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INDIA'S LEADING

TRAVEL TRADE SHOW

MUMBAI, 4-6 February 2015

Bombay Exhibition Centre

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OTM emerges as the leading travel trade show in IndiaOTM 2015 held in Mumbai from February 4 to 6 at the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, was the biggest-ever travel trade show in India. With participation of 1,000 plus exhibitors from 50 countries, OTM was spread over 20,000 sq m. Around 10,000 travel trade visitors, including Pre-registered and Hosted Buyers from all over India visited the show. It was the only travel trade show in India having the distinction of inauguration by the Chief Minister of the host state, Maharashtra. Not only that, the Chief Minister and the Tourism Minister of the partner state Uttarakhand also visited the show.

OTM is one of the biggest travel exhi-

bitions in the coun-try, where delegations from countries around the globe came to pro-mote tourism. I think

tourism brings nations and communities closer. Tourism is also a major source of revenue and gives empowerment, and OTM provides the platform for the devel-opment of tourism.

Devendra FadnavisChief Minister

Government of Maharashtra

The scale and size of OTM not only reinforces the leadership position and popularity of the show, but also the strong trends in the tourism

industry, helped by increasing public policy support from the governments at the central and state level to the tourism industry.

Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, who also holds the charge of tourism, inaugurated OTM on February 4. He remarked, “I would like to congratulate OTM for successfully organising a travel trade show of this magnitude. Both Indian and international tourism is set to get a huge boost out of this show. We have a special focus on promoting Maharashtra as a destination and by participating in OTM, tourism in Maharashtra too will get a good boost.”

Sanjiv Agarwal, the Chairman & CEO of Fairfest Media, organiser of OTM was thrilled by the fact that not only the Chief Minister agreed to inaugurate the show, he came 20 minutes earlier than the appointment and walked the show. “It is a refreshing change and augurs very well for the tourism industry,” he added.

Harish Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Dinesh Dhanai, Tourism Minister of Uttarakhand, visited OTM on Day 3 (February 6). Apart from the keen interest and encouragement to their home state, the two dignitaries walked the show, interacting with the various other domestic and international participants and also engaged the tourism stakeholders from Uttarakhand in an interactive session on the importance of domestic tourism for the state’s economy, and their future plans for boosting tourism in Uttarakhand.

Ram Shankar Shinde, Minister of State for Tourism, Maharashtra, also visited on Day 3 (February 6). He also presided over the OTM Awards and Valedictory Function. The OTM awards were eagerly awaited by all participants.

International ParticipationThe largest pavilions at the OTM were from the National Tourism Organisations of Turkey, New Zealand, Mexico, Dubai, Japan, Thailand, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Philippines, Macau, China, Argentina, Oman, Bangladesh, Seychelles, Jordan, Bhutan, the Czech Republic, Romania, Fiji and Taiwan though many other countries too were represented in the show. Bahrain participated for the first time in OTM Mumbai 2015.

Indian ParticipationThe largest Indian pavilions were from the State Tourism Organisations of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Daman & Diu, Karnataka, Punjab, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and Maharashtra.

Other Noted Names at the ShowThe Taj, Best Western, Sri Lankan Airlines, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Adlabs Imagica, Ark Travels and Heena Holidays were some of the other big participants at the OTM, to name just a few. OTM 2015 also saw for the first time, a strong participation from Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) in an Adventure Tourism Pavilion comprising operators specialising in the niche.

OTM India’s Top 100 Travel Producers AwardsThe annual OTM Top 100 Travel Producers Award is an annual celebration of travel producers’ contribution to the industry. The 470 nominations to the OTM Top 100 Travel Producers Award 2015 was restricted to the Indian Travel Producers with high buying potential of Outbound or Domestic products for their Indian clientele. The Top 100 winners of the award and runners up were selected on the basis of number of votes secured from 800 responses.

OTM 2015 Awards for best marketing and engagement campaignsThe OTM Awards are much sought after by all the participants. The aim is to highlight the marketing, creative and engagement efforts put in by the various participants to promote their respective destinations and travel products and services at OTM. 36 awards across 16 categories were given away to various domestic and international participants.

OTM-Kuoni Knowledge Series Focusing on its core business as a service provider to the global travel industry, Kuoni partnered with OTM for the first time to organise a Knowledge Series. The conferences saw industry experts and veterans talk about the Future of Tourism, comprising three tracks on Corporate Travel, MICE Travel, and Leisure segments. The conferences saw enthusiastic participation from visitors and participants on all three days.

