BLTM - India’s leading trade show on Business + Leisure Travel and MICE

Agenda 2025

Show timings: 11, 12 & 13 September 2025 | 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Day 1 | 11th September 2025

11:00 am onwards
Tradeshow Opens

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Inaugural Program

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
CEO Lunch - By invite only

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Panel discussion by SITE: Business Events in a Fragmented World: Strategies Amid Geopolitical Shifts

Moderator

Naveen Rizvi

VP, SITE - India,

SITE

Mridul Pahuja

AVP Travel Mobility,

Motilal Oswal

Kapil Kaul

CEO,

CAPA

Amaresh Tiwari

Managing Director,

Seasons & Vacations

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Panel Discussion: India's Corporate Travel Landscape: Bridging Global Standards with Local Realities

Moderator

Ashish Kishore

Partner,

Berry Journeys

Rahul Agarwal

India Operations Senior Director,

BCG

Mritunjaya Chandra Mohan

Sr. Manager - Corporate Travel,

Palo Alto Networks

Hitesh Budhbhatti

Head - Hospitality and Support,

Times of India

Anshul Gupta

Managing Director,

Accenture Technology

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm
Panel Discussion: Importance of Regional Cooperation - Multi-lateral Investment, Business & Trade

Moderator

Ashish Kishore

Partner,

Berry Journeys

Dheera Hettiarachchi

Chairman,

Sri Lanka Convention Bureau

Naveen Kundu

Founder, Sherose Hospitality Pvt Ltd,

Entrepreneur | Hospitality and Tourism Expert

Chander Mansharamani

Vice Chairman,

ICPB

Day 2 | 12th September 2025

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
MICE Workshop by Network of Indian MICE Agents (NIMA)
Panel 1: Partnering for Growth: How MICE Venues & Hotels Can Empower Agents to Capture New Market Opportunities

Moderator

Dr. Anup Tarafdar Ph.D

NIMA – Coordinator – Events

Manuj Ralhan

General Manager, Novotel Jaipur Convention

Centre & JECC

Sharad Upadhyay

General Manager,

IHG Group of Hotels & Resorts

Panel 2: Consolidators as Catalysts: Driving Growth in the MICE & Tourism Ecosystem

Moderator

Dr Nitin Mittal

National Coordinator,

NIMA

Baskar S

Manager Sales-South & West India,

Expedia TAAP

Sanjeev Gosain

CEO,

Yorker Holidays

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
ReCharge 2.0 ! by TIA

2:45 pm - 4.30 pm
B2B Speed Networking Session for Exhibitors & Hosted Buyers

4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Wedding Planners Session by WeddingSutra
Vows Beyond Borders: Travel and Destination Weddings 2026

Moderator

Parthip Thyagarajan

Weddingsutra

Neha Mehrotra

Foreign Wedding Planners

Shweta Acharya

Baraati Inc

Karan Bains

Shaandar Events

Family in Focus: Milestone Events and What Families Want

Moderator

Parthip Thyagarajan

Weddingsutra

Simardeep Singh Saluja

Classique Events

Shashank Gupta

Tailormade and Weddings

Ruchika Arora Bansal

Plush Weddings

Dakshita Batla

DB & Spaces

Day 3 | 13th September 2025

11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Meeting Fundamentals Certificate Course (Part 1) - By registration only

Instructor

Anitha Niranjan

MD – Global Healthcare Academy

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Meeting Fundamentals Certificate Course (Part 2) - By registration only

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Valedictory Awards

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Responsible Tourism Awards by ICRT