{"id":74755,"date":"2024-05-01T14:13:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T10:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=74755"},"modified":"2024-05-01T14:13:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T10:13:32","slug":"dwtcs-hospitality-division-has-a-record-breaking-year-catering-to-over-1million-guests-across-2846-events-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/dwtcs-hospitality-division-has-a-record-breaking-year-catering-to-over-1million-guests-across-2846-events-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"DWTC’s Hospitality Division Has A Record-Breaking Year, Catering To Over 1million Guests Across 2,846 Events In 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has announced a record-breaking year for its Hospitality business in 2023, catering to over 1 million guests across 2,846 events. This remarkable achievement reflects a 48% increase Y-o-Y in guests catered to and a 23% rise Y-o-Y in events catered for, underscoring DWTC\u2019s commitment to delivering exceptional experiences and solidifying its position as a premier catering service provider in the region.<\/p>\n

Mahir Julfar, Executive Vice President of Venue Operations at Dubai World Trade Centre<\/strong>, said: \u201c2023 was a year of outstanding achievements for DWTC\u2019s Hospitality business. This milestone not only reaffirms our pivotal role in shaping Dubai’s vibrant events landscape but also spotlights the driving force behind our culinary operations \u2013 our hospitality team. Renowned for their expertise in providing catering solutions across events of all scales, from on-site and off-site large-scale events including exhibitions, conferences to weddings, gala dinners, banquets, concerts and more, our award-winning team\u2019s capabilities are unmatched. We remain committed to setting new standards and pushing boundaries, embracing the true essence of hospitality to elevate every occasion and further enhance Dubai\u2019s global reputation as a premier destination for events and hospitality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Featuring a state-of-the-art kitchen facility, spanning 3,650 square metres, delivering fresh, high-quality cuisine entirely in-house, DWTC\u2019s Hospitality division catered to more than 920,000 guests at events across its venues, resulting in a 48% increase in 2023. These events included mega exhibitions, international association conventions and industry conferences to high profile weddings, corporate and private events.<\/p>\n

Continuing to build on its strong portfolio of high-profile external events, DWTC\u2019s Hospitality division catered to more than 106,000 guests at external events (events not held within DWTC\u2019s own venues) in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 45%. The number of external events catered to also grew significantly, up to 1,382 in 2023, representing an annual increase of 44%.<\/p>\n

Some of the notable events in 2023 included, Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Dubai International Boat Show, Dubai Airshow, COP28, GITEX Global, Gulfood, Arab Health, Arabian Travel Market among others.Top of Form<\/p>\n

Top of Form(remove temp staff \u2013 just a total figure)<\/p>\n

As specialists in grand-scale and bespoke weddings, the DWTC Hospitality team catered to an impressive 72,520 wedding guests in 2023, a 143% increase, up from 29,880 guests in 2022, reaffirming its status as the premier caterer for wedding celebrations in Dubai.<\/p>\n

As a key contributor to Dubai\u2019s thriving events industry, and a capacity to cater for up to 40,000 guests per day, DWTC\u2019s Hospitality business recorded a stellar performance at the Emirates Salon Culinaire 2023. The DWTC team won 17 medals, with 8 golds including the \u2018Best Individual Establishment in the UAE\u2019, setting a new competition record highlighting the organisation\u2019s reputation for excellence.\u00a0DWTC\u2019s Pastry Chef, DwiyantiCintaningrum, clinched the \u2018Best Pastry Chef of the UAE\u2019 and \u2018Best Four-Plated Dessert\u2019 titles earning her a coveted spot at the 2024 IKA Culinary Olympics in Germany as part of The Emirates Culinary Guild where she was awarded a gold medal for \u2018Pastry Art\u2019 and two silver medals in the \u2018Pastry Artistic\u2019 and \u2018Pastry Art\u2019 categories. DWTC\u2019s Hospitality division was also shortlisted as the \u2018Hospitality Company of the Year\u2019 at the 2024 edition of the Arabian Business Achievement Awards. Additionally, the team were awarded the \u2018Outside Catering Team of the Year 2023\u2019 at the 2024 Hozpitality F&B Excellence Awards.<\/p>\n

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Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has announced a record-breaking year for its Hospitality business in 2023, catering to over 1 million guests across 2,846 events. This remarkable achievement reflects a 48% increase Y-o-Y in guests catered to and a 23% rise Y-o-Y in events catered for, underscoring DWTC\u2019s commitment to delivering exceptional experiences and solidifying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74756,"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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74755","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=74755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74758,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74755\/revisions\/74758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}