The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), New Delhi organised a networking event for Indian wedding planners, Thai hotel representatives, and a few luxury agents based in New Delhi in an effort to promote Thailand as the ideal destination for Indian weddings and special occasion celebrations like anniversary, birthdays, reunions, etc. The event took place at ITC Maurya on August 31, 2022, the auspicious day of Ganesh Chaturthi.
The afternoon started with a welcome note by Vachirachai Sirisumpan, Director- TAT New Delhi who spoke about, the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s new marketing campaign “Amazing New Chapter” for A to Z Thailand has it all. This campaign emphasises Thailand has everything to suit each traveller’s needs and wants and offers new perspectives and new experiences in Thailand. He also highlighted the importance of Indian weddings and celebrations for Thailand Tourism and Hospitality Businesses. He further said that TAT is looking forward to welcoming Indian tourists to celebrate the special moments in their life like honeymoons, baby moons, birthdays, bachelor/bachelorette parties and many more such occasions, in Amazing Thailand.
Sirisumpan ended by saying, “After a long gap of over 2 years, we are pleased to inform you that from January 1, 2022, until August 31, 2022, we have welcomed over 440,000 Indians visiting Thailand and we expect by the end of this year, that we could welcome 850,000 Indian visitors to Thailand. I am sure we can achieve this milestone with the continuous support of our industry partners and friends of Amazing Thailand”
The welcome was followed by product presentations by the Thai hotel partners, which included well-known hotel chains in Thailand such as Minor Hotels, Centara Hotels and Resort, Banyan Tree Hotels, Avista Group of hotels, The Preferred Hotels AND Resorts (Landmark hotel), Kata Group and Beyond hotels, Kempinski Hotels, Melia Hotels and Onyx hospitality group (Amari hotels).
The representatives highlighted the offerings and arrangements by their hotels to welcome and organize Indian weddings and special occasion celebrations in Thailand, from the availability of suitable décor, wedding artists, pundits to a variety of Indian food and, of course, the warm Thai hospitality.
The event saw a good attendance of about 35 wedding planners and 15 luxury travel agents and was a great initiative to connect the Thai hotels with some of the top wedding planners in North India to promote “Vivaha in Amazing Thailand.”
