The Great India Travel Bazaar (GITB) to be held between April 15-17, 2012 is going to showcase Jaipur as the only tier II city in the country with the largest inventory of five-star hotels. With three more large luxury hotels to launch soon in the city, the total number of five-star rated hotels would touch between 12 - 14 in number.

According to Khalid Khan, former president of Rajasthan Association of Tour operators (RATO), "This year the inaugural dinner would be at The Lalit which is going to announce its arrival in the city in a big way. The hotel would have an inventory of 240 rooms and a large convention centre to accommodate 1,500-2,000 people." 

Besides, Radisson Blu that is likely to be ready by July 2012 would be a 180-room hotel and the largest one in the city, Fairmont, is likely to be ready by September 2012 and would be a 365-room property. "Just these three would add about 600-700 room nights to the city's room inventory taking the total number of room nights to 4,000 in the city," said Khalid speaking to TOI.

"It's a platform to introduce Fairmont Hotels & Resorts to this market, and provide a luxury option for the meeting and leisure traveller in the region. It's also an opportunity to create business opportunities out of the Great Indian Travel Bazaar, interact with local and foreign buyers, registered Indian sellers, and also to generate awareness for Fairmont Jaipur," writes Fairmont Hotels.

Since this would be comparatively large room inventory with multiple convention options, this would also draw a lot of MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) traffic from other cities to Jaipur. "Tourism is certainly increasing with almost 12-13 per cent and in times to come this would be very good for the buyers as with so much supply and options it would spell a healthy competition," said Khalid.

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