ITB India, held on 26 – 28 April 2023 in Mumbai, celebrated an impressive success as the first installment of a live on-site event. Co-located with MICE Show India, Travel Tech India, and the ITB India Conference, the annual trade show hosted top international buyers as well as high-profile exhibitors. The show served as a framework for business facilitation, with attendees worldwide making more than 5,200 business appointments.
– ITB India 2023, the three-day B2B trade show and conference held in the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, built the bridge to the Indian and South Asian travel markets with quality buyers and international exhibitors. This is the first time ITB India was held as a live on-site event, bringing together key travel industry leaders and international exhibitors from various segments of MICE, Leisure, Corporate, and Travel & Technology.
The exhibition showed a strong presence of national tourism organisations (NTOs) including Atout France India, German National Tourist Office, Saxony Tourism, Tourist Office of Roissy, Tourist Office of Spain, and Visit Sarajevo. International airlines, hotels, travel agencies and tour operators were also highly represented with their products, including AVIS, Collinson Group, Fiji Airways, Mize, IDeaS, Prince Hotels & Resorts, TravelLine, Uzbekistan Airways, and Vietnam Airlines.
The ITB India 2023 Conference offered a holistic knowledge exchange hub for more than 120 thought leaders of the industry. With more than 80 sessions divided into 3 theme tracks unified under the motto “Connecting you to the Indian travel market”, the conference totaled 35 hours of insight-rich discussions on the topics critical to the future of MICE, corporate travel, leisure travel, and travel technology. Prominent speakers included representatives from Amadeus, BCD Meetings & Events, Cvent, CWT, FCM Travel India, Google, Hotelbeds, Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), ixigo, KAYAK, MakeMyTrip, Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE), SOTC Travel Limited, Thomas Cook (India) Limited, and many more.
ITB India 2023 was organized in a strategic partnership with the IndoGerman Chamber of Commerce. “We believe in building networks across borders and fostering mutually beneficial partnerships. Such partnerships can and should create a strong backbone for global sustainable economic growth and the development of new markets. ITB India is a powerful motor that drives the growth of the travel industry and helps its actors adopt the best global practices”, stated Ms. Sonia Prashar, Deputy Director General, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce.
ITB India 2023’s successful launch emphasised the increasing interest in the Indian and South Asian travel markets from suppliers, buyers, and trade visitors alike. ITB India will be back on 11 – 13 September 2024, at Jio World Convention Centre. S
