The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council congratulates the United Arab Emirates’ leadership, and the Dubai Expo 2020 Bid Committee’s stewardship under Her Excellency Reem Al-Hashimy, on the success of a blue ribbon campaign to present Dubai as a city of tomorrow and World Expo 2020 destination under the theme ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’.

The U.A.E.’s campaign was a truly collaborative effort that saw world leaders, senior government officials, corporate executives, social change agents, Emirati citizens, and U.A.E. residents raise their voices in support of Dubai’s World Expo 2020 bid.  Further, as part of a U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council-led initiative, letters of public support from chief executives representing numerous Fortune 500 American companies were sent to the Bureau of International Exhibitions in Paris as part of the official Dubai World Expo 2020 bid submission package.

Undoubtedly, Dubai is poised to grow commercially in line with an ambitious federal plan to diversify the U.A.E.’s economy and link up with global supply chains across several key sectors – one that will create around 250,000 jobs and billions of dollars in infrastructure investment to support the Expo 2020 effort.  According to H.E. Al-Hashimy, each of these jobs created will, in turn, sustain an additional 50 jobs and boost federal efforts to double global tourism numbers from the current figure of 10 million per year to 20 million by 2020.

The world’s confidence in Dubai, U.A.E. to host World Expo 2020 is a direct testament to the country’s evolving social and corporate landscape, acceptance of international cultural diversity, and emergence as a global megacity.  The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council has been a proud supporter of Dubai’s World Expo 2020 campaign from its inception and is excited to serve as a member of the team of world-wide stakeholders working to ready Dubai for the global spotlight.

For more information about Dubai’s successful bid, visit: www.expo2020dubai.ae.