INDEX Dubai 2027 · Dubai
Furniture makers, fabric houses and fit-out contractors exhibit at INDEX to get written into interior designers' specifications, and those designers inspect a stand's joinery closely. Lazulite builds INDEX stands in its Dubai Production City workshop and fits them with swatch tables, finish libraries and transparent screens. We have worked three INDEX editions since 2016. The next opens at Dubai World Trade Centre on Tuesday 1 June 2027, beside The Hotel Show and WORKSPACE.
Show facts
INDEX is the annual interior design and furnishings exhibition that dmg events has held in Dubai since 1987.
Show details checked: 9 November 2026
INDEX splits its floor into ten product sectors, from furniture and furnishing fabrics to architectural hardware and modular structures. Furniture alone takes in wardrobes, occasional furniture, children's furniture and dining and living room pieces. Design and fit-out covers 3D design solutions, architectural services, turnkey services and modelling.
Two more dmg events shows share INDEX's dates and venue. The Hotel Show serves hotel and hospitality buyers, while WORKSPACE covers workplace interiors, furniture and technology. INDEX Design Talks runs keynotes and panel discussions; in 2025 its stage was sponsored by Geberit and designed by 4SPACE.
Interior designers, distributors, manufacturers and fit-out specialists made up 62% of visitors in the organiser's 2025 survey. dmg events reported more than 500 exhibitors that year and puts INDEX attendance above 18,000 a year. Keep a sample of every finish within reach of your meeting table.
INDEX Dubai 2027 opens on Tuesday 1 June and closes on Thursday 3 June, from 10am to 6pm daily. dmg events had planned the show for 2 to 4 June 2026. It then moved the dates to 2027 because of problems affecting some international travel and freight shipments.
Dubai World Trade Centre hosts the 2027 show, as it hosted INDEX 2025 from 27 to 29 May. On 9 November 2026, dmg events had not yet published a hall plan for June. We confirm hall and ceiling height once space is allocated.
dmg events issues the INDEX exhibitor manual to booked exhibitors, and that manual fixes the drawing and service order dates. Custom INDEX builds run six to ten weeks, counted from your brief to the first build-up day. Modular work fits in three to five, so late bookings stay open until the end of April 2027.
Planning timeline
Tuesday 23 March 2027, ten weeks out
Custom brief naming every furniture piece, fabric and finish on show
Tuesday 6 April 2027
Stand finish boards signed off at our Dubai Production City workshop
Tuesday 27 April 2027, five weeks out
Final booking point for a modular stand from Lazulite stock
Date set in dmg's manual
Drawings sent with water points, hung loads and heavy pieces marked
Build-up days before 1 June
Floors and joinery go in first, then your furniture is placed and styled
Furniture and Kitchen & Bathroom are two of the ten INDEX sectors, and their stands are usually built as furnished rooms. Our workshop makes walls, plinths and floors around your pieces, finished for inspection at arm's length. Décor and homeware brands with smaller items often choose Modular Exhibition Stands.
Furnishing Fabrics and Surfaces & Flooring exhibitors carry more colourways than one wall can hold. Set a fabric swatch or tile on a Tangible Table, and the full range appears with its ratings and lead times. Interactive Kiosks hold the same library for designers waiting to talk.
INDEX entry needs online registration, and dmg sends digital passes that are not printed at the venue. Lazulite pre-registers your invited designers and clients on Event Registration & Badging Systems. Each lead is tagged as interior designer, architect, procurement, distributor or developer.
Every INDEX day opens at 10am, and our engineer is there earlier to load price lists and check each kiosk, staying to the 6pm close.
Wardrobes are a named furniture sub-category at INDEX, and buyers choose them for what sits inside. Build one run at full size and fit a Rotating Triangle beside it, turning between hanging, drawer and lighting layouts.
Procurement leaders are on INDEX's own buyer list, and The Hotel Show brings hospitality teams to the same venue. Lay a guest room plan across a Dynamic LED Table, where tapping the bed or lounge chair brings up its specification and lead time.
The Surfaces & Flooring sector covers everything from tiles to timber, plus wall coverings. Lay your own floor across the stand. Projection Mapping from above then shows the same surface in morning sun, evening lamplight and a hotel corridor.
