The World Tourism Market (WTM) held in london has provided ample opportunities to the stakeholders to have a lot of networking business sessions for Odisha Tourism.
Minister of Tourism and Culture Ashok Panda, departmental Secretary Arvind Padhee along with other officials met a number of people and organisations to promote the Odisha Tourism products.
Padhee held talks with representatives of international and national media houses who were present at the WTM.
International sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik added to the charm of the Odisha Pavilion by placing enchanting sand sculptures on Buddhist tourism and other aspects of Odisha.
Hospitality major Mayfair Group took the lead in getting excellent networking on business deals. The group had a series of meetings with foreign tour operators to India in general and Odisha in particular.
The Mayfair Group’s marketing director Bjorn Deneiese and marketing general manager Pradipta Mahapatra held meeting with managing director of the UK-based Resort Marketing Company Colin Pegler.