In this episode we focus on:
- West Bengal Tourism Minister, Bratya Basu will be the Chief Guest at the India travel award’s East edition and Ashok Chandra Panda, Minister of Culture and Tourism, Odisha will be the guest of honour
- Mario Hardy to be Interim CEO for PATA from November 1
- Holiday Inn opens its 9th Indian property in Jaipur
- Buyers from over 45 countries conducted 40,000 meeting at KTM
- Vkonect is geared up for its first luxury show on October 6-8
- A ‘Times Square’ style cultural hub to be set up in Mumbai Travelport launches a Universal Application Programming Interface
- Karnataka Tourism forum organised a B2B travel trade meet
- ASSOCHAM discussed the growth of infrastructure to promote the Buddhist circuit
- FRHI Hotels & Resorts hosted the Global Meeting Exchange 2014 in Abu Dhabi
We interviewed:
- Deepa Haksar, Chairman, National Council for Tourism and Hospitality
- Javed Iqbal Ansari, Tourism Minister, Bihar
- C B Ramkumar, President, KTF
- Rabih Saab, President and MD-Africa, Middle East and South Asia, Travelport
- Parvez Dewan, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism
- Punam Singh, Promoter & Director, Vkonect
- Mark Sergot, Senior Vice President, Global Sales Organization, FRHI Hotels & Resorts