Dubai Hotels occupying a 93% barrier for 10 consecutive days in February

The hotel market in Dubai recorded standard performance levels, during the month of February, coinciding with the season of the major business activities and conferences hosted by the emirate, as well as the tourism and entertainment season, and the public occupancy index exceeded a 93% barrier for 10 consecutive days, between 16 and 25 February 2025.

According to data issued by the company “Amadeus”, which specializes in tourism and travel services and solutions, and “Emirates Today” obtained a copy of it, on February 19, the highest occupancy rate of 96.4%, followed on February 20 with a occupancy rate of 96%, while February 18 recorded a occupancy rate of 95.7%, to show these data strong performance levels, compared to occupancy rates in January 2025 and December 2024.

Based on these data, the average hotel occupancy between 16 and 25 last February reached 93.3%, which means that more than 1.43 million hotel nights were sold within 10 days, according to the capacity of the hotel market of 154 thousand rooms, while the number of hotel nights sold on February 19 alone reached 148.4 thousand nights.

This data includes only hotel rooms, as the Dubai Hospitality Market includes thousands of “holiday homes” units.

The standard performance of the hotel market during this period coincides with the hosting of the Gulf Food Show «Glevoud 2025» between February 17 and 21, in addition to the Dubai International Boat Show between February 19 and 23 in Dubai Harbor, and other major events.

“Dubai continues to enhance its global position, a tourist and commercial destination at the same time, as the city last February witnessed record occupancy rates in its hotels,” said Fathi Khojali, stressing that these results reflect the success of Dubai strategies in attracting tourists, for the purpose of entertainment and business from all over the world.

Khojli added to «Emirates Today»: “February is one of the most important months in which Dubai witnesses many major events and international conferences, as the city hosted a number of international conferences and exhibitions, which attracted a large number of participants from all over the world, as one of the basic factors that contribute to increasing hotel occupancy in Dubai.”

He continued: «The levels of hotel occupancy during February have not witnessed it before, if we take into account thousands of new hotel rooms that enter the Dubai Hotel Market every year.” He pointed out that the levels of income in the group’s hotels and its 18 facilities during February 2025 were higher than the same month of 2024. He pointed out that the general occupancy rate reached 95% during February as a whole, and 100% between 14 and 27 February in nine Hotels in the Wallet of the “Hayat Hotels” group.

Khojli said: “Dubai is characterized by providing a distinguished environment for business, which benefits from its strategic location as a center of linking East and West, which makes it the ideal destination for hosting international events, while the quality of services and advanced infrastructure helps in making the city the first choice for many companies and events.”

He added that in addition to business tourism, the emirate is witnessing continuous momentum in the demand for recreational tourism, especially during this period of the year.

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18.72 million visitors

Dubai achieved a new achievement during the year 2024, with its reception more than 18.72 million international visitors, an increase of 9%, compared to the same period in 2023, in which it hosted 17.15 million visitors, to continue to set records every year.

. The results reflect the success of Dubai strategies in attracting tourists for the purpose of entertainment and business from all over the world.