Sanjiv Agarwal, Chairman & CEO of Fairfest Media (organiser of OTM) welcomes the chief guest Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Government of Maharashtra

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OTM is a major event in the area of tourism development in our country. We have a wonderful experience about

the way the states are participating here. I am happy that our presence is very effective here.

Harish RawatChief Minister

Government of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat and Tourism Minister Dinesh Dhanai attend OTM and spend quality time with the domestic and international participants to promote their state

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OTM is very well organised and my expectation is to network with as many travel agents as possible, and expose this beautiful brand of Macau to the travel

industry. My entire experience in OTM has been very productive.

Arzan KhambattaHead of India Representative Office

Macau Government Tourist Office

The Indian market is very important for us. Though we are returning to this market after a few years, we have been pleasantly surprised at OTM this year –

many people already know about us and there is good interest about the Czech Republic, which we are trying to present as a romantic destination.

Tereza MatejkovaHead of Trade Fairs

Czech Tourist Board

OTM is a wonderful platform to participate as a destina-tion where we have got many quality people coming in for OTM. The agents have been extremely well experienced and they are actually looking for niche destination. OTM is providing us the opportunity to connect with the agents from other cities too. We are also delighted and quite sur-prised with quality of consumer that came in to visit our

booth and it was an amazing experience because we can connect directly with the consumers highlighting the destination at the OTM.

Medha SampatDirector

‘Knack’ Marketing (India Representative for Argentina Tourism)

OTM is a very professionally organised travel trade fair, which is why we at China Tourism have been very supportive. OTM Mumbai is a very big market for China Tourism, and I am here to promote China to attract more and more Indian visitors. This year we are celebrating ‘Visit India’ year in China, which we are officially launching here in OTM Mumbai.

Li QianguoDirector

China National Tourist Office (New Delhi)

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The Inaugural Panel Discussion on Promoting Tourism in India - Challenges & Opportunities

Sudhir PatilPresident, Maharashtra Tour Operators Association

Sanjiv AgarwalEditor & Publisher, Travel News Digest

Ioannis E RaptakisAmbassador of Greece

Valsa Nair Singh, IAS Secretary - Tourism & Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra

SanJeetDirector, DDP Publications

India is a huge travel market, with unique oppor-tunities and challenges. A country of over one

billion people and as many trips within India, and over 15 million Indians going abroad, it can only be a lucrative market for destination promoters. At the same time, there are unique challenges, like increased competition among destinations vying for a slice of this price-sensitive market.

Immediately after the ceremonial inau-guration of OTM 2015 by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, an inaugural panel discussion took place. The panel was moderated by NDTV and participated by esteemed thought leaders comprising practitioners in the field sharing their experiences on opportunities and challenges of promoting tourism in India.

Panelists

Valsa Nair Singh, IASSecretary - Tourism & Cultural Affairs Government of Maharashtra

Ioannis E RaptakisAmbassador of Greece

Sudhir PatilPresident Maharashtra Tour Operators Association

SanJeetDirector, DDP Publications

Sanjiv AgarwalEditor & Publisher, Travel News Digest

AnchorHeena Gambhir, NDTV

Audience engaged with the Panel Discussion

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Kuoni India collaborated with OTM in a first of its kind Kuoni Knowledge series 2015 event.

This unique forum served as a platform for direct exchange of ideas and insights between the vari-ous businesses in the tourism industry. OTM-Kuoni Knowledge series 2015 devoted itself to mastering the challenges and opportunities within the travel indus-try. Topics for discussions across three days included Corporate Travel, MICE and Luxury.

The Business Travel session was conducted by Manoj Chacko, Chief Executive Officer, Kuoni Travel Group, India. He brought to light some interesting insights to the macroeconomic scenario and future trends of Business Travel highlighting the key driv-ers for effective travel management and smart cor-porate travel policies. Significant cost savings were possible through a simple travel policy, empowering travellers encouraging them to take the lowest fare and advance purchase of fares by studying the behav-ior of travellers.

SD Nandakumar, Head - SIT & Business Develop-ment, Kouni Travel (India) Pvt Ltd conducted the ses-sion on the second day. He discussed best practices and asked what future expertise could bring to MICE Travel especially for the fast-growing markets. The session highlighted on how Incentive travel has now been recognised as a powerful business tool for help-ing organisations achieve key business objectives and drive bottom line results which is the result of MICE gaining significance in the last few years. Reward and Recognition for employees, dealers & distribu-tors is important to companies and MICE operators

have become the medium through which the compa-nies look to achieve their objective of motivating their important constituents.

