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18, 19, 20 Feb 2016
Bombay Exhibition Center
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OTM Mumbai 2016 ends on a hugely upbeat note from global
sellers of destinations in the Indian market
A
fter three days of hustle and bustle on the show floor,
OTM 2016, India’s biggest outbound travel mart,
ended on an upbeat note with exhibiting companies armed
with greater enthusiasm for a strong start to 2016 for the
best of world tourism in the Indian market.
Several global destinations participated at OTM 2016
with keenness to carve a piece of India’s projected 50 million outbound pie – UAE, Indonesia, Turkey, Sri Lanka,
Mauritius, Thailand, New Zealand, China, Japan, Hong
Kong, Macao, Bangladesh, Philippines, Maldives, Oman,
Egypt, Seychelles, Israel, Rwanda, Romania, Fiji and
Greece were all in place at India’s biggest travel show.
Perfectly complementing their international counterparts, many Indian destinations such as Uttarakhand,
Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, West Bengal,
Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and many other states were
present with large number of sellers from each, to showcase India at its best.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is also eyeing big on
India’s outbound tourism potential. Highly placed representatives of the UAE’s travel and tourism industry under
the umbrella of National Council of Tourism and Antiquities (NCTA) discussed its India-specific tourism promotion plans during OTM 2016 in Mumbai. For the very first
time in the trade show history, the United Arab Emirates
led their participation with all its seven emirates - Abu
Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Shar-
Honourable dignitaries lighting the inaugural lamp of OTM Mumbai 2016
I am sure that OTM will
provide an opportunity for
the stakeholders of the travel
and tourism industry to meet,
network, do business and
explore opportunities between
countries, states and region.
I extend my warm wishes
for OTM 2016 and for future
endeavours.
Devendra Fadnavis
Chief Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Intense B2B meetings going on
jah and Umm al-Quwain - making them the largest destination exhibitor in OTM 2016.
H.E. Sultan Mohamed Bin Khadin, Acting Consul, the
UAE Embassy in India, who was present on the occasion
said, “The UAE has trade and cultural ties with India since
ages. We want to strengthen these ties further and foresee a substantial growth in the number of tourist footfalls
in the near future.”
Speaking about Visit UAE participation, Abdulla Al
Hammadi, Director - Marketing & Overseas Promotions
of NCTA (UAE) said, “OTM is a very good show. We are
getting lots of enquiries. Our 30 co-participants are also
getting very nice results. We are looking for more tourists
from India to the United Arab Emirates. We plan to do big
campaign in the near future and we will be participating
in OTM 2017 as well.”
OTM 2016 offered a great opportunity for international
exhibitors to showcase their travel and tourism capabilities. For instance, Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen exhibited their attractions to the audience. Said Peter Hoslin,
Regional Director, Europe and New Markets for the Hong
Kong Tourism Board: “Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen
are becoming popular with the Indian travellers. Participating for the first time in OTM, the three-NTO pavilion
provided us a business platform to introduce the collective strengths and the variety of experiences to our valued
travel trade partners and Indian travellers.”
Major sponsor of OTM 2016, Wonderful Indonesia was
extremely satisfied with the event turnout, especially from
the great exposure given to the branding of Wonderful
Indonesia throughout the exhibition halls. The Ministry
of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia is confident about an
increase of tourist arrivals from India to Indonesia this
year, said Rita Sophia, Deputy Director from the Ministry who led a delegation of 20 private sector companies to
OTM 2016.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has been
participating in OTM for 16 years and has never been
disappointed with the return on their investments. TAT
hopes to achieve 1.10 million Indian visitor arrivals to
the Kingdom by the end of 2016 and an increase of tourism spending from this source market by eight percent.
The special attendance of Her Excellency Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Minister for Tourism and Sports as OTM’s
chief of guests at the inaugural ceremony underscores the
firm commitment for the Kingdom’s continuous pursuit of
the many untapped opportunities arising from Thailand’s
second tier cities and new market segments.
While the global tourism industry is bullish on India’s
growth story; off-beat destinations are also attempting
to ride on the bandwagon believing in India’s outbound
tourism potentials. For instance, a tiny country like
Rwanda, which had 14,000 tourists from India in 2015,
is now expecting about 35% increase in its Indian tourist
arrivals in the coming year. Said Joseph Kabakeza, First
Counsellor & Deputy Head of Mission, at the High Commission of The Republic of Rwanda: “India is the second
target tourist destination after China and recognising the
potential, the Rwanda Tourism Department has been promoting their offerings in India in a big way.”
Another example is Bhutan. Where 80,000 tourists
visited Bhutan in 2015, the country is now expecting the
footfalls to rise from 1,30,000 to 1,50,000. Romania is also
expecting about 10% rise in tourist footfalls from India in
2016. Israel is also coming in a big way on international
Visit UAE presents special memento to Tourism Minister of Thailand
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TAAI members’ networking session @ OTM Mumbai 2016
tourism circuits and for it, India is a promising market.
With Israel’s Ministry of Tourism’s Country Office in
India, Israel is leaving no stone unturned to attract tourists from India.
Presentations going on at the Tech Theater
Participating in their first ever India travel trade show,
Spanish-based RIU Hotels and Resorts and Thailandbased Travel Motivations have both reported great satisfaction on their selection of OTM 2016.
According to Petra Skopalov, Director of Business
Development for Asia, Riu Hotels & Resorts, trade buyers
and visitors have continuously visited her booth from the
very start of OTM 2016 with a good number of local Mumbai-based trade professionals bussing around the show
floor on the second afternoon. With 150 hotels worldwide,
Riu Hotels & Resorts is making its expansion into Asia
with new hotels in Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Skopalov is
confident that her many business meetings conducted at
OTM 2016 will help increase Riu’s brand awareness and
attract eloquent Indian travellers to experience first-hand
its all-inclusive 24x7 concept hospitality.
In this three-day B2B trade show, more than a thousand sellers from 50 participating destinations met over
6,000 buyers on the exhibition floor. Side by side the trade
exhibition, there were a host of innovative events to discuss and leverage the emerging trends in the travel business: TechForum@OTM, #StartupKnockDown, Shoot at
Site @ OTM, Buyer-Seller Speed Networking, India’s Top
Thailand is always proud to be
a part of OTM because Indian
travellers to Thailand have been
one of the big figures in our country.
We need to be in OTM as this is the
biggest hub where we can receive
all the good operators and this
is the best place for networking.
Tourism Authority of Thailand
(TAT) has participated in OTM 16
times and we keep coming back as
we are planning to grow more and we believe that OTM is the
right marketplace for tourism. I think the world has turned
eyes to India and the world is also paying a lot of attention
to tourism - so one gets to meet everyone of this dimension
at OTM.
Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul
Minister for Tourism & Sports
Government of Thailand
100 Travel Producers Award, and Responsible Tourism
@ OTM.
Speaking about the significance of OTM 2016, explained
Sanjiv Agarwal, Chairman and CEO, Fairfest Media Limited – the organisers of OTM, “Technology, digital marketing, and social media are enabling travel organisations
more and more from tourist boards to hotels, tour operators and tourist attractions, to market to targeted consumers domestically and globally. In partnership with
travel-tech media platform, TravHQ, we have successfully created India’s first and only specialised tourismbased business-technology platform, TechForum@OTM,
aimed at connecting technology solution providers with
our colleagues in the travel industry.”
