{"id":13388,"date":"2019-04-30T18:32:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T14:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=13388"},"modified":"2019-04-30T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T14:32:27","slug":"morocco-wins-best-stand-design-at-arabian-travel-market-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/morocco-wins-best-stand-design-at-arabian-travel-market-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco Wins Best Stand Design At Arabian Travel Market 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to stand out from the crowd when you\u2019re one of 2,800 exhibitors \u2013 but the Moroccan National Provincial Tourist Office has been adjudged the Best Stand Design for its authentic representation of a typical Moroccan house at <a href=\"https:\/\/arabiantravelmarket.wtm.com\/\">Arabian Travel Market 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reproducing elements of both a \u2018riad\u2019 and a \u2018dar\u2019, the Moroccan stand featured a traditional townhouse with pink walls, a courtyard and a fountain, while EXPO 2020 was highly commended for its colourful and engaging stand.<\/p>\n<p>The awards also covered Best Stand for Doing Business; Best Stand within the Travel Tech Show at ATM; Best Stand Feature and Best Stand Personnel (see full winners list below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ae.linkedin.com\/in\/danielle-curtis-b75b3929\">Danielle Curtis<\/a>, Exhibition Director ME, Arabian Travel Market, said: \u201cArabian Travel Market would not be the huge success it is, without the incredible amount of effort and investment that exhibitors put into creating and manning these exceptional stands at the show. Since its inception, the annual award programme has not only recognised exhibitor\u2019s efforts but has also encouraged exciting, fresh and creative designs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Competition in the Doing Business category was tougher than ever but the judges \u2013 Faye Bartle, Managing Editor, Hot Media Publishing; Leo Fewtrell, Managing Partner, Gulf Reps; Nicholas Hall, CEO and Founder of Digital Tourism Think Tank; and Matt Gibson, CEO, UpThink \u2013 were impressed by the Marriott International stand for its scale and impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe layout of the stand was very inviting and efficient, encouraging both social networking as well as private business meetings. It was exceptionally busy throughout and there was a real buzz and sense of anticipation \u2013 it was a stimulating environment,\u201d said Faye Bartle, Managing Editor, Hot Media Publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Babylon Booking\u2019s sleek all-black design and creative use of space meant the Iraqi company won Best Stand within the Travel Tech Show at ATM while Sharjah Tourism\u2019s diverse use of attractions \u2013 from a powerboat and photo booths to LED floors and tunnels \u2013 meant it was the clear winner in the Best Feature category.<\/p>\n<p>Judges selected The Garden Hotel Company\u2019s stand for Best Stand Personnel and picked out the Guangzhou property for its friendliness and staff knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Fewtrell, who has never missed an ATM over the past 25 years, said: \u201cIt never ceases to amaze me how exhibitors continually manage to raise the bar, improving the appearance and practicality of their stands, in both subtle and significant ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winners of this year\u2019s awards were announced at a photo-call on the exhibition show floor on Tuesday 30<sup>th<\/sup> April.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2015, the Best Stand Awards were created to recognise the design creativity and business-friendly appeal of exhibiting companies\u2019 physical presence at ATM.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/U1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"193\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13389\" src=\"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/U-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"154\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/U2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to stand out from the crowd when you\u2019re one of 2,800 exhibitors \u2013 but the Moroccan National Provincial Tourist Office has been adjudged the Best Stand Design for its authentic representation of a typical Moroccan house at Arabian Travel Market 2019. Reproducing elements of both a \u2018riad\u2019 and a \u2018dar\u2019, the Moroccan stand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13392,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13388\/revisions\/13392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}