WTM Special Your Trade Journal We Build Business is also available online Details on page no. 04 Vol. 8 | Issue 1 | November 2017 | Pages 56 | `50 www.traveltradejournal.com Travel Trade Journal (TTJ) • Volume 8 • Issue 1 • November 2017 Team Sampan From the Editor’s Desk Editor & Publisher : Ravi Sharma Senior Editor : Sudipta Saha Sr. Assistant Editor : Rachita Sehgal Bureau Head (West) : Prashant Nayak Assistant Editor : Bharti Sharma Reporter : Shivangi Gupta Contributing Editor : Gurjit Singh Ahuja Consulting Editor : Sonia Dutt Sr. Designer : Subhash Chaudhary Designer : Shivnath Sr. Marketing Manager : Sonika Bohra Marketing Manager : Sameer Singh Project Co-ordinator : Neha Sharma Business Consultant : Sanjeev Gosain Dear friends, Bureau East Head : Partha Chatterjee Manager PR : Ankit Dixit ay be it’s the changing season, or the festivities that have just concluded or Photographer : Parth Sharma simply the expectations for the World Travel Mart (WTM) this year, who knows, Asst. Manager Administration : Kuldeep Singh Mbut whatever it is, it has surely inspired the industry (including ourselves) to put its best foot forward and make the most of the upcoming peak season. Yes it’s System Co-ordinator : Rahul Tahilramani time for inbound tourism to grow, and TTJ wishes all its domestic tour and inbound Circulation Assistant : Shivani Verma tour operators a wonderful revenue generating time ahead! Talking about inbound, our inbound special issue focuses on the various facets Email: of Incredible India and we have tried our best to bring to you a plethora of products [email protected] from its vibrant basket. TTJ appreciates the incredible step taken by the Ministry of Tourism in order to preserve the heritage monuments for the future by launching their ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project. TTJ looks forward to it and believes that this will give a Editorial and Marketing Office : boost to inbound tourism. Sampan Media Pvt. 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