Jyoti Mayal, Chairperson, Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC), was invited as a distinguished guest to inaugurate Sancharaka Udawa 2025, Sri Lanka’s largest tourism exhibition, which was kicked off on 24 May in Colombo. The two-day event, jointly organised by the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, aims to bring together key industry stakeholders and promote cross-border collaboration. Under the patronage of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President, Sri Lanka, the exhibition features over 250 trade stalls and participation from sectors including hospitality, tour operations, aviation, service providers, and educational institutions. During her visit, Mayal held a one-on-one meeting with President Dissanayake, where she revisited the successful TAAI convention hosted in Sri Lanka in 2023 and reiterated her ongoing support for Sri Lanka’s tourism sector. “I took this opportunity to discuss strengthening ties between India and Sri Lanka through skilling initiatives and collaborative tourism development,” said Mayal. The President was very receptive to the ideas and appreciated our skilling initiatives and passion for tourism, she added. Her participation highlighted the growing emphasis on skill development and regional cooperation to drive tourism growth in South Asia.
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Meet The Folks Events (MTFE) has announced its first-ever consumer tourism fest and exhibition ‘Meet 2 Travel’ to be held in Delhi from April 5-7, 2019. Sharing the highlights of the event, Vineet Gopal, Founder, Meet The Folks Events, said, “MTFE has covered four major aspects of industries, where everyone can meet, connect and network with new people and transact business – ‘Creating Business Network’ is our tagline. “Meet 2 Travel – M2T is providing a platform for travel companies to showcase their brand, services and products directly to their clients. In today’s time, one of the biggest challenges that organisations face is to source new clients when OTAs are taking a major market share. With our state-of-the-art B2C exhibition, M2T aims at providing helpful and successful solutions”, added Gopal. Megha Mittal, Project Head, Meet 2 Travel further mentioned, “M2T travel exhibition brings travel companies, tour operators and others on a single platform under the same roof. Exhibitors get a chance to meet and network with potential clients and customers and spearhead their business in the right direction of success. This exhibition is organised at some of the high footfall location of the city making it more accessible for the common people. The event will take place on weekends to ensure higher footfall. It is a win-win situation for tour operators and travel companies to be a part of this highly targeted exhibition. You get to meet clients and customers directly, highlight your services, and grow your business.”
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