Ernest Wooden Jr., President and CEO, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, talks about the potential that India offers for Los Angeles and his plans to grow India market Los Angeles welcomed about 45.6 mn visitors including around seven million international visitors in 2015. Los…

With 72 signed properties, 5561 rooms spread across 54 cities in India, Fortune Hotels which currently operates 48 hotels; plans to maintain its leadership position by following a balanced approach towards growth, expansion, brand extensions, and providing the same assured quality of product and service…

Nick Parker, Head of India and Middle East for Virgin Atlantic, talks about the measures that can enable Indian aviation to reach its full potential as well as the airline’s positioning in the India market Virgin Atlantic is looking at opportunities to grow and strengthen…

Sunil Kumar, President, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), shares his perspective on the future course of action for TAAI Do not you think that TAAI’s relevance in last 6-8 years has taken a beating? The membership trend has gone down slightly as many IATA…

Hanneli Slabber, Country Manager, South African Tourism speaks with T3 about the importance of the Indian market How important is the Indian market to South Africa? How many international arrivals did South Africa record last year, both globally and from India? South Africa has enjoyed…

S. Venkat, Director – Finance, Air India speaks with T3 about the progress on Air India’s recovery strategy How was the year 2014 for Air India and how much of its loss recovery was the airline able to achieve? The year 2014-15 was better than…

Stella Warmuth, Area Manager Middle East, Asia Pacific & Africa, airberlin speaks with T3 about her observations of the India market How has the response to airberlin been so far from the India market? airberlin is a key airline in Europe and offers a wide…

Keith Williams, Chairman, British Airways speaks with T3 about the airline’s strategy in the Indian market How do you look at India as an aviation market? Do you plan to reinstate any of the operations currently suspended? India is the second largest international market for…

Christopher L Thompson, President & CEO, Brand USA, shares his perspectives on Brand USA’s journey so far as well expectations from India How has Brand USA’s journey been since it’s inception? Prior to Brand USA, the people that were carrying the load of promoting the…

Sonal Mishra, Secretary - Tourism, Devasthanam Management and Pilgrimage, Government of Gujarat shares how the state is aggressively showcasing it’s potential Gujarat has always been on top of its game, what sort of growth has Gujarat registered so far? The ‘Khushboo Gujarat ki’ campaign did…

Dhananjay S Saliankar, Regional Director – Starwood Sales Organisation, South Asia, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, talks about the growth in business from the Indian market for the hotel How is the Indian outbound for Starwood? Which hotels/destinations are getting more Indian visitors? From the business…

Subhash Goyal. President, IATO speaks with T3 about their expectations from the 30th Annual Convention How would you describe your journey so far in the travel and tourism industry and what are your key achievements? My journey in travel and tourism industry has been very…

Santosh K. Misra, Managing Director, Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) shares his strategy to make Chhattisgarh a numero uno tourism state in India How has Chhattisgarh’s tourism fared in the first half of 2014? During the first six months, tourism in Chhattisgarh has witnessed large number…

In a conversation with T3, Nikhil Desai, Director - Tourism, Government of Goa and Managing Director, Goa Tourism Development Corporation talks about the state’s plans for this year. What is idea behind the new branding of Goa? Goa is ideally the land of contrast and…

Jeet Sawhney, MD, Abacus India speaks with T3 about their new initiatives How was the year 2013 for Abacus? Overall, 2013 was a great year for Abacus and we notched a growth of 50 per cent over 2012. We secured Via.com, a leading online travel…