With this year’s edition of ‘IITM’ Hyderabad, held on Nov 23 till 25, 2018, Sphere Travelmedia & Exhibitions completed 19 years, providing the travel industry and discerning buyers from the travel-trade and corporate sector, an opportunity to do business.
‘India International Travel Mart’ showcases a variety of destinations from different spheres. The participants include Travel Agents & Tour Operators, DMC, Hotels & Resorts, National Tourist Organizations, Cruises, Airlines, Online Travel Portals so on and so forth.
Speaking on the occasion, Sanjay Hakhu, Director, Sphere Travel Media said, India in spite of the present business environment is fast emerging as one of the most interesting and productive countries for the travel trade industry both for leisure and business travel. A combination of factors is responsible for the growth and demand of travel trends from India. The visitor profile is on a B2B & B2C format like and will have over 15,000 buyers over three days.’
Rohit Hangal, Director, Sphere Travelmedia added, ‘Domestic travel as the backbone’ of India’s tourism portfolio and with an estimated 561 million domestic tourist visits. This segment is probably only second to China in terms of sheer size. With the rapid economic development taking place in the country and availability of greater disposable income combined with affordable holiday packages, tourism in India is increasing steadily and acts as a catalyst for the furthering the economic growth in view of its wide-ranging linkage effects and multiple impacts.’