Mumbai, 26th February 2018: Event Capital (a Laqshya Media Group Company) has introduced first of its kind travel exhibition titled the “Times Travel Show” and Backpackers Summit 2018. The event was held on 24th- 25th February 2018 at MMRDA Grounds, BKC Mumbai.
The Times Travel Show was curated to offer travelers, leisure travelers, backpackers, holiday travelers, adventures, trade members, trade professionals, business travelers and corporate MICE a platform to witness the offerings made by various travel agents, hotels/resorts, Airlines, Cruise Liners and many more. Close to 45 exhibitors showcased their destinations and varied tourism products in beautifully appointed stalls and pavilions. The two-day travel show also attracted excellent response with more than 10,000 walk-in under one roof.
The Times Travel Show witnessed a host of industry leaders from the hospitality and travel industry, who gave visitors a broadened outlook towards domestic and international travel. The Backpackers Summit 2018 was also held at the Times Travel Show. There were panel discussions conducted on the topics like Making Travel Accessible for the disabled, Adrenaline Seekers: The Adventure Landscape in India, Thought Leaders & Travel Entrepreneurs, New Age Tourism Marketing, The Need of the Hour: Sustainable & Symbiotic Eco-Tourism and Experiential Travel is the Future.
Some of the key speakers like Prahalad Kakkar, Founder – Lacadives; Bittu Sahgal (Editor, Sanctuary Asia and Founder, Sanctuary NatureFoundation); Mitali Kakkar (founder of Reef Watch Marine Conservation and member of the governing body of Wildlife Institute of India); Divyanshu Ganatra, Visually Challenged Paraglider & Cyclist, Founder- Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation; Rashmi Chadha, Wovoyage - Making India safe for Solo women travellers and women groups; Archana Sardana, First female Indian civilian base jumper & skydiver; Yashas Mitta, Co-Founder - Mukha & Untold; Sarvesh Shrivastava, Musician- Travels to collaborate and create culturally influenced music and many more also shared their experiences with the visitors.
The visitors also enjoyed screenings of some of the most interesting travel movies and documentaries like North and Sun, The largest cave on the earth, Breather, The Forest Man, Twenty Eight Feet and Hit the Road. There were exciting master classes curated to empower the travellers, some of them were on how to backpack across Europe, Underwater Magic, Wheels and Tail (travelling with pets), Expolre the magical world of sailing, how to compose a great picture in the Wild and many more.
To give the adrenaline rush to the visitors there was an adventure zone organized by Event Capital where sports like Rock Climbing,Air Riffle Shooting , Seg way, Body Zorb, Dart, Bungee Run, Zorb Roller,Slack line act and origami were conducted for the visitors.
Deepak Choudhary, Co-Founder & Director, Event Capital, said, “With the Times Travel Show, Event Capital has ventured into the travel space. The Indian travel industry is skyrocketing and we are glad to have stepped in at the right time. This show has been a single stop for all those interested in travel, irrespective of how they travel. From a backpacker to a luxury traveller to an adventure junkie; we reached out to everyone.”