Kitchen & Bathroom is one of the ten INDEX sectors. Connect one working basin or kitchen island to the venue's water supply, and put the full range on an Interactive Kiosk beside it.
Exhibitor operations for INDEX run through dmg's operations team at [email protected]. Our drawing set marks every hung load, water point and heavy piece, such as a stone worktop, so approval questions arrive early.
INDEX builders work under Dubai World Trade Centre's contractor rules, with a pass for each crew member at build-up and dismantling. Lazulite registers its team once dmg confirms the 2027 schedule.
DXB Live is the sole provider of top rigging at DWTC, and the venue names your stand contractor as the first contact. Lazulite sets out the INDEX stand's power, rigging and internet requirements, then submits the matching orders on your behalf through DWTC's channels.
Each furniture piece, fabric and finish is listed with its size and weight, and the INDEX floor plan grows from that list.
Physical boards of every stand finish are approved in Dubai Production City, then drawings go to dmg events with water points and hung loads marked.
Tables, kiosks and swatch libraries run together in our workshop while the joinery is dry-fitted.
Our crew lays floors and finishes walls first, then your pieces arrive and are styled with your merchandiser before the 10am opening.
After the 6pm close on 3 June, samples are blanket-wrapped for your logistics agent and the tagged lead file goes to your sales team.
At INDEX the stand's own finish level drives cost, because designers read veneer, stone and upholstery up close. Per square metre, INDEX rates typically sit at AED 1,000 to 2,000 when modular, while bespoke cabinetry and panelling run to AED 1,500 to 3,500.
Space is booked through the stand booking request form on indexexhibition.com, which shows no published rate card. Our figure takes in stand design, the build, technology, content and on-stand engineers. We size your power, rigging and internet needs, file each order for you and list venue charges separately. UAE VAT is 5%.
Your sofas, lamps and rugs can dress the stand, so the build only needs walls, floor and storage. A modular back wall behind a custom front counter sits between the two rates.
Budget bands
Compact
About 12 square metres for décor, homeware and hardware brands, indicatively AED 30,000 to 70,000 for the three INDEX days
Standard
About 36 square metres for furniture and fabric houses, typically AED 80,000 to 200,000 when built as a furnished room
Flagship
Islands near 100 square metres for kitchen, bathroom and fit-out firms, indicatively AED 300,000 to 650,000 including plumbing
Ranges checked: November 2026
Pricing note: These ranges are indicative, for planning only. Your final quote depends on your requirements, stand size, show duration and the resources your stand needs. They exclude organiser space, venue charges for power, rigging and internet, and VAT.
Rent vs custom
Rent
Stock walls and screens for brands whose own pieces carry the stand
Custom build
Joinery that matches the finish standard of your range
Design and fit-out is one of the ten INDEX sectors, so the firms walking past your stand build interiors themselves. Lazulite finishes joinery, paint and flooring in Dubai Production City and pre-assembles each stand there before build-up.
INDEX's 2025 advisory board included design leads from Accor and Sunset Hospitality Group. The Hotel Show shares its three days. Our screens give hotel buyers room plans and lead times in one place.
dmg events also runs INDEX Saudi Arabia at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center, a venue on Lazulite's own project list.
Trusted by
Hotel groups and tourism boards meet at DWTC on 3 to 6 May 2027, four weeks ahead of INDEX.
Riyadh's property exhibition opens at Malham on 1 to 4 February 2027, having moved from November 2026.
The dmg events construction exhibition takes DWTC from 23 to 26 November 2026, and 2027 dates are awaited.
Can't find your answer? Speak with our Dubai team.
No. dmg events had set 2 to 4 June 2026 at Dubai World Trade Centre, then moved the show to 2027, citing travel and freight problems. The next INDEX Dubai runs from Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 June 2027 at the same venue. Plan stand drawings, freight and staff travel around those 2027 dates.
Let's build it together
Send your product list, the fabrics and finishes you want seen, and your stand number from dmg events. Our Dubai team replies with a first concept and indicative costs, and a fixed quote follows design approval. For the 1 June 2027 opening, a custom brief should reach us by 23 March.
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