The event also saw panel discussions on important topics such as ‘How to leverage content and online influencer
relationships for travel industry’. In the presence of the
Shoot at Site sessiongoing on at the Conference Hall
Head of Travel Business at Google India, venture capitalists and a corporate strategist from leading travel company
Cox & Kings, the unique workshop on #StartupKnockDown was conducted to provide promising travel
Presentations going on at the Tech Theater
start-ups, the ultimate pitch deck to increase awareness
and raise funds.
Unleashing the power of Film Tourism was the theme
of the Shoot at Site @ OTM session where it was reported
that the film industry is a major money-spinner for destinations as locations. It was reported that for every dollar invested, the returns from film-induced tourism and
film-based tourism can be up to 7 to 15 dollars. Global destinations such as Singapore, Switzerland and Spain have
reaped these benefits from recent Indian film productions
shot overseas. The film industry is urging their travel colleagues to convert red tapes to red carpets for win-win policies in simplifying the process, incentivising productions
and co-promotions.
Buyer-Seller Speed Networking was a huge hit with two
sessions designed to facilitate quick face-to-face matchmaking and appointments with the buyers to visit the sellers. Visit UAE Lounge was made available for these speed
networking sessions.
Following the successful launch of India’s Top 100
Travel Producers Award last year, OTM 2016 edition presented similar laurels this year. The award is based on an
extensive three-month process of desk researches, industry nominations, voting and polling for the final cut of
India’s Top 100 Travel Producers, with the highest buying
power for outbound and domestic travel products. “Our
continuous pursuit of India’s Top 100 Travel Producers is
to give due recognition to travel producers, big or small,
on or offline, from all over India – to give them the annual
opportunity to celebrate their successes, but more importantly, for all of us to acknowledge the important role they
have played in contributing to our industry,” explained
Sanjiv Agarwal.
Highlighting the role of tourism in ensuring sustainability, Responsible Tourism @ OTM theme was introduced with an awareness stand on the exhibition floor and
audience-interactive presentation at the Tech Theater by
partnering organisation Open Eyes Project & Responsible Tourism in India, led by CEO & Founder, Anna Alaman Torres.
Appreciating the industry’s confidence and as a gesture
of its commitment, the event organiser Fairfest Media has
locked-in firm dates for the next four OTMs at Bombay
Exhibition & Convention Centre.
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Focus Country UAE’s historic destination promotion at OTM
Under the umbrella of National Council of Tourism and Antiquities (NCTA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) showcased its India-specific tourism promotions at OTM
Mumbai 2016. For the very first time in trade show history, the United Arab Emirates led their participation with all its 7 emirates – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah,
Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain – making them the largest destination exhibitor in OTM Mumbai 2016.
Abdulla Al Hammadi
Director - Marketing & Overseas Promotions
NCTA, UAE
OTM is a very good show. We are getting lots of enquiries. Our 30 co-participants from 7 Emirates are also getting very
nice results. We are looking for more tourists from India to the United Arab Emirates. We plan to do big campaign in the
near future and we will be participating in OTM 2017 as well.
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Turkey
Ozgur Aytürk
Coordinator
Directorate General of
Promotion (Asia & Pacific)
Ministry of Culture and
Tourism, Turkey
This is the 6th year that we participated
in OTM and this year we are here with 25
co-exhibitors from Turkey. OTM is a great
platform for us to interact with the Indian
tour operators and travel agents, which I think
has been very fruitful for all our co-exhibitors
from Turkey. I am pretty sure our participation
here would help Turkey to boost numbers from
India.
Sri Lanka
Viranga Bandara
Assistant Director – Marketing
Sri Lanka Tourism
Promotion Bureau
We have been participating in OTM for so
many years and this time also it has worked
out very well. Our 24 co-exhibitors are also very
happy with the response as they have got a lot
of enquiries and lot of footfalls. Looking forward
to good business to be generated out from this
year’s OTM Mumbai.
Indonesia
Rita Sofia
Deputy Director
Deputy Minister for
International Marketing
Ministry of Tourism
Republic of Indonesia
We participated in OTM 2016 with more than
16 exhibitors. Our focus is to tap the Indian
market and OTM is the perfect platform to
increase visibility in not just big cities but also in
tier two and tier three cities. Tour operators and
travel agents from not just Mumbai but also
from other parts of the country visited our stall
during this three day event. So we are very happy
with the platform that OTM has provided us and
would continue our association in the future.
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Mauritius
Vivek Anand
Country Manager – India
Mauritius Tourism
Promotion Authority
OTM is a very good platform to network with
people from the travel industry, hoteliers and
activity companies and we have received very
good footfalls. All my 15 co-exhibitors had a very
good response and they are very happy with it.
Thailand
Soraya Homchuen
Director (Mumbai)
Tourism Authority of Thailand
We were looking to showcase Thainess at OTM
2016 and I think we did this quite effectively with our
Thai pagoda style booth as well as the handicraft
we brought for demonstration (it is Tapian Bai
Laan or the Carp made of Palm Leaf. The craftsmen
demonstrated how these are crafted), which
attracted many people to our stall. The inquiries we
received were mostly related to family vacations with
summer vacations approaching and many queries
about honeymoons since it is still wedding season.
We also noticed that besides the usual Bangkok and
Pattaya queries we were receiving questions about
Krabi, Koh Samui and Chiang Mai.
Egypt
Ismail A. Hamid Amer
Egyptian Tourism Counsellor
Consulate Arab Republic of
Egypt in Mumbai
India is a big country and Mumbai is one of
the key source markets for us. It has been a long
time that we have started to participate in OTM
and it is very important for us as we have been
the strategic partner for OTM for quite a long
time. We are happy and that is why we repeat.
Every year we expect positive response and OTM
gives us overwhelming results. The feedback
from all the 11 co-exhibitors is positive and
we are looking forward to participating in the
upcoming OTMs also.
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Aminath Zaina
Maldives
Executive Coordinator
Ministry of Tourism
Republic of Maldives
OTM has been a great platform where we
got the opportunity to meet the best and
the most promising travel agents and tour
operators. Our 15 co-exhibitors are very happy
with the response they have received. OTM
also provided the opportunity to make new
connections with upcoming agents, so I would
say this participation has been very successful for
Maldives.
Verna Covar-Buensuceso
Philippines
Director and Officer-in-Charge
Market Development Group
Tourism Development Sector
Department of Tourism
Philippines
OTM 2016 has been a very good show for
the Philippines, where we got the opportunity
to push the fun in the Philippines here in India.
OTM is an important travel trade show where
all the important travel trade partners gather in
one place. It’s the perfect platform to meet and
establish new connections and work on possible
business opportunities.
Bangladesh
Akhtaruz Zaman Khan Kabir
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh Tourism Board

OTM Mumbai is the largest travel trade
fair in India and Bangladesh has been
participating for the last couple of years. The
event is important for us since Mumbai is one
of the important markets for Bangladesh
and also since OTM provides the platform to
connect with other foreign markets. We hope
to continue our association with OTM in the
coming years.
