52 Countries and 3000 Exhibitors to Exhibit in Big 5- Dubai Real Estate Show

The Middle East’s top international construction exhibition Big 5 will attribute 52 countries with over 3000 exhibitors varying from main suppliers to regional distributors for Dubai real estate development. The four day long event was inaugurated on 24^th November by Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum at Dubai World Trade Center.

The Big 5 is going to occupy 43,000 square meter of the area and will comprise of 22 national pavilions. This makes it the first event to engage in the entire venue at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC). The event is also 15 % larger than the last year.

Major exhibitors include: Harwal Group of Companies and Euroslot and Clipper from France, Belgium's Echo Engineering, Canadian Climatech, HCP Pumo Manufacturer from Taiwan and Tongdy Control Technology Co. from China and Germany's Hörmann KG VKG. Exhibitors will be showcasing everything from asbestos-free cement to waterless urinals which incorporate a TV screen, and fast-build wooden buildings to state of the art sectional steel water tanks.

The Big 5 Exhibition will feature an impressive arrangement of added value elements including the presentation of the Gaia Awards 2009. The Big 5 Conference will focus on the critical challenges of the present scenario and will run on November 24 and 25 at the Monarch Hotel.

High on the agenda will be the environmental issues throughout the exhibition. The cost for offsetting the carbon footprint at The Big 5 Green Stand will be Dh100.

Helal Al Marri, CEO of DWTC, said, "As has been evidenced by The Big 5's impressive growth this year, the demand in key sectors such as construction is clearly on the rise. Our recent infrastructure expansion that provides a total of over one million square feet of covered exhibition space at our DICEC venue is hence a critical step that will cater for the increasing demand and positive growth in the region's events sector. This growth reinforces rising levels of global business and investor confidence in Dubai as a global business powerhouse".