Event chauffeur and transport

Four ways to book a car for an event

Option	How it runs	Suits
Hotel to venue	A drop-off before the doors or halls open, and a pickup at a time you set	One show day, a concert or a race day
Hourly standby	The car stays near the venue and comes to the drop-off point when you message on WhatsApp	Exhibitors with off-site meetings, hosts whose guests leave at different times
Group shuttles	Vans, Sprinters or coaches on fixed runs between hotels and the venue	Stand teams, delegations, hosted buyers
VIP cars	A first class sedan, or a Rolls-Royce available through our partner network, subject to availability, with the chauffeur waiting	Speakers, senior guests, a box at the races

An airport leg fits into any of them. Your chauffeur waits in the arrivals hall with your name on a board, loads the bags and drives to your hotel or straight to registration. For a car that stays with you all day, book a car with driver by the hour.

Planning an event day? See the event day chauffeur checklist, Dubai event road closures and how events compare for access.

Event venues: drop-off, parking and Metro

This is what each venue or organiser publishes, checked on 17 October 2026. Big shows sometimes replace the venue’s normal plan, so the event’s own visitor page has the final word.

Venue	Main events	Car drop-off	Parking	Metro
Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road	Gulfood, Big 5 Global, Arabian Travel Market	ATM lists taxi drop-offs opposite the Ibis Hotel and at the Za’abeel Hall entrance	6 paid and 2 free car parks, 7,530 spaces, valet	World Trade Centre, Red Line
Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai	GITEX Global, WHX Dubai, part of Gulfood	Boulevard 2020 Street; GITEX uses the South Drop-Off	Free in Parking A, B and C (venue FAQ); GITEX uses P1 to P5	Expo 2020, Red Line
ADNEC Centre, Abu Dhabi	ADIPEC	Taxi rank at the Aloft hotel entrance; for ADIPEC, Marina Hall (Hall 16) and opposite the Aloft	Car parks A, B, D and E, closed to visitors during ADIPEC	None (bus 040)
Coca-Cola Arena, City Walk	Concerts and shows all year	Drop-off-only zone at entrances A, B and C, no valet	Limited paid bays in P2 and P4; City Walk car park 4 minutes’ walk	Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall, Red Line
Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	The gate on your ticket; taxi drop-offs sat near the gates in 2024	Not listed in the circuit FAQ; check the race-weekend plan	None (bus 190 and the free Yas Express)
Meydan Racecourse, Nad Al Sheba	Dubai World Cup and the winter race meetings	The gate on your ticket, Gates 1 to 5 in 2026	On-site parking	None listed; the organiser points to car or taxi
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Al Garhoud	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships	Not published; agree it with your chauffeur	Free Park N’ Ride from one hour before play	Al Garhoud (formerly GGICO), Red Line
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course	DP World Tour Championship	Signed taxi drop-off and pick-up area	Limited Public Car Park, AED 50 booked ahead or AED 80 on arrival in 2026	Jumeirah Golf Estates, Red Line, then a free shuttle
Dubai Airshow Site, Al Maktoum International (DWC)	Dubai Airshow, odd years	Zones for taxis, e-hail cars and limousines in 2025	Visitors park at Al Maktoum Airport and ride Park and Ride	Expo 2020, Red Line, then an RTA bus

Dubai World Trade Centre

DWTC has its own Red Line station and direct access from Sheikh Zayed Road. During grand events, Parkin charges AED 25 an hour from 08:00 to 22:00 on about 200 street spaces around the halls. The RTA has also warned of congestion near DWTC during major events, and Gulf News put the peaks at 08:00 to 12:00 and 16:00 to 20:00.

Those peaks cover most opening and closing times, so allow extra time for the morning drop-off and the evening pickup. Our guide to DWTC parking and drop-off maps the car parks and entrances.

Dubai Exhibition Centre at Expo City

The Dubai Exhibition Centre sits in Dubai South, about 21 km by road from Al Maktoum International. Expo 2020 station is a short walk from the halls, and shuttles link the car parks to the Arrivals Plaza and the North and South Halls.

A show can run its own plan. GITEX Global sends private cars to the South Drop-Off and taxis to a separate Transportation Hub. Our Expo City parking zones guide covers both layouts.

ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi

On normal show days ADNEC runs car parks A, B, D and E, with taxis at the Aloft hotel entrance. ADIPEC is different: on-site visitor parking closes, and drivers are sent to Park and Ride sites across the city. Our ADNEC parking and drop-off guide explains both set-ups.

Drive times to each venue

Each figure below is the free-flow time for the car, averaged over both directions on OSRM (OpenStreetMap data) and checked on 17 October 2026. On a show or race day, allow for slow traffic in the last few kilometres before the venue gates.

Venue	From Downtown Dubai	From Dubai International (DXB)	From Dubai Marina
Dubai World Trade Centre	about 5 km, 8 min	about 16 km, 26 min	about 24 km, 25 min
Coca-Cola Arena	about 4 km, 6 min	about 15 km, 20 min	about 20 km, 20 min
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium	about 13 km, 13 min	about 9 km, 20 min	about 31 km, 27 min
Meydan Racecourse	about 11 km, 20 min	17 to 24 km by direction, 30 to 45 min	about 25 km, 30 min
Jumeirah Golf Estates	about 27 km, 30 min	37 to 43 km by direction, 40 to 55 min	about 16 km, 20 min
Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City	about 39 km, 37 min	about 52 km, 56 min	about 22 km, 24 min
Dubai Airshow Site, DWC	about 49 km, 50 min	about 61 km, 1 h 10 min	about 32 km, 40 min
Yas Marina Circuit	about 114 km, 1 h 15 min	about 130 km, 1 h 35 min	about 94 km, 1 h
ADNEC Centre	about 132 km, 1 h 25 min	about 143 km, 1 h 35 min	about 113 km, 1 h 10 min

A daily return from Downtown Dubai to ADNEC is about 264 km. For a 4-day show such as ADIPEC, a car for each day means nobody in your team drives the E11 twice a day.

Busy weeks to book early

Three stretches of dates stack big events within days of each other, so cars, Sprinters and coaches are worth booking early. The dates come from each organiser’s site, checked on 17 October 2026.

• November 2026. ADIPEC at ADNEC from 2 to 5 November, the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates from 12 to 15 November, and Big 5 Global at DWTC from 23 to 26 November.
• December 2026. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix runs at Yas Marina Circuit from 4 to 6 December. GITEX Global follows the next day: the Summit at DWTC on 7 December, then the Expo at Expo City from 8 to 11 December.
• March 2027. Gulfood runs from 15 to 19 March across DWTC and the Dubai Exhibition Centre. The Dubai World Cup at Meydan follows on 27 March.

The calendar at the top of this page lists every event with its usual month and, once announced, its next edition. Each next-edition date comes from the organiser’s site, checked on 17 October 2026.

Cars and seats for event days

Car	Passengers	Where it comes from
Mercedes-Benz S-Class or BMW 7 Series	3	Assure fleet
Lexus ES 300h	3	Assure fleet
GMC Yukon or Cadillac Escalade	6	Assure fleet
Mercedes-Benz V-Class, Kia Carnival or Hyundai Staria	6	Assure fleet
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter	13 or 19	Assure fleet
Toyota Coaster	22	Available through our partner network, subject to availability
Coach	35 or 50	Available through our partner network, subject to availability
Rolls-Royce Ghost or Phantom	3	Available through our partner network, subject to availability

Luggage changes the choice on an airport day. The 13-seat Sprinter takes 6 large cases with every seat in use, while the 19-seat version takes 3. A group landing at DXB with suitcases and sample boxes may need the smaller Sprinter plus a second vehicle.

Moving a stand team or delegation

1. List every person with their hotel, flight and the days they attend.
2. Group people by hotel and start time, and give each group one vehicle.
3. Fix a morning run, an evening return after the halls close, and one standby car for meetings and airport runs.
4. Set up one WhatsApp group per vehicle with the driver and the group lead.

Build-up and breakdown days run earlier and later than the show itself, so list them separately. For a coach-sized group, see coach and bus hire. Companies that exhibit every year can run all of it through a corporate account.

Where Assure can take bookings

Assure is RTA licensed in Dubai and has been in business for 10+ years. We drive to every venue in the tables above from Dubai, including ADNEC and Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

Trips that start and end inside Abu Dhabi, such as a Zayed International pickup to ADNEC, may need a partner licensed there. Ask us to confirm for your route when you send the dates.