India International Hotel Travel and Tourism Research Conference was organized by Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology from 16th to 17th of this month. The event was inaugurated with lamp lighting by the Chief Guest, Chef Manjit Gill, President – Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA), the Guest of Honour, Mr. Abhishek Biswas, Founder, Sattvik India Council and other dignitaries.
The annual Hospitality & Tourism Research Journal – “Indian Journal of Applied Hospitality & Tourism Research”, Vol. 10, (ISSN 0975-4954), indexed with ISRA and ISBN Book – “Indian Travel, Tourism &Hospitality Research: A Global Insight” were released during the opening ceremony.
Chef Manjit Gill spoke about the immense opportunity of developing Culinary Heritage to promote tourism in the country. He stressed on researching on Millennial’s travel preferences and attitudes, scope of development in context of single woman traveler, responsible tourism, energy conservation and role of mobile phone in tourism promotion. He also mentioned the role of food in attracting tourists and how to make the food healthy so that the tourism industry can grow and attract tourists.
A vote of thanks was given by Mr. Alok Aswal, Convener IIHTTRC 2017 at the end of the inauguration ceremony.
The themes for the four technical sessions during the two day conference were Sustainability in Tourism & Hospitality; Contemporary Issues & Trends in Hospitality & Tourism; Cultural Impact on Hospitality & Tourism and Human Behaviour and HR practices in Hospitality & Tourism.
‘Kathputli’, the Rajasthani themed dinner was organized by the students of Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology for the conference delegates on 16th February, 2018. There was also a cultural performance comprising Rajasthani Song, Rajasthani Dance, as well as live music and song performance.