The Luxury session by Vishal Suri, Chief Execu-tive Officer, Tour Operating, Kouni Travel (India) Pvt Ltd highlighted key drivers for the growth of Lux-ury Travel. It highlighted the key trends in Luxury Travel such as Theme based holidays where each holiday trip has to be crafted to exclusivity, popular destinations and characteristics of the luxury seg-ment. While planning a luxury holiday authenticity, experience, exclusivity, and privacy tend to be the most favored choices when luxury travellers plan

their holidays.This exclusive event consisted of plenary expert

sessions with plenty of time for questions and discus-sion with extensive networking opportunities.

Speaking on the collaboration, Rajeev Wagle, Managing Director, Kouni Travel Group, India said, “Kuoni India has always strived to be the new age innovative holiday maker. As a leader in all travel segments namely Escorted Tours, Free Individual Travel, Domestic Holidays and MICE, defining new horizons is essential to creating sustainable growth opportunities. Through Knowledge Series 2015, we brought a highly informative and unique opportunity

for industry leaders to contribute to a constructive dialogue on the future of sustainable tourism.”

Sanjiv Agarwal, Chairman & CEO of Fairfest Media Ltd, the organiser of OTM said, “We are sim-ply thrilled at this partnership on a long term basis. It adds a very important education element to the show.”

The aim of the knowledge series was to continue to strengthen awareness of making holidays a pri-ority with Indians. It also fostered closer co-opera-tion between tourism boards, corporate executives and partners and contributed to the enhancement of marketable holiday solutions.

OTM-Kuoni Knowledge Series 2015

Vishal Suri, Chief Executive Officer, Tour OperatingKouni Travel (India) Pvt Ltd

Rajeev Wagle, Managing Director, Kouni Travel Group, India

Manoj Chacko, Chief Executive OfficerKuoni Travel Group, India

SD Nandakumar, Head - SIT & Business Development Kouni Travel (India) Pvt Ltd

Audience listening to the Kuoni Knowledge Series speakers

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We expect a lot from OTM Mumbai or else we would not have been here. We are trying to get in touch with the travel agencies as well as the travellers from

India just to educate them about our destination and to see what kind of facilities we provide, so that they come to Jordan.

Sami HarfoushiArea Marketing Manager

Jordan Tourism Board

This is our second time in OTM Mumbai. Last year, we had a very good year for us, especially from the Indian market. The good thing about OTM is we are

marketing along with several travel agencies, and the market to Greece has risen over the past three years.

Alice NazzourDMC Manager

Mideast Travel Worldwide (Greece)

In OTM Mumbai business prospects are promising, and it is a very important market for us. OTM is well organised and is one of the biggest travel

marts in India. For the first time, we are not only promoting the classic tours, but also the Red Sea destinations, and expecting to have bigger number of travellers than last year.

Ismail A Hamid AmerEgyptian Tourism Counselor (Mumbai)

It is my first time in OTM Mumbai and so far I am very happy about the quality of the buyers. We have seen a lot of interest, especially for Dubai, and we are very optimistic.

We are expecting at least 30% increment in business.Sunny AugustineExecutive Director

White Sands Tours & Travel, Dubai

We have been attending OTM for the last three years and our basic expectation is to make our presence felt and show to the world that there is a destination called

Bhutan. This year Bhutan is celebrating 25th year as Visit Bhutan year to celebrate the 60th birth anniversary of our beloved King His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

Namgay WangmoTourism Officer, Marketing & Promotional Division

Tourism Council of Bhutan

OTM has become bigger and more professional with more participants this year. Next year we hope you will have even more countries. We are expecting to

generate traffic to our country for the whole tourism sector, especially FITs and corporates.

A Hameed Al-HalwachiManaging Director

Al Safir Hotels, Bahrain

We are here for the first time in OTM Mumbai, and we expect a lot of tourist to our country. OTM is a good platform where lots of people have come, exchanged

their contacts, and collected information about our coun-try. We thank OTM for all the help and support, and we hope to come back next year.

Veronita MelkonyanDirector

Armenia vis a vis Tour

OTM is a big event, and is a very good opportunity for us to share information regarding our country Japan, Osaka, and more with the travel agents.

