Travco Dubai Participated in the WTM 2007 for the 10th consecutive year as a co-participant of Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), and ADTA Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority staging a strong presence at this major occasion. Mr. Osama Bushra, Chief Operating Officer of Travco, Ms. Roula Jouny, General Manager Travco Dubai, and Mr. Alaa Shoeib, Director of Travel and Holidays and Tarek Seleem, Travel and Holidays supervisor attended the event.

Further reports reveal that the DTCM is targeting to attract 1.4 million visitors from the highly-promising UK and Ireland markets by the year 2010, up from the present nearly 700,000 tourists. Last year, nearly 700,000 British guests stayed with Dubai's rapidly-expanding hotels and hotel apartments, making the UK-Ireland the top source market for the emirate's booming tourism industry. Presently, about 200 tour operators are featuring Dubai in the holiday packages in this prime European market. About 500 tour operators, travel agents and media representatives from the UK and Ireland were brought to Dubai on familiarization tours of the emirate last year.

Commenting on the out come of this great annual event Mr. Bushra stated that “The World Travel Market has grown virtually year on year and we are glad be able to present Travco as a leading DMC at this occasion. The response that we received was immense as our objectives centre on attracting associates to the business to exchange quality vs. quality in order to further grow and retain our reputation on the platform as a distinguished DMC in the Region.