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Gear Up For ICTT India 2019 – International Conference on Tourism Technology at Kochi

Published By: TheIndia on July 18, 2019

Are you tour operator, tour planner, hotel or resort property owner or associated with travel & tourism industry? ICTT India 2019 is the best opportunity for you to learn about latest and very useful tourism technology to boost your travel business.

Besides many other Indian specialties like food, art, culture and rituals; India is also known for its huge market for travel and tourism. It proposes a varied assortment of niche tourism products including adventure, cruises, eco-tourism, film, medical, MICE, religious, rural, sports, and wellness tourism. It is known to be a destination for divine tourism to domestic and worldwide travellers.

According to IBEF, “The World Travel and Tourism Council forecasts Indian tourism sector to grow at annual average growth rate of 7 percent over the next ten years.” Travel and tourism is the 3rd largest foreign exchange stipendiary for India. According to IBEF (India Brand Equity Foundation) report, “the direct impact of travel and tourism to GDP is predictable to grow at 7.2 per cent per annum, during 2015 – 25, with the input anticipated to reach US$160.2 billion by 2026.”

The unveiling of numerous branding and marketing initiatives by the Indian Government like Incredible India! And Athiti Devo Bhava have provided a focused stimulus to development. The Indian government has also released a fresh category of visa – the medicinal visa or M visa, to inspire medicinal travel to the country. Thus, India would be gaining a lot in near future from its Travel and Tourism Industry.

In India, you will witness many travel exhibition, travel trade shows, travel conference and other travel events around the year. Here we are going to discuss about ICTT (International Conference on Tourism Technology) India which is recognized as one of the unique travel / tourism conference held at Kochi this September 2019.

ICTT India 2019:

Association of Tourism Trade Organizations, India (ATTOI) every year since 2013 is organizing International Conference on Tourism Technology (ICTT) India; with the idea to meet the demand and supply of promptly varying business situation where the tourism community is comprehensively reliant on expertise and modernization. The ups and downs, taking place over the network, travel-associated software, mobile applications, the change of marketing and sales trends etc. enthuses the delegates to share and deliberate new concepts over the platform offered by the conference.

The conference focuses on preparing the travel and tourism industrialists in India and neighboring countries:

  • Getting feedback in acclimatizing to the varying technology,
  • Obtaining skills in surviving and winning over competitors,
  • To comprehend the significance of web marketing, and
  • Use of the resources accessible online to run business.

Attendees of the conference would get benefited in several ways, like:

  • Getting an opportunity to know what distinguished speakers from wide-ranging backgrounds think on different topics related to tourism.
  • In what ways hotels and tour operators should take market, to sell and make business online.
  • Meeting people from across India and Globe to create and maintain new business relations.
  • Supporting tour operators and travel agents to familiarize to new developments and increasing queries and scaling up transformation levels.
  • Understanding the past, present and future of travel technology.

Who Should attend ICTT 2019?

  • Hotels and Resorts: Willing to form fresh client associations with tour operators and improve policies to use technology for growing business.
  • Online Tourism Marketing Managers: Willing to form tourism marketing undertakings into new markets.
  • Tour Operators: Willing to magnify your tour operators business with modern technology and form partnership with main hotels and resorts in and around the highlighted tourism terminuses.

ICTT India 2019 Schedule (2 days)

Here is the complete schedule along with topics and respective speakers going to speak at ICTT India 2019 @ Kochi.

Date & Time Event & Sessions
Day 1 – 26th September – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Inauguration
10AM at Le Meridien, Kochi

Session 01:

  • 1100 – 1145 hrs – Impact of influential marketing in tourism
    Ms. Ellie Shedden, Australia
  • 1145 – 1200 hrs – Question and Answer session
  • 1200 – 1245 hrs – Artificial intelligence and travel revolution
  • 1245 – 1300 hrs – Question and Answer session
  • 1300 – 1400 hrs – Lunch Break

Session 02:

  • 1400 – 1445 hrs – Secrets of search Engine Rankings
    Mr. David Carollo, Singapore
  • 1445 – 1500 hrs – Question and Answer session
  • 1500 – 1545 hrs – How to do social media tourism promotion to get Chinese tourists?
    Mr. Richard Matuzevich, China
  • 1545 – 1600 hrs – Question and Answer session
  • 1600 – 1615 hrs – Tea Break

Session 03:

  • 1615 – 1700 hrs – Tips to become a good digital photographer?
    Mr. Shane Dallas, Kenya
  • 1700 – 1715 hrs – Question and Answer session
  • 1715 – 1730 hrs – Conclusions
  • 1800 hrs Onwards – Networking Dinner
Day 2 – 27th September – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Session 04:

  • 0930 – 1015 hrs How to create a good story about your brand?
    Ms. Alicia Whalen, Canada
  • 1015 – 1030 hrs Question and Answer session
  • 1030 – 1130 hrs World Tourism Day Celebration
  • 1130 – 1215 hrs Emerging platform for Startups in tourism products
    Mr Hannes Losch, Germany
  • 1215 – 1230 hrs Question and Answer session
  • 1230 – 1315 hrs Program tips for improving E-A-T SEO
    Mr. Sean Patrick Si, Philippines
  • 1315 – 1330 hrs Question and Answer session
  • 1330 – 1430 – Lunch Break

Session 05:

  • 1430 – 1515 hrs – How to create an attention grabbing content/blog?
    Ms. Heather Heuman, USA
  • 1515 – 1530 hrs – Question and Answer session
  • 1530 – 1615 hrs – Instagram growth strategies
  • 1615 – 1630 hrs – Question and Answer session
  • 1630 – 1645 – Tea Break

Session 06:

  • 1645 – 1730 hrs – How to use YouTube for destination promotion
    Ms. Jessica Dante, UK
  • 1730 – 1745 hrs – Question and Answer session
  • 1745 – 1830 hrs – valedictory function

This ICTT India 2019 conference is a life time opportunity for those who wish to explore the travel and tourism industry at its rapidly growing pace. This time it is taking place at Le Meridien, Kochi. For attending conference register here.

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