The 2025 Middle East Dubai Furniture and Interior Decoration Exhibition (INDEX)
Exhibition time
【 Exhibition Time 】 : May 27-29, 2025
【 Exhibition Venue 】 : Dubai World Trade Convention and Exhibition Centre
【 Exhibition Cycle 】 : 1 year per session
【Exhibition Introduction】
The Middle East Dubai Furniture and Interior Design Exhibition (INDEX) is the leading furniture and interior design exhibition in the Middle East, organized by the British DMG Group. The largest furniture and interior design exhibition in the Middle East has been held annually since 1991 and has been held continuously for over 30 years, attracting tens of thousands of traders. Provide high-quality and exhibition platforms for enterprises and brands to promote business connections.
In 2024, the exhibition attracted 30,191 visitors, over 100 participating countries, 319 exhibitors, and public relations coverage reached 187 million people, equivalent to a media market value of 6.4 million US dollars.
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According to Alpen Capital's "Gulf Cooperation Council Hotel Services Report", "The Gulf Cooperation Council hotel market is expected to reach 32.5 billion US dollars by 2022". Currently, Dubai has become the fourth largest tourist city in the world. It ranks after Bangkok (21.47 million visitors), London (19.88 million visitors), and Paris (18.03 million visitors). In terms of the total consumption of tourists, Dubai ranks first in the world, reaching 31.3 billion US dollars, far exceeding London, which ranks second (19.8 billion US dollars).
The tourism industry in the United Arab Emirates is booming: as many as 15.27 million international tourists visit Dubai, UAE every year. Tourist cities are becoming the engines of economic growth, stimulating the development of multiple industries in Dubai, especially the hotel and food industries. The Dubai Government's Business and Tourism Promotion Authority will be committed to realizing this vision, increasing the number of tourists from 10 million in 2012 to 20 million in 2023, and significantly enhancing the contribution of tourism to the city's economy. Current research data shows that tourism revenue in Dubai accounts for approximately 100 billion dirhams in its total economic output.
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High demand：In recent years, infrastructure, economy, industry and education projects in Middle Eastern countries have developed rapidly on a large scale, which has led to a rapid expansion of the furniture market. At the same time, due to the fact that domestic production cannot meet the rapidly growing demand for household and commercial decoration, the supply of furniture in this region mainly relies on imports.
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Strong professionalism：INDEX has a powerful database of purchasers and rich industry experience, providing exhibitors with over 27,000 professional visitors in the industry, including professional buyers, distributors and retailers.
70% of the exhibitors of INDEX chose INDEX as the sole exhibition from the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Strong publicity power：Through continuous marketing promotion for 12 months throughout the year, maintaining communication with 200,000 professionals in the global home furnishing industry, collaborating with the most influential design and home furnishing magazines and other media in the Middle East, and placing advertisements and press releases both online and offline through radio advertisements, digital advertisements, authoritative newspapers, etc. The total number of viewers covered by the related reports of INDEX reached over 90 million.
Exhibition scope
(1)Furniture category: living room and dining room furniture, kitchen furniture, bedroom furniture, children's furniture, outdoor furniture, custom contract furniture, functional furniture, hotel furniture, furniture materials and others;
(2)Kitchen and bathroom facilities: Wall paper, cabinets, flooring, carpets, outdoor lawns and other floor decorations, kitchen series implementation, ceiling and suspended ceiling facilities, bathroom facilities, etc. Home textile category, including bedding, sleep facilities, tablecloths, kitchen accessories, bathroom woolen textiles, curtains, sunshades, flooring, carpets, leather products and fiber textiles, and others;
(3)Indoor household items and decorative artworks: glass, crystal, ceramics, wine containers, tableware, metal products such as silverware and gold foil, etc. Gifts include fashionable jewelry, art treasures, watches, seasonal greeting gifts, candles, small ornaments for creating an indoor atmosphere, children's or baby products, etc. Indoor decorative lights, electronic devices in the bedroom, artistic photo frames, mirrors, plates, flowers, vases, garden and horticultural products and other related products;
(4)Design category: Interior and outdoor fashion trend design, design masterpiece display, new product launch design for contracts and commercial orders, publishers, representatives of government agencies, design companies, etc.
(5)Office furniture category: panel office furniture, steel office furniture, metal office furniture, soft office furniture, school furniture, etc.
