Guwahati 2014 27, 28, 29 June Maniram Dewan Trade Centre 88 1,842 551 States Represented 13 West Bengal, Kerala, Maharshtra, Odisha, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Karnataka, Goa, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, New Delhi Countries Represented 2 India, China Kolkata 2014 4, 5, 6 July Netaji Indoor Stadium & Khudiram Anushilan Kendra States Represented 25 Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Punjab, Sikkim, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Andaman & Nicober Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, New Delhi Countries Represented 8 India, China, Switzerland, Oman, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal, Uae 324 7,484 3,004
Hyderabad 2014 11, 12, 13 July HITEX Exhibition Centre (Hall 3) 158 4,041 1,516 States Represented 19 Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Assam, Lakshadweep, Karnataka, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, New Delhi Countries Represented 11 India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Oman, Malaysia, Uae, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal Ahmedabad 2014 22, 23, 24 August Gujarat University Exhibition Hall States Represented 29 Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Goa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Lakshadweep, Delhi, Andaman & Nicober Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana, Karnataka, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Countries Represented 18 India, Thailand, Oman, New Zealand, China, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Maldives, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Usa, Canada, Uae, Bhutan 455 7,115 4,264
Surat 2014 29, 30, 31 August Surat International Exhibition & Convention Centre 189 8,706 1,172 States Represented 20 Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Goa, Rajasthan, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicober, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu Countries Represented 9 India, Thailand, Malaysia, Uae, Singapore, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Australia Mumbai 2014 5, 6, 7 September Nehru Centre States Represented 20 Tripura, Rajasthan, Punjab, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicober Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal Countries Represented 13 India, Oman, Mexico, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal, Maldives, China, Turkey, Japan, Usa, Canada, Egypt 185 1,886 3,094
Pune 2014 12, 13, 14 September Ishanya 144 2,599 1,281 States Represented 17 Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Goa, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicober Islands, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand Countries Represented 9 India, New Zealand, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Maldives Chennai 2015 9, 10, 11 January Chennai Trade Centre States Represented 17 Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Goa, Lakshadweep, Odisha, Karnataka, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andaman & Nicober Islands, Chandigarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Puducherry Countries Represented 8 India, New Zealand, Nepal, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia 164 5,201 1,201
Bengaluru 2015 16, 17, 18 January Dr. Prabhakar Kore Convention Center 153 2,979 1,468 States Represented 18 Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Goa, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Karnataka, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Andaman & Nicober Islands, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chandigarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Countries Represented 11 India, Nepal, Turkey, Bhutan, Thailand, Uae, Egypt, Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives Delhi 2015 10, 11, 12 February Thyagaraj Sports Complex States Represented 22 Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Goa, Karnataka, Punjab, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andaman & Nicober Islands, Assam, Chandigarh, Haryana, Maharashtra Countries Represented 18 India, Bangladesh, Macau, China, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Russia, Vietnam, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Bhutan 361 1,560 6,228
Exhibitor Testimonials I have seen TTF for the last 20 years and it is one of the must visit event for the travel trade in India. TTF have been able to retain their position as number one exhibition company in travel and tourism industry. Quality is very important and TTF have been able to attract right kind of exhibitors, be it foreign or Indian. This exhibition is not only for one sector of tourism industry, it promotes outbound as well as domestic and inbound. I think TTF will go to a different height in time to time. Arun Srivastava Regional Director (Northern India) Ministry of Tourism, Government of India TTF should be widely spread across the country, as the opportunities are endless. We want to support this event in a greater way as this will enable in a larger growth of the Indian travel industry. At the fair, I got to meet many people associated with the tourism sector and got a good chance to interact with them. Har Sahay Meena, IAS Commissioner of Tourism & Managing Director, TTDC Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation Ltd TTF New Delhi is a very good show for Thailand to participate. Normally, we participate in other TTFs and OTM, but this is our first year in TTF New Delhi. We are very happy to be in TTF New Delhi promoting Discover Thainess 2015 Year. We are getting more exposure and very good networking facility with buyer and media attending TTF New Delhi. Runjuan Tongrut Director Tourism Authority of Thailand (New Delhi) TTF New Delhi is impeccable; the venue in fact is very worthy competition to Pragati Maidan. The main benefit that most of the agents received is being able to forged partnership making this platform one of integrity and professionalism. Punam Singh Executive Director OTOAI TTF New Delhi is a platform where we meet domestic tour operators. Although our destination is not known for leisure market but we are