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Oman
Lubaina Sheerazi
India Representative
Ministry of Tourism
Sultanate of Oman
OTM is an excellent platform to reach out to
the trade across India in three days. The event
was well organised as we had fruitful interactions
with the trade and received good footfalls at our
stall. The Oman delegation who participated
for OTM also managed to get good number of
enquiries for FIT & MICE.
Seychelles
Sherin Naiken
Seychelles Tourism Board
We have seen phenomenal increase in
awareness and number to Seychelles in the past
two years of our operation in India. There is a
lot of interest for the destination currently and
we together with our hotel, airline and DMC
partners are aggressively working at tapping
this potential. OTM was a good way to start the
year where we could meet the travel trade and
inform them about the new developments and
products Seychelles has in store. Our partners
met some quality travel trade members and
could do significant business.
Japan
Daisuke Kobayashi
Director - Singapore,
Malaysia & India
Japan National Tourism
Organisation
Japan has a huge potential in the Indian
market and to tap into that, OTM is the perfect
platform to network and interact with the local
travel agents. In this three day event we have
created a lot of awareness among the visitors
and the response that we have got has surpassed
our expectation.
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Hong Kong
Peter Hoslin
Regional Director - Europe
and New Markets
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen are
becoming popular with the Indian travellers.
Participating for the first time in OTM, the threeNTO pavilion provided us a business platform to
introduce the collective strengths and the variety
of experiences to our valued travel trade partners
and Indian travellers.
Romania
Mihaela Parteca
Head (Beijing Office)
Romanian National
Tourist Office
This is the second year that we have
participated in OTM. Our main goal is to spread
awareness of Romania among Indian travellers,
for which OTM is the perfect platform. Romania,
we believe has a lot to offer Indian tourists and
with this event we are confident that we will be
able to boost the number of tourists from India.
Israel
Hassan Madah
Director (India Office)
Israel Ministry of Tourism
Israel is an emerging destination in India and
Travelgyaan provided us with a platform to
showcase the destination to the travel agents at
OTM. The concept of presenting the destination
to the business visitors during the trade fairs is a
good idea to tap the potentials at the right place
and right time. We had our presentation in an
open area with huge response. Overall it was a
good activity.
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Nepal
Rohini Prasad Khanal
Senior Officer
Corporate Services
Department
Nepal Tourism Board
We have been taking part in OTM for quite a
long time and our participation in this fair was
very much successful as all our 8 co-exhibitors
are very happy with the response. We would
also like to take this opportunity and tell
everyone that we are already in a position
to welcome the tourists and we hope our
participation in OTM will help increase the
number of Indians coming to Nepal.
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Guldeep Singh Sahni
President, OTOAI
(Outbound Tour Operators
Association of India)
OTM is the best platform for leveraging the potential of Outbound
travel. Every year hundreds of sellers from India and many
countries congregate at OTM to reach out to high-quality outbound
buyers and trade visitors. As the apex body for the outbound sector,
OTOAI has been associated with OTM right since its inception, and
we are very excited at the networking and business opportunities at
OTM 2016 and going forward.
Subhash Goyal
President, IATO
(Indian Association of Tour Operators)
All the travel agents, tour operators and hoteliers look forward
to participate in OTM Mumbai in a big way. This year’s OTM
has turned out as the biggest event with highest attendance and
on behalf of the tourism industry I compliment the organisers
for regularly organising this event for so many years in a very
professional and successful manner. I look forward to more
fruitful OTM next year.
Sunil Kumar
President, TAAI
(Travel Agents Association
of India)
We compliment OTM for bringing in this excellent exhibition
giving opportunity to buyers and sellers, serving as a great
relationship building opportunity to connect. Buyer-Seller network
is a huge growing activity and we see much more potential getting
realised through such events. Congratulations once again to OTM
Mumbai and all the very best for all future activities.
Zakkir Ahmed Kalarikkal
President, TAFI
(Travel Agents Federation of India)
OTM is a great event which the travel trade look forward to
every year! It is an event which specialises on outbound market,
as Indian outbound travel is growing at a very fast pace and
every country is looking to get the pie. It is a platform where lot
of business is exchanged. On behalf of TAFI, we wish OTM the very
best for all its future activities.
Satish Soni
Joint Managing Director
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC)
On behalf of Government of Maharashtra and MTDC, I welcome a l l t he exhibitors and visitors of OTM Mumbai who have come
from various parts of the world. It feels great to see the congregation of travel trade stakeholders from so many countries and all
India in such a large volume. We expect and wish very good business networking sessions for everyone attending OTM.
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TechForum@OTM, showcasing cutting edge innovative
tech solutions, gets tremendous praise
Panel Discussion: Leveraging content to inspire travellers
Content plays a very important role in inspiring the travellers and
promoting travel brands. The panellists shared their learnings and
observations on the content marketing trends and the key takeaways
from the discussion are: a) instead of selling, inform and educate; b)
format plays a major role; c) personalised content works wonders; and
d) audience can spot sponsored content.
Panelists
Sesh Seshadri
Director
Lonely Planet India
Lata Subramanian
Ex-CMO
Sterling
Prashanth Rao Aroor
CEO
IntelliStay Hotels
Hanisha Lalwani
Multi-Property Marketing &
Communications Manager
Marriott International
Moderator
Daksh Sharma
Founding Partner, TravHQ & Iffort
Panel Discussion: Leveraging Online Influencer Relationships In Travel & Tourism
The role of online influencers has become increasingly significant in the
travel & tourism industry. A number of destination marketing brands are now
working with social media influencers to increase their footprint & reach.
Panellists discussed how brands should work with travel influencers and
how to measure success while working with influencers.
Panelists
Hitesh Rajwani
Head of Business
Social Samosa
Kavita Gnanamurthy
Skyscanner India
Shelly Singh
Founder & CEO
Thursday Premiere
Moderator
Daksh Sharma
Founding Partner, TravHQ & Iffort
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Maiden Travel #StartupKnockDown by TravHQ in association with OTM gets
phenomenal response from travel technology stakeholders
The very first Travel #StartupKnockDown was conducted at OTM Mumbai in association with TravHQ
and the response was phenomenal. Entries were received
from some really interesting startups that hold great
future potential. The panel of judges shared the opinion that platforms like #StartupKnockDown are a great
way to give the innovators an opportunity to reach more
audience.
After comparing the start-ups that pitched at the event,
the judges picked Fxkart as the winner of first Travel
#StartupKnockDown. The start-up addresses one of the
biggest hassles travellers face when they are planning to
travel internationally i.e. forex. There are vendors that
charge huge commissions on your currency and there
are vendors that don’t give the impression of authenticity. Fxkart saves you from the trouble of filtering through
such vendors and offers you the best exchange rates. On
top of that, you can do all that from the comfort of your
home and get the currency delivered to your doorstep.
Tramily was the second start-up that got highlighted.
It won the people’s choice award. Travel agents, while
putting together the itineraries for their clients, need
to get good hotel deals. Tramily allows them to find the
best hotel deals to include in the itineraries. They can
post their requirements for room nights and hotels can
respond with the best deals if they fit the bill. Also the
hotels can post their deals and the agents can choose
while putting together a package. It is also available
through a mobile app.
