India is a country of over one billion people, which has a growing middle class with a sizeable disposable income and a huge captive market for travelling overseas. Owing to this, SATTE continues to attract remarkable response from national tourism boards, Indian states, hotel chains, airlines, and tourism products from across the globe.
Donning a new brand identity, the 22nd edition of SATTE will be spread over 17500 sqm gross, thus making it India’s biggest travel and tourism event.
Over the last decade, SATTE has evolved into the best platform to promote inbound, outbound and domestic tourism, and has been growing year on year. It presents an opportunity for the buyers as well as sellers to explore and discover new avenues for building their business and showcase their latest offerings.
The enormous participation of major Indian and global players and the presence of the who’s who of the travel industry, is witness to the importance the event holds. SATTE has grown in terms of exhibitors, visitors and buyers, and is today the biggest networking forum for the travel and tourism industry in South Asia. It will feature into over 600 + exhibitors and a target to increase participation to over 50 + countries.
International players who continue to show keen interest in SATTE include Abu Dhabi, Argentina, Bhutan, Brand USA, Dubai, Egypt, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Macau, Malaysia, The Maldives, Mauritius, Oman, Fiji, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, VisitBritain and many more. State Tourism Boards such as Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshwadeep, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha have also expressed their support for SATTE 2014. Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India has also once again extended it’s support to SATTE.
Apart from NTO’S and State tourism boards, travel & hospitality companies, DMC’s, OTA’s and tourism products including Aitken Spence Hotel Management, Anantara Spa, Discover The World,Frasers Hospitality, Iween Software Solutions, Venetian Macao Resorts Hotels, Poppys Hotel, Somatheeram Ayurveda Group , Pushkar Palace/Jagat Palace, Travel Designer India , Abacus, Akqua Sun(IRIS)Reunion, Global Destination, Globus & Cosmos, Indian Travel Promotion Co. Pvt Ltd, Pallavi Hotels and Resorts,Pine Kraft, Trip Advisor, Benchmark (Trail of Indo-china), RoomsXML Solutions Limited, Accor, Avenue Hotels, Clarks Inn, Ascot hotels, Duggal brothers, Ellbee Hotels , Fore Representations, Jetwing Travels, Neemrana Hotels, Onyx Hospitality have either confirmed their participation or are on the verge of confirmation. Ark Travels, Crimson Hotels, Israel, among many others have increased their stall space.
The Buyer Programme at SATTE has consistently served as a platform to build a more collaborative relationship between Buyers and Exhibitors. It is a unique platform which provides a B2B Meeting Scheduler to pre – fix meetings with the sellers / exhibitors who participate in SATTE.