venturing it out to domestic tour market for our destination. Business is good and we have met numbers of domestic tour operators who promised us to do something good for our location. Saurabh Pant Associate Director, Sales & Marketing Radisson Blu Hotel, Indore We have been participating in TTF New Delhi since nine years. We are attending TTF exhibition all across India and of course we wish to see them expanding their wings out of India as well. We have taken appointments in advance regarding some discussion and it came out with so many expectations from our company, half of them are our partners and half are new to us. Madhu K G Executive Director Spiceland Holidays TTF New Delhi is a good platform for travel agents and hoteliers where they meet each other and share appointments. We have been participating since 10 years. TTF is a good platform for domestic people. Business is good and the venue is better than the last year. Raj Gupta Director Global Odyssey This is my first time in TTF Delhi. We did a good interaction with lot of travel agencies and people, mainly they are asking for Dubai. It is very much beneficial and 75% of the business is fulfilled here already. Aileen D Ayaquil General Manager Ramee Group of Hotels & Resorts, UAE TTF New Delhi is a great and common platform for the people involved in travel industry. It is lovely that we are part of this event. It is a good platform for the new comers. We get more interaction between each other and understand how the travel industry works. Amardeep Kalra Manager, Channel Sales Matrix In TTF New Delhi we get to meet many people, so we insist of coming each and every year to ensure that the number gets bigger. The expectation is presuming that the number of Indian traveller will increase to our country. Lots of visitors and people are coming and we are informing about Tanzania, most of them are eager to visit Tanzania. Peter Makuntian Tourism Officer Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority Tanzania
Exhibitor Testimonials It is my pleasure to be here in TTF New Delhi. One of my priorities here is to promote Serbia as a travel destination inbound Indian tourist. I understand that OTM Mumbai is even a bigger show, so I am hoping next year we will be participating in OTM Mumbai and in TTF New Delhi as well. Vladimir Maric Ambassador Embassy of the Republic of Serbia Like West Bengal, J&K too has a Shakti Peeth Maa Vaishno Devi Ji which is visited by more than one crore people in a year and the major chunk is from West Bengal, Gujarat and Maharashtra. I would like to welcome TTF in Jammu & Kashmir also to hold an event there. M R Patnaik Director-cum-Additional Secretary Department of Tourism, Government of Odisha Managing Director, OTDC We are really excited to have the opportunity to be here as we are a start up based in India at Gurgaon. We are going to launch in mid March. We already have few hundred contracts signed up and hope to have more signed up so that customers have wider range of choices. Meilinda Huang Marketing Officer Tripdaddy Odisha. TTF is indeed a very good platform for showcasing our potential and tourism products. It is really a privilege to be a part of this great event at Guwahati. Since long time we have been associated with TTF and Guwahati is a good source market for Soujanya Sharma Director Tourism (Jammu) Government of Jammu & Kashmir This is our first time taking part as association in TTF New Delhi. We are here to promote Ladakh tourism on the basis of safeguarding the environment. We got good response from our own authorisations as well as from other travel agents all over India and abroad. Rinchen Namgyal President All Ladakh Tour Operators Association Very encouraging news for tourism industry in northeast, when we heard TTF is coming to Guwahati. This kind of fair can help people travelling from northeast to outside northeast and also those who are already in the business. The North East India Tourism Confederation (NEITC) conference held in TTF Guwahati was an eye opener. It is the starting of marketing efforts and strategies that can be adopted by the northeast. E B Blah President North East India Tourism Confederation (NEITC) India is a very important source market for China. China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines also joined us to come here to promote China Tourism. I think you have done very good preparations. And I do hope in future TTF will grow here and I am grateful for your support for China Tourism. Li Qianguo Director China National Tourist Office (New Delhi) TTF is an appropriate platform to send the message to the Indian and global tourism markets that Assam is a safe destination like any other destination in the world. I definitely feel that TTF is a sound platform to offer myriad destinations to intending tourists from Assam for visiting the other parts of the world. Dhruba Hazarika Secretary, Department of Tourism Government of Assam We are now trying to promote Gajoldoba and Jangal Mahal for both domestic and foreign tourists. We are trying to create a wide range of promotions for our state. We are also thinking about roping in local as well as big actors/actresses as brand ambassadors of state s tourism. I want to urge everybody to come and see our booming Bengal. Bratya Basu Tourism Minister Government of West Bengal This year we are promoting destinations like Ko Samui, Krabi, Phuket, Chiang Mai and others. We are promoting wedding and honeymoon tourism along with the regular family vacations at TTFs and getting great response. Deepak Arora Information Officer Tourism Authority of Thailand
