Introductory presentation by Guy Wilkinson of Viability Management Consultants for the panel session at the Hotel Show Vision Conference 2014 in Dubai entitled: "What should hoteliers really expect from Expo 2020 and the FIFA World Cup 2022?"

1. What should hoteliers really expect from Expo 2020 and
the FIFA World Cup 2022? 28th September 2014, DWTC
The Expo 2020 site, Dubai (left) &
the Al Wakrah Stadium, Doha (right)
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2. Key Facts: Expo 2020 vs FIFA World Cup 2022
Official Name World Expo 2020 Dubai FIFA World Cup 2022
Location Dubai World Central, Jebel Ali Stadiums across Qatar (all but one
within 60 km, making this the most
compact World Cup in history)
Duration 24 weeks 3 weeks
Dates 20 10 20 - 10 04 21 Summer or winter? TBC in 02 2015
Expected visitors 25 million (DTCM) 1 million (Qatar 2022 Supreme
Committee/Supreme Committee
for Delivery & Legacy)
Key activities Multiple events staged at multiple
national pavilions (70 in Shanghai
2010) representing the world’s
nations
64 football matches
Key facilities 150-hectare exhibition site to form
part of the 140 km2 Dubai World
Central (DWC) ‘aerotropolis’
8 stadiums (was to be 12); 64 team
base camps, 32 training facilities
Related infrastructure 100 new hotels (min), new metro
line, new areas of DWC, new Jebel
Ali theme parks, revival of mega
projects in Dubailand
55,000 new hotel rooms, new
metro, new railway, new airport,
new port, new urban districts, etc,
etc
Legacy ‘Legacy’ housing project will use
site
Upper tiers of 9 stadiums will be
donated to third world countries
!
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3. Expo 2020 Site in Context
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4. Dubai World Central Master Plan showing Expo Site
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5. Expo Site – Computer Renderings
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6. Dubai Hotel Pipeline 06 14
Chain Hotels Keys Rank
Marriott 10 2,596 1
Starwood 5 2,530 2
The Address 7 2,448 3
Wyndham 3 1,889 4
Rotana 5 1,511 5
Hilton 5 1,505 6
Accor 4 1,390 7
Viceroy 3 1,378 8
Paramount 2 1,047 9
Flora 4 920 10
Hyatt 1 869 11
Premier Inn 3 827 12
MGM 3 692 13
Auris 3 635 14
Rezidor 3 633 15
IHG 2 608 16
Coral 2 532 17
Bin Majid 2 500 18
Citymax 2 495 19
Jumeirah 1 435 20
Viceroy P17 Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road
Chain Hotels Keys Rank
Langham 1 323 22
Emirates Grand 1 300 23
Taj 1 296 24
Frasers 2 281 25
Ramee 1 265 26
Baccarat 1 263 27
Blue Bay 2 260 28
Fairmont Ra!es 1 260 29
Rosewood 1 250 30
Teal 1 240 31
Four Seasons 1 237 32
Time 1 234 33
Gulf Hotels 1 230 34
Sunland 1 217 35
Steigenberger 1 215 36
City Seasons 1 208 37
Melia 1 194 38
Millennium 1 151 39
Lotus 1 147 40
Total 94 28,419
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7. FIFA
World
Cup
2022 -
Qatar’s
7 host
‘cities’
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8. The 12
Stadiums
Source:
www.stadiumdb.com
01 03 14
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9. Images of Qatar World Cup Stadiums
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10. 55,530
45,000*
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100,530
Note: * 90% to be available
World
Cup
2022 -
Hotel
plan
from
FIFA
bid
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11. Doha Hotel Pipeline 06 14
Solis Hotel Doha
Chain Hotels Keys Rank
Hilton 5 1,385 1
Katara 3 1,142 2
Rotana 3 1,100 3
Accor 4 983 4
Starwood 2 722 5
Shangri-La 2 636 6
Marriott 2 595 7
Capella 1 445 8
Frasers 1 396 9
IHG 1 347 10
Premier Inn 2 319 11
Kempinski 1 285 12
Morgans 1 270 13
Centara 1 264 14
Warwick International 2 250 15
Mandarin Oriental 1 249 16
Millennium 1 232 17
Golden Tulip 1 216 18
Dusit 1 194 19
Hyatt 1 181 20
Shaza 1 180 21
Wyndham 1 153 22
Time 1 114 23
Best Western 1 100 24
Souq Waqif 1 19 25
Total 41 10,777
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12. Panel Discussion
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