Gulf Traffic, the Middle East’s premier conference exhibition event focusing on traffic and transport infrastructure scheduled to be held 12-14 December at Dubai Exhibition Centre, has joined forces with Intertraffic Eurasia, which will be held 18-20 May at Istanbul’s International Conference and Exhibition Centre. The aim of the partnership is to intensify regional focus on key traffic and transport issues across the Arab world, Iran, Turkey and the Balkans. The partnership was brokered by Dubai-based IIR Middle East, which has organised Gulf Traffic and NTS Rai, which is organising Intertraffic Eurasia and seeks to extend trade and knowledge transfer opportunities between Turkey, the Balkan states and their Islamic neighbors in
the Arab world and Iran where cultural, religious, social and infrastructural commonalities make this kind of exchange timely and relevant. Gulf Traffic will be exhibiting at Intertraffic Eurasia in May and Intertraffic Eurasia will exhibit at Gulf Traffic in December.
‘There is an obvious synergy between these two major events,’ said Mehmet Kaynak of NTS Rai – Intertraffic Eurasia, ‘and our aim in partnering with Gulf Traffic is provide a wider platform for presenting infrastructure development solutions relating to traffic and transport in our part of the world. There is a proverb we have in our country: “One hand alone cannot make a sound but two hands together can make a sound heard by many people.” We believe the Gulf Traffic – Intertraffic Eurasia partnership will provide a wider context for intra-trade and the exchange of ideas. One of the key underlying aims of both events is to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities resulting from inadequate transport infrastructure. This is an important objective that we hope our alliance will help us achieve”
Davyd Farrell, Project Director of Gulf Traffic, expressed similar satisfaction at the alliance. ‘We are extremely pleased to have entered into a co-operation with NTS Rai and see the partnership between the Gulf Traffic show in Dubai and Intertraffic Eurasia in Turkey as being a very positive step,’ he said. ‘Through this agreement we hope to be able to promote trade in the traffic industry between the Middle East and Turkey where there are significant cultural, religious and environmental similarities. In the past we have had a number of key Turkish companies participate at Gulf Traffic and we are looking to build on that. By exhibiting at Intertraffic Eurasia we hope to be able to attract and even larger Turkish participation at our event.’
One satisfied Turkish participant in the last Gulf Traffic exhibition was Isbak Inc. Isbak General Manager Derya Demir said, “The show has grown by leaps and bounds and the number of visitors has been really good. We had visitors from many new countries in the region including the GCC. It has generated good publicity for us throughout the Middle East. We have met a lot of potential partners from many countries and have appointed an exclusive distributor (Bin Bandooq Group) for the UAE. We are definitely committed to the show and will be back next time as well.”
About Gulf Traffic:
Gulf Traffic is the Middle East's premier traffic and transport infrastructure show. Now into it's 3rd edition it will be the biggest traffic event the region has ever seen. Combining both a conference and an international exhibition Gulf Traffic is the forum for addressing the regions traffic and transportation needs.
Chief event sponsors for Gulf Traffic 2005 are Dubai Municipality with the UAE Ministry of Interior as the Key Governement sponsor. Gold Sponsors for the event are leading transportation consultants Wilbur Smith with both 3M and Avery Dennison as Silver Sponsors.
New features for 2005 include dedicated areas for; Parking, Highways, GIS & Urban Planning and Street furniture and lighting
Also new for 2005 is a co-located exhibition & conference for railways. MENA Rail 2005 will be the Middle East and North Africas first dedicated event of its kind.