Exhibitor Testimonials TTF is one of the best platforms for us. It gives us an opportunity to build ourselves and aware others about Sri Lanka. People in Hyderabad are very interested about Sri Lanka and especially about the Ramayana sites. We are planning to participate next in OTM Mumbai and TTF New Delhi. Vijay Somasundaram Manager, Royal Holidays Sri Lanka Nowadays tourism seems to be an industry. It provides jobs as well as it improves the economy of that state or country. Almost everybody is giving importance to tourism and travellers. Tourism sector is playing vital role in economy after agriculture sector in the country. The government had allocated `220 crore for Andhra Pradesh for the development of tourism last year, and this year also we are expecting the same. We want to develop the tourism amount to generate revenue for both Centre and State government. P Raghunatha Reddy IT & Culture Minister Government of Andhra Pradesh Telangana, the youngest state of India, offers a number of exciting destinations for the tourists both from India and abroad. Apart from the capital city of Hyderabad, which is known for Charminar, Golconda fort, magnificent palaces, pearls and biryani, the Kakatiya circuit covering Warangal and Karimnagar, offers a flavour of the glorious heritage of the area. We are also promoting a host of lesser known places in the State, such as, Jannaram near Kawal tiger sanctuary and Kadem lake resort in Adilabad, Alisagar lake resort in Nizamabad for those interested in adventure and eco-tourism. Come Discover Telangana! B P Acharya Principal Secretary Planning and Tourism Government of Telangana It is very important for us to visit TTF, as Uttarakhand has old and memorable tourism connection with the Kolkata and even whole west Bengal, and its people. We want to express that Uttarakhand is absolutely safe and open for visitors. We have given special attention towards tourists safety and security, along with their fooding and lodging facilities. We have also set up a number of emergency centres, helpline numbers and medical facilities. Dinesh Dhanai Tourism Minister Government of Uttarakhand TTF is a very good platform to promote one s tourism products and build connections. Bangladesh is promoting beaches Cox s Bazar, wildlife of Sundarban, historical sites like Paharpur and many other beautiful holiday destinations like Rangamati, etc. Mohammad Motahar Hossain Deputy Manager Bangladesh Tourism Board It s a very good step that TTF has come to Guwahati. TTF is a very good platform for tourism, airlines, etc. I have been to TTF Kolkata several times and I will attend next year as well. Owen Zhou Zengrong General Manager India, China Eastern Airlines We participated at TTF Kolkata for the first time this year and were happy with the turnout at the exhibition. We wanted to enter the Kolkata market to gauge and understand the needs and requirements of the travellers residing in East India. TTF was an effective platform as it allowed us to meet both travel trade and potential customers. The event was very well organised and we appreciate the effort, the organisers took to conduct a successful trade fair. Lubaina Sheerazi India Representative Oman Tourism
Exhibitor Testimonials It is my pleasure that we are here today at TTF Kolkata. This year Lakshadweep tourism is promoting the helicopter package. And although not decided yet, the talks of Lakshadweep tour, from October onwards, are currently ongoing. Saraswati Chowdhury Krish Tours & Travels Authorised Agent, Lakshadweep Tourism Sports TTF Kolkata is a very well organised event. We get a lot of awareness by participating in TTF Kolkata. Last year also we participated. The response has been very good. TTF always satisfies our expectations and it s a good experience. Sarath Sankar Head - Sales The Tamara Coorg Since 1991 we have been participating in TTF in various destinations all over India. As usual we are getting a good response of people of Kolkata. We have our popular destinations like Shillong and Cherrapunji while Jakrem and Chandigre fall under rural tourism, which we are promoting for this year. Surajit Basu Liaison Officer, Tourism Department Government of Meghalaya We expect a lot from TTF and in return we always get the results. Bengalis are very good travellers and we are getting excellent response from them. This year Maharasthra is promoting wildlife, beaches, Bollywood tourism and the hill stations. We will definitely take part in TTF next year again. Moushami Kose Manager-Domestic Exhibitions, Resort Operations Maharastra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) We have been a fairly big and loyal supporter of TTF Kolkata. Like people associate Gainwell with Kolkata, they also support TTF with Kolkata. In Kolkata, the footfall is generally very high and we have had some good enquiries. Manoj Saraf Managing Director Gainwell Travel & Leisure When TTF Kolkata was opened to the general public, we had very good response. That s why I am very happy. Whatever the expectations were from the event, it was fulfilled. Abhijit Dhar Resident Manager Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation TTF Kolkata is very nice and we have received a great business. We will definitely come back again next year and will recommend other hoteliers and travel agents to attend the TTF. Rajiv Mishra General Manager, Sales & Marketing Pine Spring Group of Hotels This is the second time we are participating in TTF Kolkata and it has been good so far. We are satisfied and we will definitely participate again in the coming years. Ravi Kamesh Manager - Supplier Relations, Stayzilla.com This is the first time we are participating in Kolkata TTF and we are getting a very good response. Our company Evoque Hotel Marketing is new and we are feeling good. We were not expecting to receive so many visitors and this experience is beyond our expectation. Gita Chaudhry Partner, Evoque Hotel Marketing We have been working with TTF for the last 10 years, back to back in every fair. It s a lovely forum for not only interaction, but I think TTF is doing a great job promoting tourism in India. The quality of products that TTF has, none of the other competitors have. TTF has evolved and understood the need of travellers, hoteliers, and travel agents. And with changes every year TTF is meeting the greater satisfaction level of people and that goes for me also. Vijendra Singh Kumpawat General Manager Fort Rajwada, Jaisalmer TTF is one of our favourite exhibitions. We got a lot of response from Kolkata and we have generated a lot of business from here. We are promoting Goa as a wedding destination now, and along with that we are also showcasing eco tourism, our beaches, and white water rafting. Rajesh Kale Assistant Director & Executive Magistrate (South) Department of Tourism, Government of Goa