Jordan’s MICE industry has come of age. It understands the particular demands of the meetings and incentive market, and strives to exceed expectations. It has harnessed the ingredients needed to provide your group with a successful event that touches the hearts of most discerning delegates and resides in their memories.

Jordan is located at the crossroads of three continents, making it an ideal meeting place for international events. Flying time from most European, African and Asian cities is around four hours, and there is easy and direct access from Belgium.

Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) is located 35 kilometres south of Amman and is Jordan’s principal airport. Currently handling over four million passengers a year, the QAIA is expanding and plans to serve nine million passengers by 2011.

The country is blessed with a wonderful climate, with sunny skies most of the time. Autumn and spring are the most popular times to visit.

Jordan provides great scope for creating a striking contrast between the past and future. Your new corporate image can be juxtaposed and highlighted against an iconic historic setting. Contemporary chic set amid ancient Greek and Roman stones.

Jordan touches every one of your senses – from spicy aromas and culinary pleasures to an invigorating mud wrap, first glimpse of Petra’s Treasury and the sound of desert silence. You may even find that Jordan begins to awaken your sixth sense.

The Royal Automobile Museum features late King Hussein’s collection of over 80 cars dating from 1909. The museum is able to host private events with a capacity of 350, and provides an ideal venue for motoring related launches or presentations.

Black mud of the Dead Sea enriches your skin with therapeutic minerals that leave you feeling rejuvenated and energized. You can experience a mud bath on the beaches of the major hotels or retreat to the more controlled environment of the hotel spa, where a range of mineral treatments help you unwind and relax. Delegates can be presented with bath robes bearing their initials.

Sometimes called the Grand Canyon of Jordan, Wadi Mujib extends over 70 km from east to west across the country, from 900m above sea level near Kerak to the Dead Sea 400m below sea level. The valley changes abruptly from being 4 km wide to a narrow gorge through which the Mujib River gushes.

Run by the RSCN, adventure walks are so-called because they combine walking across rough terrain, swimming and descending a 20m waterfall. It’s a tough, exciting challenge that will energize and motivate the group. All clothes, including shoes, will get completely wet. Groups of up to 30 people can try a half-day taster or go for the rugged full-day team building experience.

A treasure is the Nabataean trading stronghold of Petra, now a UNESCO’s World Heritage Site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
With architectural styles embracing Roman columns and Grecian urns, the capital of the Nabataean kingdom thrived on trade between East and West nearly 1000 years ago. Carved from the cliff face, the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) provides a spectacular greeting for visitors as they emerge into the ‘rose city’ from the 1.2km Siq – a cleft in the rock created by tectonic forces.

An evening banquet or reception amid the illuminated façades and carved canyons of Petra can be laced with the strains of Arabic music to create an unforgettable atmosphere.

Delegates can ride into Little Petra (Baida), a few kilometers away, on camels. Wearing local attire, they can be presented with sand bottles with their names spelt out in different coloured sands.

A Nabataean evening transforms Little Petra into a majestic place, filling the canyon with music, light and dancing troops.

Wadi Rum, called Valley of the Moon by the Bedouin, is a place of legends. Inhabited for over 2,500 years, it lies on an ancient camel trading route to the Arabian Peninsula. Rock inscriptions mark the site of one of the caravan stations.

Depending on the amount of time you have, desert tours can be taken using 4-wheel drive jeeps or camels.

Taking in key points of interest can be followed by a desert banquet in the shade of a Bedouin tent. Entertainment can include henna painters, fortune tellers, belly dancers and folkloric dance groups.

Team building activities could include a treasure hunt, embellished using the rich history of the area. How many of your delegates have competed in a camel riding contest or Jordanian bread making competition?

Rock climbing, trekking and mountain biking should only be considered by up to 20 of the fitter members of your group, yet the climb up Jebel Saluqi rewards participants with striking panoramas.



Skydiving, microlighting and hot-air ballooning are options for the adventurous. The main flying seasons for ballooning are April to June and September to December. Each balloon carries eight passengers, and a morning flight ends with a very special breakfast.