India
Intro
Along with India’s traditional scenic and architectural beauty, its Meetings industry is upping its game by expanding its infrastructure with new State-of-the-Art Convention Venues and Exhibition Centres with modern facilities such as seamless connectivity, the latest technology, exceptional accommodation and dining options, and needless to say, fantastic sightseeing choices.
Details
A vast number of new and planned hotels are part of a building boom in the hospitality sector; new improved roads and modern airports which cater to millions of travelers are all contributing
factors to making India a preferred MICE destination.
Following the opening of South Asia’s first world class convention centre and India’s largest, Hyderabad International Convention Centre, in 2006, similar infrastructure has come up in places like Greater Noida, Lavasa, Kochi and Ahmedabad among others. Delhi’s Pragati Maidan, host of some of the biggest event is the country is undergoing major redevelopment today. Projects underway include The India International Convention & Expo Centre (IICC) - a world class integrated convention infrastructure, and probably one of India’s most ambitious infrastructure projects today, is coming up close to Delhi’s international airport. The convention centre will have a capacity to host 20,000 people and the 90-hectare complex will also house three five-star hotels, four four-star hotels, two three-star hotels, as well as service apartments.
In Mumbai, the Jio World Centre, located in the commercial district of Bandra Kurla Complex, will house an international convention centre, hotels, two malls including a luxury mall, performing arts theatre, a rooftop drive-in movie theatre and commercial offices.
With world-class hotels and facilities, an efficient communication system and widely spoken English, India is one of the preferred destinations for meetings or incentive programs.
Destination Capacity - VenuesIndia has 69 convention centres – some of the more important ones are listed here:
- Bangalore International Exhibition Centre. Bangalore, Karnataka
- Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal
- Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Brilliant Convention Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- CIDCO Exhibition & Convention Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- HITEX International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana
- Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana
- India Exposition Mart Ltd, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- International Exhibition Cum Convention Centre, ITPO, Delhi
- India International Convention Centre, Dwarka, Delhi
- Jaipur Exhibition Convention Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Lulu Bolgatty International Convention Centre, Kochi, Kerala
- Mahatma Mandir Convention & Exhibition Centre, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat
- Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi
Hotel RoomsIndia has 2.7 million hotel rooms across the countries in all categories. 54,000 of these are in 5 star hotels.
Travel*92 airlines link 363 international cities with India. The 6 national airlines are Air India, Indigo, GoAir, Air Asia, Vistara and Spice Jet
*as per Directorate General of Civil Aviation report 2018-19