Abu Dhabi: Oman is strengthening its position as a leading meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) destination in the region, having opened the largest and most technologically advanced convention centre in the region in October last year.
The Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC) is located 10 minutes away from the new Muscat International Airport, and offers 1,100 hotel rooms within the precinct including a shopping mall and business park, according to a statement.
The addition of new hotels — including the Anantara in Salalah and Jebel Akhdar — is expected to add significantly to the sultanate’s room inventory, which is expected to increase by 25,000 by 2020. Other hotels in the pipeline include the 290-room W Hotel Muscat and the 310-room Kempinski Hotel Muscat.
