Visitor Experience Awards

The Visitor Experience Awards is an annual flagship programme led by the Visitor Experience team, designed to recognise and motivate excellence while fostering healthy competition among businesses and frontline staff across Abu Dhabi.

Happening for the first time in 2026, the programme will feature eight award categories: four business awards focused on themes such as innovation, cultural showcase, accessibility, and resilience, and four frontliner awards recognising individuals who demonstrate excellence across different frontline roles.

Participants:

Over 400 businesses and their frontliners are invited to apply from sectors such as museums, cultural sites, events, mobility, accommodation, malls, attractions, cruise terminals, F&B, airports, and airlines. All submissions will undergo an initial evaluation by an internal committee to shortlist applications, followed by a rigorous assessment by an independent judging panel comprising of distinguished leaders and subject matter experts from Abu Dhabi's public and private sectors, who will select the finalists.

Award Ceremony:

The award ceremony will include an exclusive gala dinner and celebration for the winners of the awards. Guests will include industry representatives, corporate media, shortlisted businesses and frontliners, the esteemed jury who conducted the evaluations, and representatives from DCT and other government bodies.

Award ceremony date:

November 26th 2026, ERTH Hotel

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Last Modified - 14/08/2026