There were many other promising start-ups that
pitched at the event. Putting together the plans for a
group trip is a tough job and MyTripKarma plans to simplify that by allowing multiple travellers to book together
in one place. iManageMyHotel offers centralised property management solutions for hotels so that they don’t
have to invest in developing their own such solutions.
inTRANSIT is a social platform that enhances your travel
experience by adding the option to communicate with fellow passengers at airports. EasyGroupBook simplifies
lodging for large events and GoMowgli takes more control over activities and experiences to offer a consistent
travel experience.
Moderator: Daksh Sharma, Founding Partner, TravHQ & Iffort
Judges
Siddharth Dabhade
Head of Industry
Google India
Ashish Pai
Corporate Strategy
Cox & Kings
Sanjiv Swarup
Venture Capitalist
Connecting Friends
Sanjiv Agarwal
Chairman & CEO
Fairfest / Fairtech
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Tech theatre is a novel concept and with start-ups
Congratulations to both TravHQ and OTM for
taking off and changing the business models in
creating this platform (#StartupKnockDown). Travel
travel industry, it’s a very good idea to have a start-up
industry is trying to fulfil not just the needs but the
flavour to OTM. Compliments to both TravHQ and
dreams of the travellers and with new start-ups
OTM, for organising #StartupKnockDown, which I
trying to revolutionise the whole landscape, this is a
thought was interesting. It was a good combination
brilliant platform for them to present their ideas and
of audience input as well as judge’s input, which
get maximum attention and attraction of the entire
I think gave the start-ups a very good platform
industry. I laude the organisers of OTM for creating
to showcase what they are up to. OTM has come a long way and has such a fantastic platform, which I think is a one stop shop for a travel
become a must attend event for trade partners.
operator of any kind.
Siddharth Dabhade
Ashish Pai
Head of Industry
Investment Advisor
Google India
Cox & Kings
OTM 2016 has been fantastic. It is the first time that
we exhibited in OTM, so we were extremely excited to
be here. Tech Theatre was absolutely fantastic. I think
the format was very nice and the competition was
really interesting. Overall it was nice new initiative.
Rajat Malhotra
Co-Founder
EasyGroupBook.com
OTM Tech Theatre was a good initiative since a lot of
the time B2B travel people are not aware about how
the online travel industry is going and what other
brands are doing so this was kind of educational for
both the buyers and the sellers.
Kavitha Gnanamurthy
Senior Marketing Manager
Skyscanner
We love OTM, and now we love it even more because
we won the #StartupKnockDown contest that was
organised by TravHQ & OTM. The contest was well
curated and the panel of judges was excellent. Our
experience this year has been wonderful and would
definitely continue our association in the future.
Abdul Hadi Shaikh
CEO
FxKart.com
#StartupKnockDown was a very good initiative and
we are glad to have won it. I think this was the first
instance where we got a platform to present our
product to the right audiences. OTM has always been
good platform for travel related products, so we are
pleased to launch our product here.
Sandeep Nadre
Co-Founder & COO
Tramily
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Indian States display their tourism potential at OTM
Maharashtra
Jammu and Kashmir
Uttarakhand
Himachal Pradesh
West Bengal
Odisha
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
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I have not seen a larger exhibition than OTM before. We
are very happy that OTM has realised the potential of the
collaboration between tourism sector and film industry. By
organising this workshop Shoot at Site, OTM has provided
a great learning platform for both the film industry and the
tourism boards. We need to take this forward and build this
relationship stronger, and try to create a roadmap where it
is beneficial and win-win for both the sides. One should see
by coming here the value and potential of the travel industry
which people are not aware of. All the best to OTM.
Kulmeet Makkar
The Film & Television Producers Guild of India
It is my first time here in OTM and I think it is a terrific show. I
was surprised to see the number of stalls here with so many
great participants. It is a great idea to bring various tourism
boards together so that they can learn from the experience
of the others and what we are trying to share are some of the
best practices across the world where each of these boards
can learn from. It is a commendable exercise what OTM is
trying to do and I wish them all the luck.
Uday Singh
Managing Director
Motion Picture Association (India Office)
This is for the first time I am visiting OTM and I must say that I
am very proud to be here. With the eye catching stalls and the
crowd, it is a great experience for me and I am very happy to be
here. I think the workshop Shoot at Site was a very wonderful
initiative taken by OTM as this has directly connected
Bollywood with the state tourism bodies. This workshop will
start an interaction and I am sure this will bring a lot of fruit
and lot of films will now move to states where films have not
been shot before.
Aashish Singh
Vice President (Production)
Yash Raj Films
OTM is one of the brilliant trade fairs where hoteliers, travel
agencies and many countries come together to showcase
what different countries can provide to Indians and how
they can collaborate with Indian travel and tourism. Shoot at
Site was one of the unique ideas and if it results into bringing
the states and the tourism offices of different states and film
producers together, it will be a brilliant collaboration.
Utkarsh Sanghvi
Partner (Tax & Regulatory Services)
Ernst & Young
Film Tourism has now become a very big focal point for promoting
destinations, and many Tourism Boards are recognising and
exploiting its potential. OTM has consistently been the biggest
Travel Expo in Mumbai and has shown tremendous foresight
in dedicating prime time and providing the platform to make
the stake holders from the Film and Travel fraternities engage in
meaningful and long terms solutions and synergies.
Abhijeet Patil
Globehoppers & Chairman
Raja Rani Travels
Consolidator and Line Production Support
This is the first time that OTM has organised a speed
networking and so far I have found this B2B session to
be excellent because there are so many buyers who are
actually eagerly looking forward to meet with suppliers like
us. So congratulations to the organisers for pulling it off so
successfully.
Syed Shafat Uddin Ahmed Tomal
Managing Director
Market n-Trance
OTM is the right platform to meet pioneers of travel industry
along with knowledge and networking. My experience over
here was very good.
Sunil Notani
Managing Director
Air Aman Travels
This was my first experience in OTM Mumbai and the
arrangements made here was fantastic. The networking
sessions were fantastic and were very useful for us. I wish the
organisers of OTM good luck.
Antu V Chakiath
Director
Chakiath Air Travels & Cargo
My experience at OTM was really good. I found it to be very
well organised. The Hosted Buyer- Seller meet was a unique
programme which helped exchange ideas. We have got a lot
of new contacts and have found new destinations and service
providers. The sellers will also be happy that they have got
some genuine contacts from the forum. We eagerly look
forward to the next OTM.
Indrajit Sarkar
Managing Director
Voyagers Club Tours
My visit to OTM helped me establish business association with
many outbound DMC’s as well as Domestic tour operators.
Overall we received fruitful result and I am very happy with
this whole experience.
In OTM Mumbai, the participation of sellers was very good
and the buyer-seller programme was well managed and
smooth. I am very happy with the overall experience.
Mandip Singh
Senior General Manager - MICE
Just Holidays
OTM was the best platform for the Hosted Buyer Programme.
It was a very comfortable experience to have met
representatives from various countries and tourism boards.
