Working Buildings Middle East (WBME), an event for local and international companies to showcase their products and services to the increasingly important Middle East market have announced a partnership with UK’s i-FM portal, which is a leading online information provider for the dynamic facilities management sector in Europe. WBME is scheduled to take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on 17th and 18th November 2008.
“The i-FM portal receives over 220,000 page impressions or over a million hits a month making it Europe’s leading portal for the FM sector and through our partnership, we hope to enhance awareness about WBME and reach out to industry professionals across Europe,” said Chris Fountain, Group Director of CMPi, organizers of WBME.
He noted that CMPi will utilize i-FM portal to publicize the series of construction projects invariably underway in the Middle East and the easing of property laws in the region that have stimulated the market for the facilities management sector.
i-FM.net the first source of daily facilities management news and information on the world wide web was launched in July 1999. Since then it has evolved continuously to meet the needs of our rapidly maturing and expanding market. At the end of October 2001 i-FM moved to a market intelligence model with full access restricted to licensed users.
Working Buildings Middle East will provide a valuable opportunity for local and international companies to showcase their products and services to the increasingly important Middle East market. The new event has been designed to target all those involved in the management and maintenance of buildings and property. Working Buildings Middle East will explore the latest products, services and best-practice examples relating to the complete life cycle of a building.
