About CII Tourism Fest

Tourism & Hospitality, like any other dynamic sector has metamorphosed over time. Growing competition has compelled stakeholders to bring about innovation in this sector at regular intervals. Concepts like Rural, Adventure Retail Weekend & Medical Tourism have developed to attract the new generation of tourists who are upwardly mobile and have high disposable income. It has hence become utterly important to prepare oneself to meet these challenges and to maintain the competitive edge for sustainable growth in this sector. The creative forces of the market are essential in a demand-driven sector. Consumer expectations have to guide the design, the development and the commercialization of tourism products. This means that tourism policies must be customer and market-oriented. Innovation and creation of innovation mechanism are necessary for the continuous rejuvenating of the existing offer and for endogenous growth. In the recent years Indian tourism & hospitality sector has witnessed the entry of several foreign & domestic private players and large private investments flowed into the sector to add fresh capacities. CII Northern Region is organizing CII Tourism Fest - An International Fest on Tourism and Hospitality from 5 - 7 December 2013.

Event objectives
1. Developing bilateral relationship between the domestic stakeholders and the foreign counterparts. 2. Attract investments in the tourism and hospitality sector. 3. Focused sessions by State Government highlighting initiatives. 4. Investment policies to be discussed announced by the participating States. 5. Investors to be given an opportunity to raise their concerns with Tourism Minister/Secretaries of the participating states.

6. To make Tourism fest as the biggest and most anticipated event of the region.
7. CII Tourism Fest-2013 would create an ideal platform for tourism and hospitality fraternity to explore business opportunities. 8. The unique event would immensely benefit the holidaying population of the region to reach out to the new destinations of the World. 9. Exposure to the people of the region to engage them towards overall development of the Industry. Job Creation. 10. Promote Rural Tourism, Natural Tourism, Wedding Tourism, Agriculture & Organic Tourism.

Fest Highlights
CII International Food Festival

CII Golf Tourism Cup

Show Timings Chef Competition Inaugural Duration

0800 - 1300 hrs Friday, 6 December 2013 Whole day

CII International Chef Meet

Show Timings Chef Competition Inaugural Duration

0800 - 1800 hrs Thursday, 5 December 2013 1030 hrs 1045 hrs Three days event is going to be organized with various kinds of tasks assigned.

CII International Dance Festival

Show Timings Date Venue

1930 - 2100 hrs 5 & 6 December, 2013 Leisure Valley, Chandigarh

Who Can Participate

1. Air Charter Companies 2. Airlines (Domestic & International) 3. Airport Authorities 4. Amusement & Theme Parks 5. Car Rental Companies 6. Convention Centers 7. Cruise Liners 8. Educational Institutes 9. Forex Companies 10. Golf Courses 11. Hotels & Resorts 12. IT Companies 13. National / International Tourism Organizations 14. State Tourism Departments 15. Spas & Wellness Centers 16. Tour Operators 17. Travel Agents 18. Travel & Tourism related Products & Accessories 19. Travel & Tourism related Publications, Web Portals & Other Services

Who Can Visit

1. Domestic Travel Agents & Tour Operators. 2. Central & State Government Tourism Officials. 3. Trade delegations from Associations like : IATA, PATA, ADTOI, ATTOI, TAAI, ETAA , IATO, UNWTO, FHRAI, HRANI. 4. City Transport Providers. 5. Stalwarts of the hospitality and tourism Industry. 6. Industry experts in hospitality and tourism. 7. Delegation of Tour Operator and travel agents form Participating States. 8. International Business delegations through various tourism boards/Embassies.

Participants

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Confederation of Indian Industry Northern Region Headquarters, Sectors 31-A, Chandigarh( India)

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