New Delhi: As part of its mandate to further enhance India’s digital drive in the travel and tourism industry, FICCI organized the third edition of Digital Travel, Hospitality & Innovation Summit from 21-22 March 2018 at Federation House, New Delhi.
On Wednesday, The Summit witnessed the presence of who?s who from the Travel & Hospitality Industry and covered various topics related to Future of Travel & Innovation. FICCI & KPMG India also jointly unveiled the knowledge paper ‘Expedition 3.0- Travel & Hospitality Gone Digital’ at the inaugural session of the event. The Knowledge paper looks at unraveling the technology trends in Travel & Hospitality segment that will help better define the future of the industry, how digitalization has impacted the evolution of this industry and what can be achieved by overall technology inclusion across the stakeholders in the industry ecosystem.
The Summit also offered an opportunity for travel startups through Travel Tech Launch Pad, a platform for the Travel Startups to learn from experts in the field of travel, exhibit their business ideas, and display their products & services in addition to providing a unique opportunity to connect with right set of ecosystem partners.
Addressing the Gathering, Rajesh Magow Co-Founder & Ceo, MakeMyTrip Said, “Indians do not have technology baggage, which is why the adoption rates are significantly higher.Indian companies don’t get an equal playing field. We have a unique opportunity today with digital India. There is no dearth of brain power and that’s all we need to win this game.”
Several travel startups, hospitality and technology companies from across India and abroad also gathered during the summit in addition to the participation of leading investors and angel networks including such as Waterbridge , Equanamity, Matrix Partners , Nucleas Partners, Indian Angel Network , Hyderabad Angel network , Calcutta Angel Network to name a few.
