Incentive Planner’s Checklist - Getting There

• Dubai’s location makes for easy accessibility. London is seven hours away, Frunkfurt Six; Hongkong eight, and Nairobi four.
  
  Wide choice of carriers, some 90 airlines provide direct air links to over 130 cities worldwide.
  
  One of the worlds leading intercontinental transit centers, Dubai International Airport is modern & Efficient. Rapid immigration and customs formalities.

Dubai The Great Incentive

• Dubai offers incentive travel organizers a destination which is new and different, combining variety And excitement with professional destination management services and top quality hotels.
  
  Dubai’s unique attraction is that it brings together in a single, accessible location the highest standards Of comfort and convenience with the adventure of Arabia-from the bustling souks to the majestic desert.
  
  An exotic destination with a cosmopolitan lifestyle, Dubai has the right mix to make it the ideal Solution for the incentive travel planner.

Tours and Excursion

• Variety of standard or tailor-made tours available –lasting from one or two hours to several days.
  
  City Tours- general, shopping, sightseeing, heritage ,etc.
  
  Excursions to the desert or through wadis ( dried up river beds ) to the starkly beautiful. Hajar mountains or sandy beaches of the East Coast on the waters of the Indian Ocean.
  
  
  • Visits to neighboring emirates provide a variety of attractions, such as the camel market at Al Ain or the Dhow building yard in Ajman.
  • Tours aboard helicopters, boat or dhow ( a traditional wooden vessel ).
  • Special interest packages-golf, waterspots, bird-watching, archeology, etc.

Outdoor Activities and Sports

• Swimming or relaxing by the poolside or by Dubai’s miles of clean uncrowded sandy beaches.
  
  Superb watersports-sailing, fishing, windsurfing, water skiing, parascending, scuba diving and snorkeling.
  
  Golf in the Desert on championship standard grass courses-Emirates Golf Club, Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht club and Dubai Golf and Racing Club.
  
  
  • Wide range of other sports, from squash and tennis to horse riding cycling, ice skating, shooting, archery and go-karting.
  • A full calendar of top class international events-golf, tennis, horse racing, rallying, powerboat racing,football, rugby and sailing-makes Dubai the “sports capital of the Middle East”.

Ground arrangements:

• Choice of internationally experienced destination management companies and incentive specialists.
• Multi-lingual guides and well qualified drivers.
• Modern air-conditioned coaches for airport transfers and excursion tours.
• High-quality roads and wide tree-lined boulevards make getting around a pleasure.
• Dubai is safe and virtually crime-free. Women can walk around unescorted even at night.