Interiors UAE

Inaugurated by H.E Mohammed Omar Abdullah, Under Secretary of the Economic Department, Interiors UAE 2009 received more than 3,600 visitors, highlighting the Middle East’s burgeoning interiors market.

The exhibition provided an ideal platform to accentuate local flair, with Middle Eastern companies and designers such as Alpha Crystal, Alomi, and Bost Trading, showcasing creative products and designs.

The Decorex International pavilion made its debut this year bringing with it names such as Cole and Son, Gingerlilly, Andrew Martin, and Bery Designs, all of whom wowed visitors with their inspiring stands. Luxury Cushions revealed their attempt for the largest cushion in the world, marking the launch of their new collection. The cushion will hopefully secure them a Guinness World Record, with high profile witnesses attending the event to certify the cushion.

An impressive line up of speakers facilitated the seminars that ran alongside the exhibition, including Fariborz Hatam from Adeas, Hazem El Khatib from Design Design and Karen Howes of Taylor Howes. The seminars provided visitors with insight into future trends and covered topics such as: Sustainable life, Culture connect: the art & craft of preserving heritage in modern times, Metamorphosis.......a new era to a contemporary Mosque and the world of international interior design.

Global Color Research returned to this years show with an exciting interactive feature. A colour workshop took place on their stand which saw some of the Middle East’s key industry personnel create two unique colour palettes for the 2011 market.

Commenting on the success of Interiors UAE 2009, the organisers of the show made the following comment:

“Interiors UAE 2009 has surpassed our expectations. Last year we received a very positive response from exhibitors and visitors alike and from the turn out we’ve received this year, we are confident that this success will continue. The Middle East is increasingly becoming a key market, with much ingenuity, originality, and creativeness emerging.We will be working hard to make sure next years event is even more successful. With so much construction still taking place we believe we have the perfect platform for new and established designers to enter into this flourishing market. We are confident that we will return with an even more spectacular exhibition at Interiors UAE 2010!”

“It’s been a good show and we have made a lot of new contacts. We have exhibited at Index before, but have seen a different set of visitors here. We are opening a showroom in Dubai this year so have already rebooked for next year.” Javed Hayat, Aesthetic Interiors

“We are very pleased with the show, this is our first time here and we have seen some really good quality visitors. In a time of crisis you have to look at the cash rich cities and Abu Dhabi fits that bill at the moment. We will be back next year.” Daniele Furlan, Air Nova

“Sunday and Monday were really successful days for us, we have seen a good quality of visitor coming through the doors and feel that Abu Dhabi is a great city to be in. This is our first time in the region and we hope to be back next year.” Thomas Klee, Poggenpohl (Kitchens & Beyond)

The Show

Interiors UAE has firmly established itself as the regions flagship interiors event. This unique international trade exhibition, gathers leading suppliers of design led brands and bespoke interior products together to create a cool and sophisticated buying event.

Interiors UAE is located in Abu Dhabi, the hub of the Middle East. This emerging region is at the core of the Middle Eastern import and export trade, sitting in the heart of the Middle East’s air transport network with over 40 different airlines, servicing the UAE, GCC and wider Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.

For 2009 alone, the furniture and interior design market in the UAE is estimated to grow by 40% to the value of $2.7 billion. Fulfilling the industry’s needs, by providing an event tailored specifically for the commercial, residential and retail sectors; this sophisticated capital is miles ahead in the design stakes. Where better to host this leading design event than in one of the world’s richest emerging markets?

The edited, handpicked selection of exhibitors, which in 2008 represented over 30 different countries, attracts serious affluent buyers from the UAE, and wider Middle East including; Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain.

Richest city in the world

Plan Abu Dhabi 2030, launched in 2007 to ensure the controlled sustained development of Abu Dhabi, is well underway. As a result Abu Dhabi is now one of the world’s richest emerging markets, set to become a world class capital, financial and cultural hub.

With the Abu Dhabi population predicted to increase 333% by 2030 and visitors to the city to reach 303 million annually by the end of 2013, the creation of hotel, residential and commercial space are the core components of this vast infrastructure investment scheme.

• There are currently 3,633* building projects under construction in Abu Dhabi
• 21,000 hotel rooms are due for completion by 2013
• Office space is suggested to soar to 2.5 million m2 in 2013
• Retail space is set to cover 1.5 million m2 in 2013

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Interiors UAE is the leading design event for the Emirates and wider Middle East, and the only dedicated event to run in the capital of the UAE, the richest city in the world – Abu Dhabi.