Travel, hospitality summit

Hyderabad, March 06: The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and the AP Tourism Department will jointly host a travel and hospitality entrepreneurship summit at Hotel Westin at Mindspace in Hitec City on March 26.

The event will provide a networking opportunity to hundreds of businessmen and have the presence of several prominent venture capitalists.

“If you have a good idea and you need funding, we want you to be able to meet the people who can make your idea a reality,’’ said Ramu Kalapani, CEO of Travelspice and member of TiE.

The summit will focus on travel and tourism, two sectors which organisers feel have the most scope for expansion. Panels and workshops will cover all the aspects of the hotel and resort industry, including identifying opportunities, sales tactics, and private equity investments.

The summit will also feature sessions on how to best exploit social media.

There will be special focus on medical tourism, eco-tourism and adventure tourism, says Tourism Minister J Geetha Reddy.

–Agencies