Global heavyweights commit to national pavilions for INDEX 2023

Global heavyweights commit to national pavilions for INDEX 2023

DUBAI, 17th April, 2023 (WAM) – A number of international pavilions from Europe, the Subcontinent, the Far East and the Middle East, have committed to this year’s INDEX - the gateway trade show to the regional interiors and fit-out market - which will run at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 23rd to 25th May.

Italy, Turkiye, India, Portugal, Korea, and France are just some of the countries which will fly their national flags at the pavilions. With the Italians promising to focus their country’s participation on luxury furniture, Italy’s most prominent furniture manufacturers and interior fit-out suppliers will be on hand to promote their workmanship which has seen them deliver bespoke interiors for palaces, villas, and luxury hotels, including gold leaf-infused marble, hand-crafted wooden floors, richly decorated doors, and panelled walls.

“Mordor Intelligence has forecast the luxury furniture market in the GCC will grow by 5.5% annually until 2026, and producers are looking to the region to help spur a post-Covid bounce back following a sector hiatus due to supply chain disruption,” explained Elaine O’Connell, Vice President Design & Hospitality of dmg events, which organises INDEX. “With Italy accounting for 40% of the world’s luxury furnishings market, it’s no surprise that