Travel expo begins

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, JULY 26. A three-day exposition featuring all stakeholders in the hospitality and travel business began in the city on Thursday.

Organised by the Bangalore-based India International Travel Mart (IITM), at Ispahani Centre, Nungambakkam High Road, the expo attracted over 65 participants from within the country and abroad, including the State Tourism Departments of Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Orissa.

Major players including the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Dubai, (the partner country for the event), the Sri Lanka Tourism Department, the Tourism Malaysia, the Mauritius Tourism, Switzerland Tourism, and Europe Incoming from England, have taken stalls. Kuala Lumpur incidentally will be hosting a shopping festival from August 4. The Le Royal Meridien Hotel here is the ``official host'' for the travel mart.

Explaining the objectives of the event, Mr. Rohit Hangal, Director, IITM, said the expo provided a platform to the travel and tourism industry to display diverse destinations, negotiate special packages from India and abroad, and hold interaction sessions with tourists.

Inaugurated by Dr. V. Varaprasada Rao, State Commissioner of Tourism, the exposition will be open to the public between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. till Saturday.

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