30th April, 2003
Ministry of Tourism & Culture  


CONFERENCE TO PROJECT INDIA AS PREMIER CONVENTION VENUE


A Two days’ conference to project India as premier convention venue will be held in New Delhi on May 2-3, 2003. The conference would showcase India’s facilities to hold big conference and conventions and simultaneously create awareness about the benefits of such conferences among representatives of tourism industry. Briefing about the agenda of the conference, additional Director General of the Ministry of tourism, Smt. Rashmi Varma said that the conference would provide the perfect forum for opinions, views and plans to project India as convention’s destination. She said that a mart would also be hold to give a opportunity to travel and tourism sector to showcase their services and products before international buyers.

The conventions will be attended by experts and conference planners from various countries besides representatives of hotel and tourism industry including airlines, hotel chains, travel agencies, tour operators and event organisers. Sessions on conference management sellers’ interaction, HRD development and other related issues will be held during the conference.

The Organisation of the Conclave would give further impetus in the promotion of India as an International Convention Destination and would be very much in consonance with the promotion of India as a tourist destination in general for which the government have launched several their initiatives.