Amit Garg
Managing Director
Garg Holidays
K P Manjunath
Chief Executive
Designer Destinations
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Business & Luxury Travel Mart – BLTM launched at OTM Mumbai
Business & Luxury Travel Mart (BLTM) was officially launched at the OTM 2016, by
Fairfest Media Limited.
BLTM is positioned as the first full-fledged travel mart focused on sellers from global
Business and Luxury Travel segments and hundreds of hosted buyers from all over India,
in addition to hundreds of qualified buyers from Delhi NCR which is arguably the biggest source market in India for these segments.
The BLTM will be hosted at the sprawling 20,000 sq ft Convention Hall of Hyatt
Regency Gurgaon in Delhi NCR.
India’s Business Travel industry is maturing and Business Travel is increasingly seen
as a specialised market with differentiated needs, in keeping with global trends.
The Indian Luxury Travel segment on the other hand is also rapidly increasing as it
enters a new phase where conspicuous consumption by the affluent Indian traveller is
creating huge markets globally for Luxury Travel. The Luxury Travel demand is fuelled
not only by FIT but also uniquely Indian and huge markets for ‘Social’ events like weddings. Hosted Buyers will include Wedding Planners to address this market.
Destination promotion for and through film shoots is another somewhat uniquely
Indian marketing opportunity that will be made available to the sellers, by way of hosted
buyers in this segment, from all over India.
BLTM, to be held on October 24-25, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Gurgaon will provide
destination sellers and travel service providers, the ultimate business platform to meet
hundreds of corporate MNC buyers from around the Delhi and National Capital Region,
plus many qualified meeting planners and incentive travel planners hosted from other
major Indian cities to the two-day event.
J&K Tourism organises road shows on the sides of OTM Mumbai & TTF New Delhi
• Launches new campaign See J&K in a new light
• Biggest delegation with over 150 private stakeholders participate in OTM Mumbai & TTF New Delhi
In order to boost tourism in the state and launch their
new campaign and initiatives, J&K Tourism Department organised road shows and participated in OTM
Mumbai and TTF New Delhi, for interacting with travel
and tour operators as well as media persons. A high profile delegation of J&K Tourism officials consisting of Secretary Tourism Farooq A Shah; Director Tourism - Jammu,
R K Verma; Director Tourism - Kashmir, Mahmood A Shah;
CEO of Yousmarg Development Authority, Bakshi Javid Humayun; and Financial Advisor J&K Tourism, Manav Gupta, among
others were in Mumbai and New Delhi to attend OTM Mumbai
and TTF New Delhi. They also participated in J&K Tourism
road shows where leading travel and tour operators, travel association heads, and representatives of the media attended.
The Secretary Tourism Farooq A Shah while interacting
with the travel and tour operators announced that an aggressive 360 degree promotional campaign is being launched to
create awareness about the mesmerising destinations of all the
three regions of the state – Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. The
Secretary Tourism, who is also the MD of JKTDC, had comprehensive brain storming session with the travel trade representatives wherein he announced that as part of an aggressive
marketing campaign, 10 food festivals, travel trade road shows
and golf road shows are being organised in prominent and
important leisure and MICE markets of the country. Prominent
citizens, media and relevant travel trade bodies will be invited
to these road shows. The Secretary also said that the department is organising different events to attract tourists to Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Patnitop and other destinations. He said that
former Chief Minister, Late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s vision
and dream to see J&K as one of the best tourism destinations in
the world can be realised only when all in government and private sector in the state co-ordinate and co-operate for providing best services, safe atmosphere and traditional hospitality to
the visiting tourists, in keeping with the culture of hospitality
inherent in the people of J&K.
Announcing the new slogan of J&K Tourism – See J&K in a
new light, Farooq Shah invited media, travel and tour operators
and general people as a whole to see J&K in a new light – as a paradise for trekking with some of the best trekking circuits in the
country, a shoppers’ paradise with world famous products like
Pashmina shawl, carpets, dry fruits, saffron, paper mache and
beautiful wood carvings, and as an ultimate natural destination
which can offer the domestic tourists a lifetime experience. The
state also has some of the best pilgrimage sites – famous Vaishno
Devi shrine and other popular temples in Jammu region, Muslim shrines, Gurdwaras and ancient temples in Kashmir valley,
and countless monasteries in Ladakh.
Farooq A Shah further added that in the water bodies like
Nageen Lake, Dal Lake and Jhelum river, possibility of sustainable water cruise is being explored. He elaborated on the huge
potential for Golf Tourism, especially when combined with conferences, conventions and events, as the state has excellent golf
courses as well as convention facilities.
Farooq A Shah also launched J&K Tourism/JKTDC Calendar for 2016, highlighting the beautiful tourism destinations of
the state.
J&K Tourism had the biggest delegations at OTM Mumbai
and TTF New Delhi, with more than 150 private stakeholders,
along with the Tourism Department, JKTDC and SKICC.
Uttarakhand Tourism conducts road show @ OTM
• Host of tourist focussed events lined up
• Rail & flight connectivity getting better day by day
In order to attract more tourists in the state, the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) conducted
a travel trade and media road show on the second day of
OTM Mumbai. Uttarakhand Tourism participated in
OTM Mumbai and TTF Delhi with a huge delegation of 44
co-exhibitors.
In the road show, Shailesh Bagauli, Secretary - Uttarakhand Tourism and CEO, UTDB invited everyone to visit
Uttarakhand – the ‘Land of Gods’ or the ‘Heaven on Earth’.
Bagauli informed that this year Uttarakhand is promoting
home stays, adventure tourism, religious tourism, spiritual
tourism and yoga tourism.
“We are going to promote home stays in a big way. People can experience the village life in a raw form with world
class facilities and they can also experience the culture and
traditions of the villages of Uttarakhand.”
In March, UTDB is organising an international event on
paragliding in the city of Pithoragarh where 50 participants
from across the world have already confirmed.
During the first week of March, an International Yoga
Festival in Rishikesh is also being organised. Bagauli added
that they will be promoting yoga in a big way and will have
yoga events in Devaprayag and Rudraprayag. “Apart from
these places we are also going to promote yoga in Binsar and
Chaukori,” he added.
Bagauli also added, “Last year during summer, Chardham had received around 60% of the number of tourists we
used to receive before 2013. From this year onwards I am
very sure we are going to get more tourists.” The rail and
flight connectivity which is getting better day by day was
also discussed.
