Tourism India Alliance (TIA) to host TEX 2027 at Mayfair Lake Resort, Raipur
Tourism India Alliance (TIA) has announced that Tourism Exchange (TEX) 2027 will be held from January 7–9, 2027, at Mayfair Lake Resort, Raipur. Expected to attract over 350 delegates and 50 exhibitors, the event will focus on networking, business opportunities and destination promotion. TIA will also organise pre- and post-event familiarisation tours across Chhattisgarh, highlighting heritage, wildlife, spiritual circuits and the unique tribal culture of Bastar.
Pride Hotels signs Pride Plaza Indore
Pride Hotels has strengthened its presence in Madhya Pradesh with the signing of Pride Plaza Indore under a long-term lease agreement. The upcoming 141-room hotel, located on AB Bypass Road in Rau, will cater to both business and leisure travellers with modern accommodation, banquet facilities and MICE offerings. The signing marks Pride Hotels’ second property in Indore and reinforces the group’s expansion strategy across high-growth hospitality markets in India.
#Quick Shots
Your most unexpected skill outside travel?
Collecting and studying historical painting reproductions, especially works by 18th and 19th-century European artists.
A destination that pleasantly surprised you?
Lucknow
The travel buzzword you’re officially tired of hearing?
“Experiential” and “Sustainability,”
Your go-to travel hack that always works?
Always carry a power bank
If travel had a theme song, what would yours be?
“Suhana Safar Aur Ye Mausam Haseen”
Prateek Hira, Chairman, FICCI Tourism Committee, Uttar Pradesh & Founder President & CEO, TORNOS India
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