DTCM

Apart from DTCM, it's also necessary to get DED permits along with DTCM permits for corporate and public events well in advance to avoid penalties. World Events Management can help you issue these event permits with our past expertise and relationship with DTCM.

• Entertainment Event
• Business Event
• Sports Event
• Entertainment Activity Permit
• Shopping Mall Activity Permit
• Retail Outlet Activity Permit

There is a separate permit for public events that require the organizer to sell tickets online. This permit can only be applied for after issuance of the DTCM E-Permit. Rates and documentation requirements differ across permit types — our team can walk you through all of them.

As a state body, DTCM wanted to ensure that all the procedures required to apply for and receive event permits and ticketing licenses were centralized under one database for the whole of Dubai — which is why DTCM introduced dedicated online E-Portals for permits and ticketing.

Each DTCM permit type requires a different set of documentation. Here's what's typically needed by permit type:

• Entertainment Event — NOC from the venue, event owner's passport copy, and passport and photocopy for each performer.
• Business Event — NOC from the venue, event owner's passport copy, and Emirates ID if the speaker is a UAE citizen or resident.
• E-Ticketing Permit — Emirates ID, trade license copy, event organizer NOC, Tourism ID, valid e-Permit, venue NOC, completed ticketing fee forms and manager's cheque receipt.
• Sports Event — NOC from the venue, event owner's passport copy, and event brief or sponsorship package.
• Entertainment Activity Permit — passport and photocopy for each performer.
• Shopping Mall Activity Permit — passport and photocopy for each performer.
• Retail Outlet Activity Permit — NOC from the mall (where applicable) and passport and photocopy for each performer.

Fee structures differ across permit types, on top of standard operational charges from DTCM and DED. Administration fees applied to all events:

• Registration on E-Permit Portal — AED 300 annually
• Urgent event applicable fee — AED 500
• Knowledge Dirham — AED 10
• Innovation Dirham — AED 10

For ticketed / registration events vs. non-ticketed / non-registration events:

• E-Permit — AED 200 for both ticketed and non-ticketed events
• Event Permit — AED 800 at all venues for ticketed events; AED 800 at hotels or AED 500 at other venues for non-ticketed events
• Performer Fee — not applicable for ticketed events; AED 750 per performer at hotels or AED 350 per performer at other venues for non-ticketed events
• Ticketing Fee — 10% of total ticket income for paid ticketed events (AED 1 for free ticketed events); not applicable for non-ticketed events
• DTCM Management — AED 500
• Optional amendment to application fee — AED 800

For ticketed / registration events vs. non-ticketed / non-registration events:

• E-Permit Fee — AED 200 for both ticketed and non-ticketed events
• Ticketing Fee — 10% of total ticket income for paid ticketed events (AED 1 per ticket for free ticketed events); not applicable for non-ticketed events

For ticketed / registration events vs. non-ticketed / non-registration events:

• E-Permit Fee — AED 200 for both ticketed and non-ticketed events
• DED Management Fee — AED 50 for both ticketed and non-ticketed events
• Exhibition / Product Launch permit fee — AED 1,000 for both ticketed and non-ticketed events
• Conference / Forum / Seminar / Summit permit fee — AED 1,000 for ticketed events; AED 250 for non-ticketed events
• Exhibition / Product Launch plus Conference / Forum / Seminar / Summit — 10% of total ticket/registration income for paid events (AED 1 per ticket/registration for free events); not applicable for non-ticketed events

Please note that these permit fees are subject to change by DTCM and DED at any time at their own discretion.