Yoshimoto MasashiDirector, Southeast Asia

Osaka Government Tourism Bureau

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OTM Mumbai is an event where you get a range of travel agents attending. For us the main intention is to do the branding because OTM as a brand is in

the market for long time. We have been participating for many years representing our company and I am very happy with what we saw.

Savio PereiraDirector, Benchmark

Latin America Travel Concept

OTM Mumbai as an entire event is really good. The arrangement, the way of interaction with customers, the areas, everything looks great. We participated

for the first time in OTM Mumbai which will give lots of exposure and boost our business.

Shweta IsaacRepresentative, Business Development / Operations

Yoko Tourism, Dubai

OTM Mumbai is a very well organised show. We are looking at the connection with travel trade and we had a great experience here. We met lot of people and got

quality buyers coming in. We are promoting ITB Berlin & ITB Asia and made very good contacts. We look forward to be here in next year as well.

Deepika UnniRepresentative, Berlin Fairs

AHK, Indo German Chamber of Commerce

In OTM Mumbai the participators and exhibitors are good. The expectation was more footfalls; staffs were very cooperative, in terms of help and all. We are very

fine with it. Anju Tandon

CEOArk Travels

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We have joined OTM since 2010 and this is our sixth time attending OTM Mumbai. OTM for us is a very good platform to promote Philippines. We expect more

and we get more with the support from the travel trade in OTM. This time too, it was beyond our expectations and there was a lot of crowd in our booth.

Glen AgustinChief Tourism Operations Officer

Market Development Group, Department of Tourism, Philippines

We have been participating in OTM from the last 10 years with higher and higher expectations, and we have never been disappointed. We are getting positive

response from the travel trade, so we are very hopeful that this time too we will see lot of tourists to Nepal from OTM.

Shradha ShresthaSenior Officer, Regional Office, Pokhara

Nepal Tourism Board

We have started participating in OTM since 2010 and it’s been a great platform. We are growing year-on-year and last year we have crossed few milestones.

OTM is a mix of B2B and B2C which works very well for a tourism brand like ours, and Mumbai is an important source market for us.

Lubaina SheeraziIndia Representative

Ministry of Tourism, Sultanate of Oman

It is my first time in OTM and I think it is a good idea and concept, especially for our part of the world. There are so many countries participating, and so many

cultures are being introduced to every one of us.

Sylvia MulwaTour Consultant

Karibu Travels & Tours Limited, Kenya

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For us it is very important to be at OTM. India is a very important market for Argentina. OTM is a very good platform for the ministry of tourism as well as for

the private sector, and our DMCs and agencies are very happy to be at OTM. The idea is to work here, to encour-age the number of Indians who come to Argentina.

Roberto PalaisExecutive Manager

Argentina National Institute of Tourism Promotion

OTM Mumbai is a good trade show. I have been attending for the last two years through the government of Dubai and every year there is a

growth. This year we are participating on our own as exhibitor and expecting something really good. Business is blooming and we met lots of potential buyers from Mumbai which makes us very happy. We

will be back next year.Ramesh PatnaikGeneral Manager

Discovery Travel LLC, Dubai

OTM is a very useful fair because it creates goodwill and bridges the gap between people from different countries, and different tourist destinations.

Bangladesh shares with India common literature, culture as well as tradition. In future, Bangladesh will participate in OTM which will play a very important role.

Syed Muazzem AliHigh Commissioner (Minister of State)

Bangladesh High Commission (New Delhi)

We are here for the second time and since last year OTM has grown a lot. We saw a wide cross-section of audiences, to get the flavour and exposure to the

Indian market. The set up was like a breeze - it was easy to set things up and get things organised, and we are really happy with that.

Sareena BaldhirajRegional Manager

Customer Support Operations, APAC, TripAdvisor

OTM is a very good platform where we improve every year. We have been participating since many years and this year we are campaigning for ‘Discover

Thainess year 2015’. We are trying to promote the essence of Thainess, which comes in seven categories, and we have 23 sellers from Thailand, including Thai Airways.

Soraya HomchuenDirector

Tourism Authority of Thailand (Mumbai)

In OTM the kind of people I met are very professional, to the point and not time-wasters. They know exactly what to ask, what they want from us and we are very

happy to provide them information about our country. We are visiting OTM for the second year after getting success from the last year.

Razvan MarcDirector (UK, Middle East and India)

Romania Tourism

I feel that OTM is a good platform for us where we can share information and interact face-to-face with our partners and tour operators. As we have just started

venturing in the Indian market, OTM will help us to be more visible in this market.

