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 shine hadewar abubuwa da yawa. TTM na wannan shekara yana fasalta wani sabon sashi, wanda aka yi niyya kawai ga bangaren masana'antar, Maldives Supplier Expo. Wannan ita ce baje koli na farko da irin sa, inda masu yanke shawara da yawa daga wuraren shakatawa, da suka hada da Shugaban Chefs, Manajojin Siyarwa, Daraktan Kudi, Manajojin Kasuwanci da Daraktocin Injiniya za su sami damar yin hulɗa tare da manyan masu samar da kayayyaki, a cikin gida da kuma na duniya. Bugu da ƙari, TTM za ta karbi bakuncin Abincin dare na Gala a Adaaran Select Hudhuranfushi, yana ba da damar kwanciyar hankali a waje da ofisoshin kamfanoni na yau da kullum inda masu sana'a na masana'antu za su iya sadarwa tare da raba abubuwan da suka samu tare da wasu masu sana'a.
Duk masu tallafawa na gida da na waje sun ba da gudummawa ga nasarar TTM. Abokan Zinare don taron sune Ooredoo Maldives, Inshorar Allied, Al Shaali Marine da Supply Maldives. M7 Print, Laniakea Tech, Ƙungiyar Ciniki ta Jiha da Linkserve sun haɗu azaman Abokan Hulɗa na Azurfa. A ƙarshe, kafofin watsa labarai na gida da na waje suna rufe TTM. A cikin gida, kafofin watsa labaru na AVAS, PSM, Maldives Insider da Kamfanin Maldives, yayin da TTG Asia, TravHQ, TTN, TTJ, eTN da Duniya na Yawon shakatawa suka rufe taron a duniya.
eTurboNews (eTN) is a media partner with Travel Trade Fair 2018 (TTM 2018).
