Abu Dhabi Food Festival (ADFF) in India concluded successfully this week, with a final event at The Oberoi, Mumbai, after being brought to the country for the first time in its history. The food festival was launched with a media event at Ziya Restaurant at the hotel recently with the UAE’s ambassador Ahmed Albanna, the Guest of Honour.
“We have now created a niche in the India market for Emirati cuisine,” said TCA Abu Dhabi’s Country Manager for India, Bejan Dinshaw. “By bringing this food festival to India, people here have been able to savour the taste of Indian-Emirati fusion food. We are extremely delighted to have had our celebrity chef Khulood here with us. She made this event all the more successful.”
ADFF was then opened to the public on the 10th and 11th December, with a special menu available to guests which featured Indo-Emirati food.
The ADFF initiative in India was organised to reinforce India’s position as the best overseas source market for Abu Dhabi guest arrivals. In the first 10 months of this year, 264,285 Indians checked in to Abu Dhabi hotels, which represented an 18% year-on-year increase. Indian guests accounted for 7% of all hotel stays in the Emirate, with an average length of stay of 3.11 nights.
