Maya reigns in the West

The third edition of West India Travel Awards felicitated achievers in the travel and tourism industry of the region during a glittering ceremony held at Novotel Pune Nagar Road on August 5, 2016. The opening ceremony was graced by the presence of Taware Pandurang, Founder/President, Agri Tourism Development Company, Dattaram Sawant, General Manager-Finance, Goa Tourism Development Corporation, and Saudamini

Naik, Gladrags Mrs. India. The who’s who of the travel industry from West India attended at the event. Harmandeep Singh Anand, Managing Director, Jagsons Travels, and Co-founder of GPS, was declared the Face of Innovative Tourism. Rajiv Duggal, CEO, Lavasa, won big at the awards. Besides being declared the Best Marketing Professional of the year, Duggal also picked up the awards for Lavasa International Convention Centre which won the Best Convention Centre; and Lavasa Tourism which was named the Best All Seasons Destination. The award for the Most Trending Personality of the year went to Ajay Chhabria, Managing Director, In-Time Travels, while Anuj Bang of rooms XML was declared the Entrepreneur of the Year.