Nathalie DidonDeputy Chief Executive Officer

Seychelles Tourism Board

OTM is one of the leading tourism events in India, and Mumbai is one of the biggest source markets in the country. We are participating as Ministry of Culture

and Tourism, Turkey together with the private sector, and we are expecting more business B2B interactions with the Indian travel agents and tour operators.

Ozgur AyturkCoordinator

Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey

This is my second visit to OTM as an exhibition in Czech Tourism pavilion. It is growing and I see a bright prospect of OTM. OTM Mumbai is also a very

good medium for the small agents who are working via big agents and don’t have a direct access to DMCs from an international end. This medium can join us like a bridge and that is why I feel participating in OTM is very

important for a foreign DMC.

Shailesh PatelCEO

Eastern Europe Tour

OTM Mumbai is a big name and I think it doesn’t need any sort of introduction. From year to year it’s going on strength to strength and I can say that you are

doing brilliant. OTM is the best platform for establishing brand, especially in the domestic and outbound segment, which is apparently new to us.

Bharat Bhushan AtreeManaging Director

Caper Travel Company

OTM Mumbai is a big event and the kind of people who participate is a feather in your cap. Every year new products are evolving which means everybody in the

travel industry is looking for new products, which gives you leverage. OTM is one of the best travel marts in the region, and my congratulations to you.

Guldeep Singh SahniPresident

OTOAI (Outbound Tour Operators Association of India)

OTM is quite good and worth coming to, since it’s a way to reach out to the tour operators in India, to let them know about new destinations, and about the new

trends in the world market. We plan to come back next year hopefully.

Sidney V LinharesDirector, Del Bianco

South America Group

OTM Mumbai is a very good national and international travel trade show where we get the chance to connect with many clients. We have come

for the second time to promote our country, Vietnam, to the local travel partners in India and hope to have more travel partners corporate with us for further business.

Phan Trong ThangEnglish Market Sales Manager

Luxury Travel, Vietnam

We are participating in OTM since eight years and until now, we are very much satisfied. We have got many positive responses from public as well as tour

operators from India which is more than we expected.

Guru SharmaManaging Director, Travel Group Peru

South America Group

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OTM Mumbai is a brand and whenever this exhibition happens, you cannot ignore OTM. Here you get a flow of participants, and many agencies visiting, so

everything is awesome and fantastic. We are glad to see such heavy crowd and so many participants, probably looking forward for something good to happen for the upcoming season.

A V Moorty Director, Operations

Narayani Holidays

OTM Mumbai gives exposure to our properties and it has been very successful. We are having very good footfalls; There are large numbers of people, travel

agents and other segments. They are talking to us for lot of business possibilities.

Pramod SinghDirector

Habitat Hotels

This year OTM Mumbai is fantastic. I am participating from last eight years and I guess this is the best OTM. This year the exhibitor and visitors are in large

number. This year OTM has given us fantastic business.

Nagarjun SharmaAssistant Manager, Sales & Marketing

Mountain Edge, Port Blair

OTM Mumbai gives a great exposure and a great platform for everyone to come together. We are participating for last two to three years and it adds

on our business. I have met lot of new travel associate sticking to the point and speaking business with you. It is something benefiting us and we will continue to participate.

Kunal AggarwalSales Manager

The Solluna ResortVisitors throng all three days

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OTM Mumbai is a wonderful platform to meet people from different ethnic city, different culture, and different religion and of course different travel

experience. It is good to share experience in a big platform like OTM.

Devesh SharmaManager, Business Development

Dook Travels

OTM Mumbai is a good platform to do travel business. Since many years we are getting good response and hope it will continue to do same. The experience is very good.

Good number of people, good business and the business is increasing day by day and hopefully it will grow more.

Suresh K DoshiManaging Director

Classic Holidays

OTM Mumbai is a fascinating platform allowing lot of inbound and outbound tour operators to join. OTM gives us an opportunity to meet the people directly

working in the local DMC and local tour operators in our own country. OTM is that kind of platform that allows global reach and allows putting a name to the face.

Shahir RazickSenior Sales and Marketing Manager

Best Western, Elyon Colombo

I have been attending OTM Mumbai more than 11 years and compared to the last year it is good. The response was good and the people those who are

coming to attend the particular place is most wanted.

