Industry Gears up for SATTE 2013

New Delhi (ots/PRNewswire) -

SATTE has always played a vital role in promoting diverse segments
of tourism and has now evolved as a primary travel mart in South
Asia, centered around a growing India-centric business

SATTE 2013, which will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from
16-18 January, 2013 will witness a vast participation of many major
Indian and global players. These participants have great expectations
from SATTE as they see it as a platform to give their business from
India momentum.

P Manoharan, Director, Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, believes
SATTE is the right platform for the tourism board to update and equip
the travel agents in India with all the relevant information they
need to market Malaysia to their customers. Echoing his sentiments
Runjuan Tongrut, Director, New Delhi Office, Tourism Authority of
Thailand, said, "Being one of the largest exhibitors at SATTE 2013,
the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Thai travel trade are
expecting to meet more potential buyers and trade partners from
India."

Representatives from State tourism boards, who have confirmed
their participations at SATTE 2013 also have similar expectations
from the expo; O V Choudhary, Chief General Manager (Operations and
Marketing), MP Tourism Department is seeing SATTE as an opportunity
to draw private investment to strengthen the hospitality
infrastructure of the state through PPP mode.

Apart from NTOs, state tourism boards, hotels, airlines and
tourism products also have bigger expectations from SATTE. "We will
be targeting quality B2B customers - tour operators, DMCs and MICE
operators and will expect to get the best return from the show,"
Dhananjay S. Saliankar, Regional Director - Starwood Sales
Organisation, India and South Asia, said. Similarly, Accor expects to
accelerate their business by promoting their brands at SATTE 2013.
For the first time at SATTE, Ethiopian Ministry Of Culture and
Tourism, Changi Airport Singapore and Seychelles Tourism Board, also
expect to establish their products in a big way in India.

Some of the other exhibitors that are participating include
Argentina, Abu Dhabi Tourism, Dubai, Accor Hotels, Cox & Kings,
Department of Tourism - Goa, Bulgaria, Fiji Tourism, Indonesia,
Spain, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Keys Hotels, Kenya Tourist Board,
Ministry of Tourism Government of India, Israel, Jharkhand, Gujarat,
Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh Tourism, Maldives Marketing and PR
Corporation, Nepal Tourism Board, Oman, Punjab Heritage and Tourism
Promotion Board, Peppermint Hospitality India, Tourism New Zealand,
Sri Lankan Airlines, Sahara Hospitality, Turkish Airlines, The
Venetian Cotai, The Lalit Suri Group, Tourism & Civil Aviation
Government of Himachal Pradesh, among others.

According to organisers, SATTE 2013 will maintain a good visitor
turnout including the right buyers, quality audience and repeat
participants, who perceive SATTE as a great platform to reinforce
relationships with their company's current partners and also believe
that SATTE 2013 will help in fuelling their business. The enhanced
buyer programme for SATTE 2013 offers an incentivised Pre-Scheduled
Appointments (PSAs) system that allows buyers to schedule
appointments ensuring opportunities for international and regional
senior level buyers and decision makers to source new destinations,
travel products and services on the show floor. International
organisations and governing bodies including World Tourism
Organisation (UNWTO), US Commercial Service and International Council
of Tourism Partners (ICTP), Indian trade associations such as TAAI,
TAFI, IATO, ADTOI, ATTOI, ETAA, OTOAI, IAAI and FHRAI, will continue
to actively support SATTE this year too.

SATTE Mumbai, its companion event, will be held at World Trade
Centre on January 21-22, 2013. Considering exhibitors' feedback,
overwhelming response by buyers and overall success, SATTE Mumbai
West show in 2013 will be B2B exhibition format (showcase products &
services at booths under bare or shell scheme) unlike its previous
format of table top expo.

About UBM India

UBM India is a subsidiary of UBM plc, which is the second largest
independent exhibition organiser in the world. It is the largest
trade exhibition organiser in India, responsible for 26 exhibitions
in different locations across the country. The company is also
involved in the organisation of conference programmes throughout
India and in the publications of trade journals and magazines.

Media Contact:

Jayesh Kanaskar Email: jayesh.kanaskar@ubm.com

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