include two buildings totalling 3,500 square metres of built-up area and housing a massive warehouse; spacious office area; staff briefing, training and meeting rooms; a five-storey car park for 400 cars; inspection bays; and vehicle washing areas. It will also provide ancillary staff amenities such as male and female prayer rooms, a cafeteria as well as showers and rest rooms for drivers.
Source : Emirates
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