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Shoot at Site @ OTM - Housefull workshop for film shoots at destinations
Buyer-Seller Speed Networking @ OTM records high level of face-to-face interactions
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OTM felicitates India’s Top 100 Travel Producers
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Tamarind Tours
Aarohan Tours & Travel Pvt Ltd
Atlas Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd
Heena Travels
Travel Tours
Travel Designer
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TL Hospitality (India) Pvt Ltd
Baywatch Travels Pvt Ltd
Hi-Tours
Bhagyashri Travels Pvt Ltd
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Viking Tours & Travel
Ashok Etravel World Pvt Ltd
OM Holidays
Unicorn Holidays & Travel
Air Aman Travels Pvt Ltd
Ace Travels Pvt Ltd
Creative Tours & Travels
Freedom Holidays & Leisure Travel Pvt Ltd
D Pauls Travel
Gainwell Enterprises Pvt Ltd
Sahibji Travels & Tours Pvt Ltd
Lohanas Holidays
Taj Tours
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Acma Travels Tours Pvt Ltd
Jagadish Air Travels Pvt Ltd
Ascon Travel Pvt Ltd
Travel World & Travel World Holidays
FCM Travel Solutions
Ezeego One Travels & Tours Pvt Ltd
Millennium Travels
Windex Tours & Travels
World Wide Travels
Rainbow Vacations
Carewell Travels & Tour Pvt Ltd
Odyssey Travels Ltd
Victoria Travels Pvt Ltd
Ravine Trek
RUNNERS UP
29Three Holidays Pvt Ltd
7th Heaven Tours & Travels
A T Seasons & Vacations Travel Pvt Ltd
Abercrombie & Kent India Pvt Ltd
Adyar Travel Bureau Pvt Ltd
Agwani Travels (India) Pvt Ltd
Altair Services Pvt Ltd
Aman Holidays
Amazing Vacations
Astral Travels Pvt Ltd
Authentic Travels Pvt Ltd
Baboo Travels
BCS Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd
BNG Travels
C R Holidays
Caravan Travels
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Chennai Metro Travels Pvt Ltd
Comfort Holidays
Creative Vacations
Cruise & Travel
Crystal World Tours Pvt Ltd
Daffodils Holidays
Dattu Tours & Travels
Deccan Holiday Tours
Designer Destinations
Destination Travel Services
Diana World Travel Pvt Ltd
Dravidian Trails Holidays Pvt Ltd
Eastern Travels
Eastern Travels Pvt Ltd
Footprint Leisure Pvt Ltd
Garha Tours & Travels
Gem Travels
Globus Family of Brands
Go India Journeys
Good Wind Travels
Goodwill Travels & Holidays Pvt Ltd
Guideline Travels Pvt Ltd
Gujaral Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd
Hammock Leisure Holidays Pvt Ltd
Hansa Holidays
Harsh Travels
Harvey India
Hasmukh Travels Pvt Ltd
Holiday Bliss
International Travel House Ltd
Jetways Travels Pvt Ltd
JTB Travels Pvt Ltd
K K Holidays & Vacations
Krishna World Travels
Lancer Holidays
Le Passage to India
Mercury Travels
Mig Travels
Minar Travels (India) Pvt Ltd
Nimbus Tours & Travels
Nutan Travels
Om Raaga Conferences & Services
Omega Travel & Tourist Agency
Orbitz Corporate & Leisure Travels (India) Pvt Ltd
Ottila International
Parveen Holidays
Pawas Tourism
Peekay Holidays Pvt Ltd
Pegasus Travels & Tours Pvt Ltd
Planet Hospitality
Prasanna Holidays
Radiant Holidays
Raja Rani Travels Pvt Ltd
Shakthi Tours & Travels
Simas Holidays Pvt Ltd
Southern Travels
SSR Holidays
Star Tours
Starline Travels Limited
Trans World Travels
Travel Express
Travel Masters India Corp
Travel Voyages (India) Pvt Ltd
Travellers Choice Pvt Ltd
Travstarz Holiday & Destinations Pvt Ltd
Trip Go Trip Tourism Pvt Ltd
TSI Yatra Pvt Ltd
TUI (Select Vacations)
Udaan
Unicorn Travels
UNIGLOBE Sameera
Utopia Travel Services Pvt Ltd
Vacations Exotica
Viceroy Holidays
World of Vacations
Worldwide DMC
Zenith Holidays
NOMINEES
Albatross Travels & Tours Pvt Ltd
Asarvawala Akhilbharat Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd
Dook Consulting Services Pvt Ltd
Far Horizon Tours Pvt Ltd
FCM Travel Solutions (India) Pvt Ltd
Hoysala Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd
Just Holidays
Parul Tours & Travels
RHS Holidays
Shree Harshil Tours & Travels
Starline
The World Traveller
Travel Air (Madras) Pvt Ltd
Travel Explorers
Agarwal Holidays
Arika Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd
Dakshin Vacations Pvt Ltd
Diana World Travel Pvt Ltd
Dolphin Tours & Travels
J M Mehta Travel & Tour Co Pvt Ltd
Jewel Holidays
Journeymart.com
Krisia Holidays & Travels Pvt Ltd
Magellan Travel Services Pvt Ltd
Metro Travels Pvt Ltd
Pearl Holidays
Radheshyam Travels Pvt Ltd
Sagger World Holidays
South Wind Travel Agents Pvt Ltd
Spring Holidays Ltd
STIC Travels Pvt Ltd
Swagatam Tours
Swiss Holidays
Travel Club
Triton Travels Pvt Ltd
Triway Travels Pvt Ltd
Vensimal World Travel
Visa Travels
Airworth
Bajaj Travels
Champion Travel & Tour Pvt Ltd
Clickurtrip.com
Emerald Airways Pvt Ltd
Hi Tours
J N Rao Travel Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd
J V Travels
Jetair Tours
Kabra Travel Services
Make Plans Holidays
Neelkanth Tours & Travels
Pashankar Tours
Raj Yatayat Pvt Ltd
Syrisa Travels Pvt Ltd
The Wanderers - Wanderers Leisure Travels Pvt Ltd
Travel Oyster India Pvt Ltd
Uniglobe Napolitan Travel
Varun Travels Trade & Investment
VFS
Ananya Tours Pvt Ltd
Chirag Travels Pvt Ltd
Dewan Travels Pvt Ltd
FCM
Flight Center Travels Pvt Ltd
Fly High India Holidays
International Travel House
Maitreya Holidays
Neptune Travco Pvt Ltd
Nirva Tours & Travels
Panache World
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The Wings
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Bluemoon Travels
Compact Travels
Cutting Edge Events Pvt Ltd (T/A Cutting Edge Travels)
Deepa Travels
Diplomatic Travel Pvt Ltd
Dynamic Tours Pvt Ltd
Equino Fun Holidays
Gitanjali Travels
Horizons Dream Vacations Pvt Ltd
Incredible Vacations
International Travel House Ltd
Leisure Tours
Lovern Tours
NCS Travels & Tours
Oyster World Tour & Travel Pvt Ltd
Pristine Travels Pvt Ltd
Shah Travels
Shree Sati Travels Pvt Ltd
SK Tours & Travels
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Yorker
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Arunodaya Travels
Beleast Travels Pvt Ltd
Bird Group
Black Grape Holidays
Carlson Wagonlit
Cruise Professional
Durga Travel, Bangalore
Fortune Tours & Expo Pvt Ltd
Holiday Bash International
Horizon Holidays
Inorbit Tours Pvt Ltd
Journeys & Destinations
Kobawalas Travel House
Landmark Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd
Lawrence Travels & Tours
Northwest Safaris
PL Worldways Ltd
Planet India Travels Pvt Ltd
Sun & Sand Tours & Travels
Sunday Pure Holiday
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Tejas Tours & Travels
Travair Connections Ltd
Travel Exchange
Travel Inn India Pvt Ltd
Travelite (India) & KTC (India) Pvt Ltd
Trial Blazers Tours India Pvt Ltd
Tulsidas Khimji Holidays Pvt Ltd
Weldon Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd
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Avesta Travel & Tours Pvt Ltd
Bhagwant Travels & Tours Pvt Ltd
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India Vision Tours & Travels
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Marshall International
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Nomad Travels
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S A Southend Travels Pvt Ltd
Siddarth Travels
Snow Leopard Adventures
Snowlion Expeditions Pvt Ltd
