Travel Trade Fair 2018 (TTM 2018), a six-day, multi-event trade fair organized by Maldives Getaways was launched at Bandos Maldives today. Minister of Economic Development, Mr. Mohamed Saeed attended the event as Chief Guest and inaugurated the event. The Chief Executive Officer of Maldives Getaways, Dr. Hussain Sunny Umar, provided the opening remarks at the event. During the Economic Minister’s speech, he spoke about the importance of such an event to the country and praised the effort Maldives Getaways had put into organizing the event. The Secretary General of Maldives Association of Tourism Industry, Mr. Ahmed Nazeer also attended the event and gave the industry keynote. President of Maldives Privatization and Corporatization Board, Mr. Mohamed Nizar participated in one of the panel discussions as well.
Mr. Ibrahim Ziyath, CEO of Maldives Transport and Contracting Company commended Maldives Getaways on successfully organizing the event on such a grand scale and highlighted the long-standing relationship between MTCC and Maldives Getaways. In addition to the speech by the guest of honor, Mr. Raufuddeen Saeed, Sub Inspector of Police addressed the attendees on tourist safety in the Maldives. Dr. Marcus Lee, Chairman of Association of SME Business Owners (ICIF) spoke about turnaround strategy to increase Chinese visitors, which is a major market for the Maldives tourism industry.
The Summit then progressed to four distinct Panel Discussions covering an array of topics ranging from Growth of Airport and Airlines, Government and National Strategies to Boost Tourism in the Maldives, Hotel Revenue and Automation, and Sustainable Tourism Development. The panelists included renowned figures such as Dr. Ahmed Salih, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Tourism; Mohamed Shahid, Managing Director of MITDC; General Manager of Maldives Ports Limited; Mr. Lionnel Maugis, Chief Development Officer, MACL; Shubham Moondhara, Manager of Corporate Strategy & Business Development, TMA; Sheeraz Rasheed, Seaplane Manager, Maldivian and Abdul Hameed Abdul Ghafoor, Managing Director, All H Maldives (ATSC Agents for AirAsia in Maldives). Panelists further included Graeme D’Arcy Ryan, Hotel Area Manager, Booking.com; Najib Khan, CEO, Ooredoo Maldives, Anil Kumar Prasanna, Co-Founder & CEO of AxisRooms, Savi Godakanda, Expedia; Juergen Steinemetz, Chairman ICPT and Publisher, eTurboNews; Feizal Samath, Correspondent, TTG Asia; and Daksh Sharma, Co-Founder and Managing Director, TravHQ Media.
TTM yra kelių komponentų sujungimas. Šių metų TTM yra visiškai naujas komponentas, skirtas tik tiekėjų pramonei „Maldives Supplier Expo“. Tai pati pirmoji tokio pobūdžio paroda, kurioje keli pagrindiniai sprendimų priėmėjai iš kurortų, įskaitant vyriausiuosius virėjus, pirkimų vadybininkus, finansų direktorių, pirkimų vadybininkus ir inžinerijos direktorius, turės galimybę užmegzti ryšius su pirmaujančiais tiekėjais vietoje ir tarptautiniu mastu. Be to, TTM surengs šventinę vakarienę Adaaran Select Hudhuranfushi, leisdama atsipalaiduoti už įprastų įmonių biurų ribų, kur pramonės profesionalai galės užmegzti ryšius ir dalytis savo patirtimi su kitais specialistais.
Tiek vietiniai, tiek tarptautiniai rėmėjai prisidėjo prie TTM sėkmės. Auksiniai renginio partneriai yra „Ooredoo Maldives“, „Allied Insurance“, „Al Shaali Marine“ ir „Feel Supply Maldives“. M7 Print, Laniakea Tech, State Trading Organization ir Linkserve prisijungė kaip sidabriniai partneriai. Galiausiai, TTM nušviečia tiek vietinė, tiek tarptautinė žiniasklaida. Vietoje AVAS žiniasklaida, PSM, Maldives Insider ir Corporate Maldives, o TTG Asia, TravHQ, TTN, TTJ, eTN ir World of Tourism tarptautiniu mastu aprašė įvykį.
eTurboNews (eTN) is a media partner with Travel Trade Fair 2018 (TTM 2018).
