Tag Archives: MICE

Red Carpet Tours won the ‘Best Business Tour Operator’ award at the India Travel Awards. Upon receiving the award, Narayan Kabra, Director Business Development, Red Carpet Tours, exclaimed, “The award inspires us to continue our excellent work.” Red Carpet Tours specialises in MICE and FIT travel. The company offers tailored solutions for international trade fairs and corporate incentives, primarily in Europe and China.

While receiving ‘Most Promising African Airline Award,’ on behalf of EgyptAir Rasha Abdelmouneim, Country Manager, India & Sri Lanka, Egyptair, said, “This award means a lot to Egyptair, and I am honoured to be here.” EgyptAir is keen to capture India’s major market share, especially the MICE segment.  

Appreciating the MICE potential in Karnataka, Mohamed Farouk, Director, MOT, Bengaluru, GoI, said, “Karnataka government is establishing a state-specific Karnataka International Travel Bureau, modelled after the framework of MOT’s ICPB, to boost MICE tourism. To further enhance this initiative, the state government should participate in prominent global MICE events to attract more business.”

The IPO of Mach Conferences and Events was subscribed 196.70 times. Notably, retail investors demonstrated strong enthusiasm, with a subscription ratio of 136.49 times. The issue being oversubscribed 196.78 times, received bids for over 72.6 crore shares against 36.9 lakh shares offered for subscription. 

Urging the Government of India ahead of the upcoming Union Budget, Nitin Mittal, Coordinator South, NIMA, said, “The government of India should think of providing GST rebates or GST refunds to the MICE group or international tourists on shopping, if not then at least on the purchase of sustainable products like khadi, and Indian handicrafts.”

Anoop Kanuga, MC Member, TAAI, said, “The potential to host weddings in J&K is immense, primarily due to its scenic locations and cultural richness. To tap it, the govt can help support the MICE community by improving infrastructure, strengthening security and offering subsidies to attract event organisers and agents to host weddings and MICE tourism events in the region.”

The 10th Travel MICE & Corporate Show concluded at the Hyderabad Marriott Convention Centre from 6-7 July in the City of Pearls. Around 2300 B2B meetings were held across two days with around 33 exhibitors and 72 buyers. The theme of this year’s event was sustainability, with dignitaries sharing insights on how to develop sustainable travel programmes.

Speaking about MICE, Suman Billa, Additional Secretary, Tourism, said, “It is a big opportunity and there is a need to bring the biggest conferences of the world here, to show the size of India’s offerings. With world-class conferencing infrastructure like Bharat Mandapam, we need to look at how we can utilise those to get more conferences in India.”

HRAWI presented inputs for curating the Maharashtra Convention Promotion Bureau to Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), a council to promote the state as an attractive and suitable location for hosting conferences, conventions, and business events, considering that events boost economic development and accelerate tourism in the state.

Naveen Kundu, MD, EbixCash Travel, said, “The size of the MICE market is about 30 million today, including domestic and international. Therefore, there is a huge potential for the organised M!CE industry to come together, collaborate, innovate, and then handle the entire mammoth business that is coming our way.”