Theme:  Managing Growth

President: Vijay Thakur, India Vision Tours and Travels

Convention Chairman: Arjun Sharma, Le Passage to India  Tours and Travels Pvt. Ltd.

Co-Chairman: Rajesh Mudgill, Planet India Travels Pvt. Ltd.

A brief detail:

• Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha inaugurated the Convention.
• Valedictory Address: Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, Governor of Odisha
• Guest of Honour was Debi Prasad Mishra, Minister of Tourism.
• Hall of Fame award: V.K. Duggal, Former Secretary of India

Business Sessions:

• Managing Growth: Addressing India’s Challenges
• Orissa Tourism, The Essence of Incredible India
• New Trends in Tourism
• Winners Don’t Do Different Things; They Do Things Differently.
• Family Business: Talking on the Big Boys & Wining
• HR Issues within the Industry.
• Tour Operators and Hotels: Synergies for Win-Win partnership.
• Documentary on HIV/AIDS in hospitality sector.
• Sex is not a four letter Word: the Intimate connection