T he Red Line South opened on 8 May and the response in terms of passenger num bers has been excellent ac cording to Qatar Rail Record numbers of passengers used the service in July and August Doha Metro was used by a total of al most 1 1 million passengers in those two months Moreover passenger numbers increased slightly to almost 564 000 in Au gust The Doha Exhibition and Convention Center DECC is benefiting from this Its local sta tion is one of those that have been opened so far What s more the station is named after it DECC which can only be help ful raising awareness of the ven ue among the public The decision makers at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center are also working closely with Qatar Rail to promote both the Metro and the station DECC in joint campaigns on websites mobile apps and social media That raises its profile among or ganisers exhibitors and visitors as well as the general public A shift towards using the Metro ap pears desirable because there is strong growth in the trade fair business at the DECC as the lat est figures show The agricultural and environmental exhibitions AgriTeQ and EnviroTeQ organised by IFP recently surpassed them selves This March the duo occu pied 30 percent more space than in the previous year and there was growth of 234 percent in the number of exhibitors and 208 percent in the number of visitors In addition to established events like this the DECC hosts many new and recurring local events as well The outlook for the fourth quarter of 2019 is also positive Two premieres will contribute to this the education exhibition Uni versity Expo and Silk Road which focuses on transport along China s New Silk Road In addi tion existing events are likely to grow as well Hospitality Qatar which is also organised by IFP is expected to grow by over 40 per cent in terms of floorspace The Dmg events Big 5 and Index fo cusing on construction and interi or design respectively will also attract great interest The same applies to Cityscape a real estate trade fair organised by Informa Milipol Qatar a civ il defence trade fair organ ised by Comexposium every other year will bring in addi tional revenue in 2020 Be sides all that the DECC is launching a new app at the start of next year that will among other things help vis itors find their way around www decc qa PB www messezentrum salzburg at Salzburg Center Exhibition Congress SIZE MATTERS THE RIGHT YOUR EVENT FOR 39 257 m2 event location 65 665 m2 outdoor area 50 8 500 meetings congress capacity 10 minutes international airport main train station congress messezentrum salzburg at25TradeFairs Internation al 3 2019 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRES By rail to the venue A new era in public transport dawned in Doha in the spring The brand new Doha Metro system is helping to cope with growth in the numbers of exhibitors and visitors AgriTeQ und EnviroTeQ Im März wuchs die Aus stellerzahl gegenüber dem Vorjahr um 234 Prozent AgriTeQ and EnviroTeQ In March its exhibitor figure saw a 234 per cent increase year on year Ph ot o IF P D EC C FOCUS

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