EXPO 2020 DUBAI PRESENTATION FULL

Expo 2020 Dubai is a place that has something for everyone, for every nationality and for every age. “A lot of people ask us ‘what is an expo’ – so this is their opportunity to come and experience it.

Outside of business, the entertainment programme at the Expo includes up to 60 live shows a day, digital theatre productions, poetry slams, fashion shows, 200-plus F&B outlets, discussions, special celebrations, mindfulness sessions and extreme sports. Located very close to the hotel is the destination for all major conferences, exhibitions, summits, forums, concerts, performances and gala dinners at the site – the 45,000 square metre Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), which will carry on post Expo 2020 as part of the legacy development District 2020.

EXPO 2020 DUBAI PRESENTATION FULL

“We expect this hotel to be full from day one, throughout the event,” Paul Bridger, chief operating officer at Rove Hotels told us during a media tour in September. The property features 312 rooms as well as 19 suites, F&B options, a rooftop swimming pool overlooking the Al Wasl Plaza, as well as a 24-hour gym, foosball tables and an outdoor garden space. The immense structure – measuring 130 metres in diameter and more than 67 metres in height, will host large-scale performances and flagship events such as New Year’s Eve, the opening and closing ceremonies and UAE National Day.įlanking it on one side is the Rove Expo 2020 – the only hotel located onsite at the venue. The centrepiece of the site is the Al Wasl Plaza which features the iconic translucent dome that offers a canvas for panoramic projections. The districts will have country pavilions, along with F&B options and other activities. The Expo 2020 site is divided into three thematic districts based on the expo subthemes of opportunity, mobility and sustainability, with each anchored by a thematic pavilion. Running from Octountil March 31, 2022, it is also the largest event ever staged in the Arab world. Spread across 4.38 square kilometres in Dubai South, Expo 2020 Dubai will see the participation of 192 countries – marking the first time in World Expo history that every participating country will have its own pavilion. So this is something that’s very ongoing,” she explained. So there has been a very hard look at our operations and we continuously look at it and identify risks based on what is happening on a local level and an international level. And to support the safety of our workforce, we have implemented a policy that anybody who works at Expo, even if they are volunteers, needs to be vaccinated. So from an operational perspective, there have been changes that have been made – to ensure that we maintain social distancing and we have doubled up on our sanitisation programmes.

What has really been something that we’ve been working diligently on – with all the authorities – is our operations, to make sure that the safety of our visitors is priority during this pandemic that we’re all living through. “In terms of the delivery of experiences and structures, nothing has changed. So we’re excited and we’re getting ready and we are constantly talking about how we can make the visitor journey something pleasant and exciting,” she said.īut has Covid-19, which has disrupted the entire world order and shifted back the event by a year, changed the deliverables – either operationally or otherwise? “We cannot wait for visitors to come through our doors… We’re very excited to show the world what will be one of the biggest events in the world post Covid. Speaking to me last month, Marjan Faraidooni, chief experience officer at Expo 2020 Dubai confirmed that the mega event is ready to ‘welcome the world’. And almost eight later, Expo 2020 Dubai has opened to the world under its theme of ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’ – marking the biggest global event of its kind to be held since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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