Event Security in Amman

Amman’s reputation as the Middle East’s most accessible conference city rests on Jordan’s comparatively stable political environment, its central regional location and an established international hotel and venues infrastructure. The InterContinental Amman and Four Seasons Amman are the primary properties for summit-level events, while Zara Expo handles larger exhibition formats. Jordan’s Public Security Directorate licences private security operators, and we engage only registered, licensed local partners for all roles. The FCDO advises a degree of vigilance in Jordan, noting terrorism risk heightened by proximity to regional conflicts in Syria and Iraq. This advisory is built into every event security plan we develop for Amman. For a fuller picture of the security environment, see our Amman city security overview.

The World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa has historically been held in Jordan, and events of similar diplomatic profile require close protection for senior delegates, rigorous venue hardening, and pre-event coordination with the Public Security Directorate and, where relevant, the Jordanian Gendarmerie. At medium risk level, access control and credential verification are the primary operational priorities alongside terrorism-aware venue assessment, with secure transport from Queen Alia International Airport treated as a baseline for all international delegations. Our event security service overview describes how we structure these elements into a coordinated plan for conference and summit events in the Middle East region.