The Travel People
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Travel Experts
Trust Travel & Tours Pvt Ltd
Uday Tours & Travels
Unique Global Hotel Alliance Pvt Ltd
Vedaa Tours
Welgrow Travels
World Travel Studio
Ashlin Travels
BCD Travel India Pvt Ltd
Bombay Travels
Conquer Travels
Coronation Travels
Cupid Travels & Tours Pvt Ltd
Devrishi Tours & Travels
DGS Travel House Pvt Ltd
Eco Adventures Pvt Ltd
Engee Holidays
Flight Shop
Hari Om Holidays
Hiz Trvl Network
Holidays By Weldon
Hotels & Travel
Keshav Forex & Travels Pvt Ltd
Matheson Bosanquet Ent Ltd
Pacific Worldwide
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Pristine Vacations
Regency Tours Pvt Ltd
Sawhney Tours & Travels
Spring Travels
Sterling International
Sunrise Travels
Swift Travel International Pvt Ltd
Travel Bureau
Travel Optionz Holidays Pvt Ltd
Travellers World Ltd
Tybros (India) Tours Pvt Ltd
XLNT Tours & Travels
Y Not Travel
Airworth Travels & Tours Ltd
Alka Airlink
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Celebrations India
Choice Tours & Travels
Dejavu Holidays
Flightshop / FCM
In Air Holidays
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Platinum Incentives & Events Pvt Ltd
Raj Vyoma
Rave Tours & Travels
Red Carpet
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Travellect
Uniglobe Kocchar Travels
Zaka Group
Arrivals Air Services
Caair Travels Pvt Ltd
Cougar Motorsport Pvt Ltd
Futura Travels Ltd (Essar Group)
High Flyer
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Hopco Travels Pvt Ltd
Island Holidays
Jain Tours & Travels
Joy Travels
Khanna Enterprises
New Airways Travels (Delhi) Pvt Ltd
NIT Worldwide
Northern Railways
Sahara Global
Spirit of India Tours & Travels
Stellar Holidays
Sunflight Travel
Tourkraft
Travel Services International (TSI)
Treasure Tourism Corporation Ltd
Vedic India Travels
Windmill Holidays
Fundoo Vacations
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Post Show Report
Our continuous pursuit of India’s Top 100 Travel Producers is to give due recognition to travel producers, big or small, on or offline, from all over
India – to give them the annual opportunity to celebrate their successes, but more importantly, for all of us to acknowledge the important role they
have played in contributing to our industry. – Sanjiv Agarwal, Chairman & CEO, Fairfest Media (Organiser of OTM)
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This is the first time we have participated in OTM Mumbai
and we are very pleased because there are so many potential
clients and we did a great business with the potential contacts
that we have developed here. OTM is a great platform to
network and also to learn great new things and the response
we have received was great.
Danijel Petrovic
Expert Assistant, Promotion Department
Zagreb Tourist Board
OTM is a wonderful platform where we can showcase our
product and services and reach out to a larger mass. The
experience in OTM has given us a good mileage in terms of
meeting up with lots of new people coming from different
parts of India. We have got some good clientele which we can
probably utilise in the near future. The business interactions
were fantastic and we have received a good response from
the people around.
Amit Suri
Manager – Western India
Air Arabia
In my opinion, OTM 2016 has been really good. We are very
happy with the footfall this year and the responses that we
have got have been very positive. We will definitely like to
continue this relationship with OTM in the future.
Sunny Augustine
Executive Director
White Sands Tours & Travel
This was the first time Royal Gulf Tourism forayed into a
platform where we got a chance to address the travel trade
and delight them with our new offerings. Dubai has so much
to offer plus there are many new products and attractions
coming up in the near future and thus the training workshops
at OTM by TravelGyaan.com was a wonderful opportunity to
showcase the same to the travel trade. We received a fantastic
response through this workshop.
Rumy Degamwalla
Director – Sales & Operations
Royal Gulf Tourism LLC
OTM 2016 has truly been a fantastic experience for us. We have
been participating in OTM Mumbai for the last two years and
have been getting very good mileages. The responses from
this event have been very positive, so we are looking forward
to next year.
Kiran Parikh
Assistant General Manager
Rezlive.com
OTM 2016 went as well as we expected. We have been
participating for the last three years and it has given us a good
scope in terms of exhibitors and in terms of people visiting the
exhibition. We met a number of delegates during this three
day event and made good amount of contacts along with
some positive leads. So overall it was really a good experience
for us and we are definitely participating next year.
Amarpal Chandok
Director of Business Development – Asia
Luxury Hotels Group
OTM has given us a great opportunity to interact with travel
trade fraternities coming from various cities in India. I think
it was important for us to understand expectations from us
and how the market would react to an amazing product
such as ours so I think OTM has helped in a way to give us an
understanding of the market’s reaction.
Nevil D’ souza
Head – Sales
Dubai Parks & Resorts
OTM is one of the biggest travel trade show in India and
this year it’s more happening than last year. We are here
showcasing our products to travel agents and the response
has been good. OTM is the perfect platform to network, which
is why we look forward to it every year.
Momin Naved
Deputy General Manager - B2B Sales
Adlabs Entertainment
I attended all three days and must say that this has been the
best OTM so far. It was worth visiting and was very useful to
me and for lots of others whom I met during OTM. Normally
I attend just one day but the atmosphere and the placement
of stalls and food provided was of top class, I continued to visit
all three days.
OTM is a great show and I was surprised to see the strength of
more than 1,000 people gathering here to attend the show. It
was good to interact with all the people with similar interest.
It is an ideal place to network and I am very impressed with
the response I have received from here. You should keep
organising events like this as this is a great platform for all
the stakeholders in travel and tourism industry to meet travel
agents, hoteliers, airlines, etc. More and more events like this
will provide a platform for all of us to come closer and make
profitable partnerships in future.
Tejpreet Singh
Manager, Passenger Sales & Marketing (India)
Korean Air
Jagadish B Rao
Proprietor
Travel Navigator
We have been participating in OTM for many years and it
has always been a pleasure being part of OTM. It is very well
organised, footfalls have been good and the response that
we got from agents have been positive. Hopefully we will be
participating in many more OTMs in the future.
Medha Sampat
Director
Knack Marketing
OTM has been very nice and we have been able to make some
very good contacts. The footfall and the response we got have
surpassed our expectations. We have also been able find some
good partners with whom we can work in the future. Overall
we had a great experience in OTM 2016.
