The third edition of Goa International Travel Mart (GITM) was held from 02-04 April, 2014 at Dr. Shyam Prasad Mukherjee Stadium at Taleigaon. The event was inaugurated by His Excellency, Governorof Goa, Shri. Bharat Vir Wanchoo in presence of Shri RK Srivastava IAS, Principal Secretary (Tourism). 

The prestigious B2B event brought together travel companies, hoteliers, State Tourism Boards and other leisure enterprises under one roof to showcase the tourism investment potential in the state. 

There was also a knowledge session held on 5 April, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in Goa with speakers from the industry discussing on various topics. 

The first panel discussion during the knowledge session was on ‘‘Reinventing Goa as a premier investment and tourist destination in an ecologically aware world’ and was moderated by Ajay Prakash, Immediate Past President Tafi & Chief Executive, Nomad Travels. The speakers were Nikhil Desai, Managing Director, Goa Tourism Development Corporation & Director Tourism, Government of Goa; Nandini Sahai, Director, The International Centre, Goa; Kurapati D Row, Past President, Travel and Tourism Association of Goa and Ralph De Souza, Chairman, The De Souza Group. 

The second session was on ‘Image building through out-of-the-box marketing concepts for private & Government sector’. 

Some of the highlights of GITM 2014 are as follows:

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