Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI) recently organized its second General House Meeting (GHM) under the current team that took over the rein of the association a couple of months ago. Continuing with theme based GHMs aimed at showcasing various Indian states; the October meet was Durga Puja themed in order to highlight the state of West Bengal. The meet was organised on October 29 at The Metropolitan hotel in downtown Delhi.
Commenting on the meet, ADTOI President PP Khanna said, “We started theme based GHM in order to add value to the event and better educate and equip members with new and better product information. This is also an opportunity for the state tourism departments and our chapter team and members to work more closely and have their respective region better showcased at our events. Besides, the theme based meet make it only more interactive. We have showcased a better West Bengal from tourism point of view today and then there are B2B buyer-supplier meetings too.”
“Going forward I would love to see more states and ADTOI chapters coming forward and taking advantage of this opportunity to better show case themselves. There is lot of opportunity for our members to enhance and create new business prospects among themselves,” he stressed.
The event was also attended by some of the ADTOI West Bengal members led by ADTOI West Bengal & North East Chapter Chairman Debjit Dutta. Dutta made an informative destination presentation highlighting different regions of the state and asked the members present on the occasion to not just promote the Himalayan part of the state but also West Bengal’s diverse tourism offerings like heritage, festivals, Sundarban, river cruise, among others, that can not only make the product attractive and exciting but also a lot more experiential.
Manish Sharma, Dy. Resident Commissioner, Government of West Bengal was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Sharma took the opportunity to reinforce West Bengal’s tourism diversity. Going with the theme, the event also had performance on ‘Mahishasura Mardini.’