Anastasia Skripka
Director of Sales & Marketing
Soleto Travel
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MINISTRY OF TOURISM, REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
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MOUNTAIN EDGE TOURS & HOLIDAY PVT LTD
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JAPAN NATIONAL TOURISM ORGANIZATION
SEYCHELLES TOURISM BOARD
CHINA NATIONAL TOURISM ADMINISTRATION
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TOURISM NEW ZEALAND
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ODISHA TOURISM
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THE INDIAN HOTELS CO. LTD (TAJ HOLIDAYS)
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PHILIPPINES TOURISM MARKETING OFFICE INDIA
EGYPTIAN TOURISM OFFICE
BEST DECORATION AWARD – BIG PAVILION - DOMESTIC
UTTARAKHAND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT BOARD
JAMMU & KASHMIR TOURISM
BEST DECORATION AWARD – BIG PAVILION - INTERNATIONAL
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TOURISM & ANTIQUITIES (UAE)
TURKISH CULTURE & TOURISM OFFICE
SRI LANKA TOURISM PROMOTION BUREAU
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OTM Mumbai was an excellent opportunity for us to
engage with the travel trade and reach out to many more
travel partners that may have not been exposed to the
Scandinavian region. It was not only very well attended
but professionally organised and we hope to be a part of
such opportunities in future as well.
Mohit Batra
India Representative
Scandinavian Tourism Board
We are very pleased to be here at OTM and are happy with the
response that we received. I think this is a perfect platform for
people to interact with the strategic partners and the travel
and trade fraternity of India. OTM is a great show and with the
footfall that we have seen this year we are very much looking
forward to the next year.
Kulwant Singh
CEO & Managing Director
Car Fare & Lama Groups LLC
We have been participating in OTM for the last five years. OTM
is one of the best platform to introduce new travel products
and is the perfect place to meet new buyers and sellers. Our
experience here has been good and we have been able to get
good exposure in these three days.
Anwar Sadath
Director
Galaxy Travel Club
We have participated in OTM for the last three years and are
happy with the exposure that we have got. OTM is good for the
tourism industry and is a great platform to promote tourism,
hotels and other travel related products.
Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal
Managing Director
Hotel Pine Spring
OTM has given great exposure to our brand and moreover it
has been a great networking event where we got to meet a
lot of new people. Our experience here has been nice and we
will definitely be able to see the positive results of OTM in the
coming months.
Tanveer Singh
Managing Director
Singhotel
I have been attending OTM for quite a few years and I think it’s
a very productive show where the right people attend. It is the
perfect platform to meet a large number of decision makers
at one go without needing to travel all over the country. OTM
2016 has been extremely productive for us as we got to do
some serious business in these three days.
Shoumo Mukherjee
Vice President – Sales & Marketing
Deltin Group
OTM this year has been quiet good. We interacted with a lot
of agents not only from Mumbai but also from other states.
OTM is a good initiative which has been growing every year
and has come a long way with a lot of new buyers and sellers.
Last year we benefitted a lot from OTM, so this year we are
hoping for the same thing.
Naresh Arora
Founder & CEO
Trulyy India Hotels and Resorts
OTM is one of the biggest travel trade shows in India and is
the perfect platform to network and do good business. The
new conference sessions are a welcome addition to an already
perfect event and would definitely help in the growth for all
the travel partners. Overall I am satisfied with the response
that we have got.
Suresh K Doshi
Managing Director
Classic Holidays
OTM is the perfect platform to meet potential travel agents
and new businesses. The response this year has been very
good and we have been able to generate some good business
leads. We would definitely continue our association with OTM
in the future.
Rao Khushnood
Corporate General Manager - Sales & Marketing
Souvenir Hotels
OTM 2016 has shown a lot of potential for lucrative business
especially for Rajasthan whom we are representing. The
response this year has been phenomenal and we have been
able to do some very good business. Overall OTM has been
good for us as we were able to meet genuine people who are
interested in doing business with us.
Tushar Mali
General Manager
The Royal Retreat Resort & Spa
We have been attending OTM for quite a long time. This is
a great platform for tour operators and it has given good
mileage to us. OTM provided us a good opportunity and we
have been able to do some good business. We will definitely
continue our association with OTM and keep coming back
every year.
Arijit Purkayastha
CEO
Koyeli Tours & Travels
OTM is a wonderful platform and a great opportunity for
buyers and sellers to connect. I think the turnout has been
good this year and we were able to do some good business.
Overall this event has been very fruitful for us and we are
satisfied with the response we got.
Bikramjit S Bhangoo
Director of Sales & Marketing
Taj Falaknuma Palace
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Responsible Tourism theme gets strong positive vibes at OTM Mumbai
Highlighting the role of tourism in ensuring sustainability, Responsible Tourism theme was introduced in TTF New Delhi and OTM Mumbai. There were awareness stands in the exhibitions and audience-interactive presentations by partnering organisation Open Eyes Project & Responsible Tourism in India led by CEO
& Founder, Anna Alaman Torres.
OTM & TTF has been a perfect place to promote Responsible Tourism among travel trade stakeholders operating in India.
OTM & TTF along with Open Eyes Project have initiated the first pavilion promoting more creative and experiential tourism
in the country. Coming to OTM & TTF has opened a whole new avenue for us and a number of tourism businesses have
approached our stand to customise their travel products keeping sustainability and responsibility in focus. We, at Open
Eyes Project, work to make better places for people to live in and better places for people to visit in India.
Anna Alaman Torres
CEO & Founder
Open Eyes Project
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Overseas Destinations Represented
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Abu Dhabi
Ajman
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
China
Croatia
Dubai
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Egypt
Fiji
Fujairah
Greece
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Israel
Italy
Japan
Lithuania
Macao
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Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Nepal
New Zealand
Oman
Peru
Philippines
Ras Al-Khaimah
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Seychelles
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Sharjah
Singapore
Slovakia
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Turkey
Umm Al-Quwain
United Kingdom
USA
Vietnam
South Africa
Indian States / UTs Represented
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Andaman & Nicobar
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
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Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
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Meghalaya
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
 Uttar Pradesh
 Uttarakhand
 West Bengal
Event Data
Visitor Statistics
Show Frequency
Annual
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Total Attendance
13,160
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Number of Exhibitors
1,156
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Trade Visitors
11,505
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Country Representations
50
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General Visitors
1,655
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Exhibitor Statistics
No. of Participants
Distribution of
Space Occupied (%)
Total
1,156100
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National Tourist Organisations
30
25
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Indian State Governments
13
26
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Tour Operators / Travel Agents
496 24
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Hotels / Resorts
555
21
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Transportation Companies
3
1
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Related Services
59
3
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Some of our Partners &
Supporting Organisations at OTM 2016
Fairfest Media Ltd (CIN - U74140WB1988PLC045101)
Mumbai: 305, 3rd Floor, The Summit Business Bay, Near WEH Metro Station
Off Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400093 India
Tel : (91) (22) 2637 2883 / 95
New Delhi: 216A/1 Gautam Nagar, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110 049 India
Tel : (91) (11) 2686 6874, 2686 6875 Fax : (91) (11) 2686 8073
Registered Office : 25 C/1, Belvedere Road, Alipur
Kolkata 700 027 India
Tel : (91)(33) 40284028, 24790010-14 (5 lines) Fax : (91) (33) 2479 0019
E-mail : b2b@fairfest.com | Web : www.otm .co.in

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