Ministry of Tourism organises workshop

Monday 15th, September 2014 / 23:05 Written by Oman Observer

in Local

MUSCAT — The Ministry of Tourism held a workshop yesterday on the “Future of Oman’s Tourism.” The workshop focused on hosting conferences and foreign events in the Sultanate and had presentations from Gamal Sadek, Director of the Middle East Regional Office of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) and Gillian Taylor, the Director of Business Development at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center (OCEC). Taylor also spoke about OCEC plans. The OCEC is a certified green building complex and will accommodate hotels of varying stars such as Crowne Plaza and JW Marriott. There will also be a shopping center which will house the Swedish home supplies giant, IKEA, two ballrooms, a food court, headquarters of organisations in Oman, an auditorium and 22,000-sqm of exhibition space.