BLTM (Business + Leisure Travel and MICE), the two-day show staged post-pandemic on September 10th & 11th, 2022 in New Delhi attracted more than 275 hosted buyers and a large number of trade visitors from Delhi NCR, who interacted with over 100+ exhibitors from four countries and 13+ Indian states and UTs.
St. Petersburg, Russia was the ‘Feature Destination’ while Singapore was the ‘Feature Country’. Goa, Odisha and Gujarat displayed their best as ‘Partner States’, and Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh participated as the ‘Feature States’. NIMA was the Knowledge Partner for BLTM 2022.
The show also has private exhibitors from several Indian states like Andaman & Nicobar, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, comprising travel agents, tour operators, hospitality chains, DMCs, attractions etc.
The inauguration took place in the august presence of Kuzenskaya Julia, Deputy Chairman – Committee for Tourism Development of St.Petersburg, Raymond Lim, Area Director India (New Delhi Office) – International Group, Singapore, Arun Srivastava, Deputy Director General – Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, Subhash Goyal, Former Secretary of FAITH and Jyoti Mayal, President of TAAI.
Consuls and ambassadors of participating and non-participating countries including Sri Lanka, Cuba, Greece, Vietnam, etc., and several senior tourism officials from Indian States and heads of travel trade associations were also present on the occasion.
“During this post-pandemic phase, when the Bleisure and MICE market is skyrocketing, a show like BLTM is the absolute need of the hour to keep up the momentum and provide the boost that the industry calls for,” said Sanjiv Agarwal, Chairman & CEO, Fairfest Media, the organisers of BLTM.
“BLTM has received exceptional support from the travel industry at large and our association partners who have been instrumental in the revival of travel and tourism.” he added.
BLTM will be followed next week by OTM being organised on 13th, 14th & 15th September 2022, at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai.