Haridas BDirector - SalesThe Silver Tips

OTM Mumbai is a very good platform and we are attending OTM since 15 years approximately. OTM is an opportunity you get here where you can exchange

business cards, do good business and people understand what you are doing. So, every year we are growing.

Raja Gopaal Iyer Hari HaranCEO

Raj Hospitality

OTM Mumbai is a very good platform to launch new project and since we are beginners, we needed some platform and OTM is quite wonderful and useful. OTM

has lots of connection, lot of interaction possibilities and lots of travel agents.

Jamsheer Chelakkadan HussainGeneral ManagerOrchid Highlands

This is my first time in OTM Mumbai; the platform for my work has been quite well and I am very impressed. Since I am new in the work I am looking forward to a

good promotion and the response is quite satisfying.Miftah Shaw

Managing DirectorKolahoi Green Resort

OTM Mumbai is great platform for us and we got a very good B2B response from here. We are getting good business from abroad as well as domestic,

especially from Maharashtra and Gujarat. We are in OTM for business purpose, for improvement of our branding and business.

Rajiv MishraGeneral Manager, Sales & Marketing

Hotel Pine Spring

OTM Mumbai is a very sophisticated travel event and as usual is very good. This year the crowd is huge and good travel agents. We are participating almost

every time in OTM as well as in TTF. We got very good responses.

Harish V VAssistant Manager in Marketing

The Tamara Coorg

This year OTM Mumbai has a growth of 20-30% compared to last year. There is 30% more growth in the movement of the people. Business interaction

is very good. Our main target is more B2B and we are getting good response. We believe it will get better by the end of the event.

Uday PradhanGeneral Manager

Nanu Resorts, Goa

OTM Mumbai is the major revenue generating market for us. Mumbai is the main market for us as per the tourism industry is concerned. People from Mumbai

and nearby places are coming to Kerala and Kerala is the hottest destination.

Remesh KumarGeneral Manager

Isola di Cocco

OTM Mumbai is the best platform for showcasing either a property or a traveller company. OTM is the best place for us and we are participating for the third

time. We are here for B2B partners.Anwar Sadath

Managing DirectorGalaxy Travel Club

OTM Mumbai is a very good platform which helps to expose our property. As an opening platform we have chosen OTM and we are getting good response.

We have got lots of good travel agents and good business.P Prince

Resident ManagerForest Glade

OTM Mumbai is a very good platform for the hoteliers and travel agents. OTM is conducting everybody in the tourism company to come together and meet everyone

and discuss business and participate themselves with them.T G Gopan

DirectorEdakkadu Group of Companies

OTM Mumbai has a history of being the biggest exhibition that takes place in India. This is a platform where we get to meet fraternity people from all

over the country. People come here and you make new relationships and get new travel lead as well. OTM is a very good platform to showcase and brand our company.

Adl KarimDirector

Creative Tours & Travels

OTM Mumbai has lot of footfalls and is growing over the years. I have been in OTM for the last seven years and it has helped us in publicity, building brand. It

helped us a lot to grow. OTM and TTF have helped us in a big way, big footage and big footfall.

Wilfred LoboNational Head, Sales & Marketing

Hotel Fidalgo

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Top 100 Travel Producers awarded by OTM in MumbaiThe annual Top 100 Travel Producers Award was instituted by OTM this year. This recognition is only one of its kinds to give travel producers in India an annual opportunity to celebrate success and more importantly, to highlight the important role they contribute to the travel industry. The awards were presented on the first day of OTM in Mumbai - India’s largest source market for outbound and domestic travel. The award winners, runners up and nominees were invited to personally receive awards / certificates, participate in interesting panel discussions and network with thousands of leading industry players assembled at the event. The nominations were restricted to Travel Producers based in India, with high buying potential of Outbound or Domestic products for their Indian clientele. A list of about 470 nominees was prepared from desk research and feedback from the industry. It was then put to poll by thousands of industry thought leaders. The Top 100 winners of the award and runner ups were selected on the basis of number of votes secured from 800 responses. There was No Ranking of award winners, runner ups or the other nominees.

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Jammu & Kashmir makes a strong pitch

Thailand showcases new regions at OTM On the sidelines of OTM 2015 in Mumbai, Tourism Author-ity of Thailand (TAT), Mumbai office hosted a high-tea for the travel trade fraternity, showcasing the new regions and provinces which will be promoted as part of the ‘2015 Dis-cover Thainess Campaign’. The destination training pre-sentation highlighted various new locations such as Trat, Rayong, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Kanchanaburi, Hua Hin, Cha Am, Ko Phangan and Chumphon, among others.

