Dubai: Dubai Computer Group (DCG) will host its first edition of B2B (business-to-business) IT Trade Fair in Dubai to bring the community together and to do more business.
“We noticed that large IT exhibitions such as Gitex are too big for all the DCG members to participate. Therefore, we are giving an opportunity to all our members who usually take part in other exhibitions as well as for first-time participants to participate in the DCG Trade Fair and showcase their products and services,” said Vasant Menghani, CEO of TouchMate and Business Head of DCG.
The event will be held on Wednesday and Thursday at Grand Excelsior Hotel in Bur Dubai.
The group plans to make the event a B2C (business-to-consumer) at a later stage and hold a “DCG Shopper” soon, similar to Gitex Shopper, and participate with Dubai Chamber of Commerce to represent Dubai at major IT events held outside the country.
He said that organising a trade fair has been on DCG’s agenda since the very beginning and it has taken shape now. The main objective was to give an opportunity to members to showcase their products and services.
Thirty exhibitors are taking part in the two-day event.
“The objective of DCG is to provide maximum benefits to our members in expanding their business. This is one step from DCG in the larger leap of Dubai’s vision for 2020,” Menghani said.
Channel business in Dubai has evolved and is growing at a steady pace. Dubai being a re-export hub, many companies here focus on business from the Gulf and other Middle Eastern countries.
“We should see the top line growing further but there are some concerns on the bottom line, which one needs to take a cautious approach towards,” he said.
