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GITEX 2009 grows AaemarginallyAAE over last yearThe CEO of Dubai World Trade Centre Helal Saeed Almarri has admitted that the regionAAEs IT industry and the upcoming GITEX Technology Week has been impacted by the global economic downturn but claims it has been Aaeless affectedAAE in comparison to other events in the world. AoThereAAEs no industry in the world that has not been affected, regardless of whether we have growth or decline, every industry we find has changed. The way people are doing business has changed,Ao Almarri commented to media. Ao...we have found that we had very little impact in comparison to other places in the world due to this crisis. Let me take that one stage further - if you look at the year 2009, overall as DWTC we can say weAAEre pretty flat in terms of business.AoWhile there have been shows such as last weekAAEs Cityscape that have shown a decline, Almarri added that this yearAAEs GITEX will be Aomarginally biggerAo with more than 3,000 exhibitors from over 65 countries taking part.Last year, there were 3,300 companies from 83 countries exhibiting at the ICT event.AoThe issue is not have they have been affected, the issue is theyAAEve been affected less than other places in the world,Ao added Almarri. GITEX 2010 takes place from October 17th to 21st next year. Many of the industryAAEs top players such as Microsoft, Aastra, Avaya, Brother, Cisco, Dell, Du, Dubai Internet City, Etisalat and Oracle are returning to the event this year, while some new exhibitors joining in include Hitachi, Honeywell and Yahoo! Maktoob.Trixee Loh, senior VP of exhibitions at DWTC, added that pre-registrations are up by nearly 30 - 40% over last year totalling about 15,000 to 20,000 visitors so far.Pre-registration for the event, which offers up to 25% savings on entry charges, will close on October 15th. Visitors then have the option of buying tickets at the venue when the event kicks off on Sunday, October 18th. Ticket prices remain the same as last year. Entry to the GITEX Shopper & Consumer Electronics Expo, costs just AED 20 per person (single entry). The Expo will showcase more than 25,000 products and will take place from October 17 - 24 at the Airport Expo Dubai

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