Soraya Homcheun, who has recently assumed charge as Director, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mumbai, said, “We have created new and special routes for these destinations focusing on family vacations, catering to their needs of entertainment for both children and parents.”

Amnuay Tiamkeerakul Executive Director, ASEAN, South Asia and South Pacific Region Department was also present for the high-tea session. He urged the Indian

travellers to experience these new routes, and encouraged the trade fraternity to promote these new locations to their

end consumers. Suladda Sarutilavan, currently Director of Tourism

Authority of Thailand, Pattaya office, and who was pre-viously based in Mumbai, said, “With my past experience of the Indian market, I have tried to bring products and attractions which would appeal to all segments like FIT, families, honeymooners etc.”

There was an entire entourage of Thai suppliers includ-ing Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways who participated in OTM to showcase their various products for the Indian market. Thailand Tourism has recently appointed Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for Muay Thai, which is being extensively promoted in India as a family or group activity. TAT is initiating many unique activities and proj-ects this year focusing on promoting luxury and experien-tial experiences in the Indian market.

During OTM Mumbai, West Bengal Tourism conducted a travel trade and media road show announcing its plans to engage and reach out to the travel trade and consumers

countrywide to promote itself as a ‘complete destination’. West Bengal has a very important geo-strate-

gic location. The state capital, Kolkata is the com-mercial hub of the entire region. The state shares its borders with three major SAARC nations namely Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Over the last few years, the flow of tourist traffic in West Bengal is steadily increasing.

Speaking on the occasion, Umapada Chatterjee, Direc-tor of Tourism, Government of West Bengal said, “The present government has taken several initiatives to boost tourism in West Bengal. Going by the current trends, tour-ism is a fast growing and thus an impactful sector for the state economy. Keeping this in mind, we shall be actively participating in all major travel and tourism fairs span-ning across India, coupled with road shows and consumer campaigns in print, TV, radio and digital platforms.”

West Bengal Tourism rolls out nationwide campaign Taj Hotels displays its luxury properties

The Indian Hotels Company Limited (Taj Hotels) made a presentation on the various packages they were offer-ing from February 01 till October 31. They focussed on weekend packages and minimum one-night stay offers. Bandita Patnaik, Director of Sales, gave a presentation on behalf of Taj Lands End, Mumbai. Christopher Vie-gas, General Manager - Sales, Travel Industry Sales, Taj Hotels said, “This is the only hotel in the city which has the sea view from any room.” The other two lux-ury propertiespromoted were Vivanta by Taj, Kumara-kom, and Vivanta by Taj, Malabar in Kerala. The audi-ence was informed about the luxury experiences at best prices provided by these hotels. Taj Lands End, Mumbai was the official Partner Hotel of OTM 2015.

For a state recovering from the aftermath of a devastating flood, the presence of over 100 exhibitors from Jammu and Kashmir at OTM Mumbai was testimony to the resilience of the travel trade in the state, and their strong belief that only aggressive promotions would help them get back their pre-eminent position as India’s favourite tourist destination. The delegation, among the biggest from any state in OTM, was buoyed by the return of Farooq Ahmad Shah as Director Tourism, and MD, JKTDC.

Farooq Ahmad Shah along with R K Verma, Director, Jammu, addressed an impromptu gathering of all stakehold-ers from the state to listen to their problems and suggestions, and to assure them of the state government’s proactive and aggressive initiatives to help restore vibrancy to the state’s tourism industry.

The J&K Tourism Alliance organised an interactive sem-inar on February 5, at The Club (Andheri), to interact with the Travel Trade and Media from Mumbai and Maharashtra, and assure them about the safety and security of tourists in Jammu and Kashmir.

OTM 2015 Parallel Activities

Full house audience at the TAT workshop

Trade visitors and media watching the WB Tourism presentation

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OTM 2015 records unprecedented visitor footfall

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis walks the show

Fairfest Team, the Organiser of OTM

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis taking a virtual tour at Japan pavillion

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Indian States / UTs Represented

Overseas Destinations Represented

Andaman & Nicobar Goa Kerala Punjab

Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan

Assam Haryana Maharashtra Tamil Nadu

Bihar Himachal Pradesh Meghalaya Uttar Pradesh

Chandigarh Jammu & Kashmir Delhi Uttarakhand

Dadra & Nagar Haveli Jharkhand Odisha West Bengal

Daman & Diu Karnataka Puducherry

Argentina

Australia

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bolivia

Bulgaria

Bhutan

China

Dubai

Egypt

Fiji

France

Germany

Greece

India

Indonesia

Japan

Kenya

Macau

Malaysia

Maldives

Mauritius

Mexico

Nepal

New Zealand

Peru

Philippines

Russia

Singapore

Spain

Sri Lanka

Switzerland

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

Turkey

U.K.

