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New Dubai hotel to host Advantage conference
Advantage Travel Centres will hold its 2014 annual conference at the new Conrad Hotel in Dubai
Delegates will travel out on Wednesday 14 May; excursions, golf and the Welcome Dinner will take place on Thursday 15 May; Friday 16 and Sat 17 May will be full conference days; and the Gala Dinner will officially close the conference on Saturday 17 May.
Delegates can take excursions on Sun 18 May and then travel home or stay on.
Advantage sales and marketing director Colin O’Neill said: "We are privileged to be one of the first conferences to be held at the Conrad which has only just opened.
"As ever, the conference will offer highly relevant speaker sessions, the opportunity to network with industry colleagues and a chance to experience this amazing destination."
Full details of the package prices will be made available soon and conference registration will open in early November.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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