Dubai World Trade Center Hospitality achieves record results in 2025

Dubai World Trade Center Hospitality announced record results in 2025, serving approximately 1.28 million guests across 2,578 events, a significant annual increase of 37% in the number of guests compared to 930,000 guests in 2024. This growth reinforces the hospitality’s position as a leading provider of integrated hospitality services on a large scale, providing tailored services for the government and private sectors, and family events.

These results reflect the remarkable expansion of Dubai World Trade Center Hospitality in the events sector in the region, starting from major international exhibitions and high-level conferences to exclusive weddings and outdoor events. Hospitality operations included Dubai World Trade Centre’s key locations, including the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai Exhibition Centre, and Jafza One Convention Centre, as well as events, off-site locations and private venues across the UAE.

Maher Julfar, Executive Vice President of the Dubai World Trade Centre, said: “Dubai World Trade Center Hospitality plays a pivotal role in supporting the Dubai events and business tourism system by providing exceptional experiences and world-class services. Our strength is our ability to work on a large scale while maintaining the highest levels of accuracy and quality of service that befits a leading global destination. Hospitality today is no longer limited to catering services, but has become an integrated system that ensures the smooth and efficient implementation of events at every stage. As we continue to invest in With our personnel, infrastructure and the expansion of the Dubai Exhibition Centre, we are ready to support the next phase of growth of the major events sector in the region and enhance Dubai’s position as a leading global events destination.”

Expansion of major events

Exhibition hospitality was the strongest performer in 2025, with guest numbers rising to more than 240,000 guests, double the 120,000 guests served in 2024. This growth is due to the expansion of major exhibitions at the Dubai World Trade Centre, including Gulfood, World Health, Arabian Travel Market and GITEX Global. International expansion also contributed to this growth, as Dubai World Trade Center Hospitality provided its services to the GITEX Africa exhibition in Morocco, which reflects its ability to provide world-class hospitality services across borders.

Great success

Hospitality services for conferences, international associations and corporate meetings have achieved exceptional results, with Dubai World Trade Center Hospitality providing its services to more than 123,000 guests in 2025. This growth confirms Dubai’s leading position as a preferred destination for hosting business events, as Dubai World Trade Center provides high-end hospitality services that meet the highest quality standards adopted by global organizations and sector leaders.

Continuous growth of institutional and private events

Dubai World Trade Center Hospitality served more than 600,000 guests at corporate and private events in 2025, compared to 400,000 in 2024. The wedding sector continued to grow and recorded an attendance of 56,554 guests, highlighting the ability of hospitality to provide personalized experiences alongside hospitality services for major events.

Expanding event locations supports the growth trajectory

The Dubai Exhibition Center and Jafza One Convention Center contributed significantly to the 2025 results, with more than 80,000 guests served at both locations. The multiple locations allow Dubai World Trade Center Hospitality to accommodate an ever-expanding events calendar while maintaining the highest levels of quality across all locations.

Hospitality services for outdoor events

Offshore event hospitality services continued to drive strong growth, with offsite hospitality services up 12% and more than 160,000 guests served at 1,211 events, including major events such as the Dubai International Boat Show, the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, the Dubai World Cup, the MIBA Business and Private Jet Show, as well as event catering at Ain Dubai.

Julphar concluded by saying: “We will continue to work towards raising the standards of hospitality in the events sector across the region. As Dubai continues to consolidate its position as a competitive global destination for events, the role that hospitality plays in the success of every event increases, which drives us at the Dubai World Trade Center to focus on building long-term strategic partnerships with event organizers and investing in talent and innovation in the culinary arts, in addition to promoting sustainable practices in all our operations. Through these efforts, we are laying the foundations for sustainable growth over the next decade, and contributing to strengthening the position of Dubai as a global business centre.