U.S.

Vietnam

Exhibitor Statistics No. of Participants Distribution of Space Occupied (%)

Event DataShow Frequency Annual...................................................................................

Number of Exhibitors 1,069...................................................................................

Country Representations 48...................................................................................

Total 1,069 100..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

National Tourist Organisations 22 19..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Indian State Governments 16 24..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Tour Operators / Travel Agents 462 27..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Hotels / Resorts 513 22..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Transportation Companies 4 2..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Related Services 52 6..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Visitor StatisticsTotal Attendance 12,157...................................................................................

Trade Visitors 10,725...................................................................................

General Visitors 1,432...................................................................................

NTOs

No. of Participants

STBs

Tour Operators / Travel Agents

Hotels / Resorts

Transportation Companies

Related Services

NTOs

Distribution of Space Occupied

STBs

Tour Operators / Travel Agents

Hotels / Resorts

Transportation Companies

Related Services

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Exhibitor Award List

BEST PRINT PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL AWARDCZECH TOURIST AUTHORITY

MOST PROMISING NEW DESTINATION AWARD - DOMESTICADLABS IMAGICA - ADLABS ENTERTAINMENT

MOST PROMISING NEW DESTINATION AWARD - OUTBOUNDBANGLADESH TOURISM BOARDBAHRAIN TOURISMNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TOURISM PROMOTION - INPROTURROMANIAN NATIONAL TOURIST OFFICE

MOST POPULAR EMERGING DESTINATION AWARDMACAU GOVERNMENT TOURIST OFFICE

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCT AWARD JAPAN NATIONAL TOURISM ORGANIZATION - for JR East Pass

MOST EXCLUSIVE LEISURE PRODUCT AWARD JORDAN TOURISM

BEST VALUE LEISURE PRODUCT AWARD SRILANKAN AIRLINES

GROUP PARTICIPATION AWARD - DOMESTICHIMACHAL PRADESH TOURISMJAMMU & KASHMIR TOURISMTOURISM CORPORATION OF GUJARAT LIMITED

GROUP PARTICIPATION AWARD - OUTBOUNDOMAN TOURISMDUBAI

BEST DECORATION AWARD – BOOTH CATEGORY - DOMESTICORANGE COUNTY RESORTSCLASSIC HOLIDAYSPLANET HOSPITALITYTRIP ADVISOR

BEST DECORATION AWARD – BOOTH CATEGORY - OUTBOUNDSEYCHELLES TOURISM BOARDBEST WESTERN INTERNATIONAL

BEST DECORATION AWARD – PAVILION - DOMESTICTHE INDIAN HOTELS CO. LTD (TAJ HOLIDAYS)KERALA TOURISMGOA TOURISMWEST BENGAL TOURISM

BEST DECORATION AWARD – PAVILION - OUTBOUNDPHILIPPINES TOURISM MARKETING OFFICE INDIACHINA NATIONAL TOURISM ADMINISTRATIONARK TRAVELS PVT LTD

BEST DECORATION AWARD – BIG PAVILION - DOMESTICUTTARAKHAND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT BOARDODISHA TOURISMMAHARASHTRA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

BEST DECORATION AWARD – BIG PAVILION - OUTBOUNDTURKISH CULTURE & TOURISM OFFICEEGYPTIAN TOURISM OFFICETOURISM AUTHORITY OF THAILANDSRI LANKA TOURISM PROMOTION BUREAU

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATIONADVENTURE TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

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Some of our Partners &

Supporting Organisations at OTM 2015

Fairfest Media Ltd (CIN - U74140WB1988PLC045101)

D-1, Plot No. 76, RSC 6, MHADA, S. V. P. Nagar, Andheri (West), Mumbai 400 053 IndiaMumbai:

Tel: (91) (22) 2637 2895, 2637 2883 Fax : (91) (22) 2637 2760

216A/1 Gautam Nagar, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110 049 IndiaNew Delhi:

Tel: (91) (11) 2686 6874, 2686 6875 Fax: (91) (11) 2686 8073

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