Dubai tourism arm brings in new director general

Louise Birchall, January 17th, 2013

Dubai World Trade Centre CEO Hilal Saeed Al Marri has been appointed director general of the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), it was announced yesterday (January 16).

Vice president and prime minister of the UAE His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued the decree, in his capacity of ruler of Dubai.

Al Marri will replace HE Khalid Ahmed Bin Sulayem, who has been involved in DTCM since the government body's inception in 1997.

Al Marri will also retrain his current post as CEO of Dubai World Trade Centre.