8TH STARWOOD INDIA EXPO CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts successfully held their annual Starwood India Expo 2014 from 21 to 26 April across 5 key cities in India. In its 8th year, the expo was held across Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata. This year's expo showcased 50 hotels from across Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa & Middle East and North America.
“Every year we look forward to this annual event, as it is a huge platform for us to explore mutually beneficial opportunities with our customers. It also provides us a platform to engage with our meetings, corporate and travel trade partners and provides us a stage to update our customers on the growth of our footprint and brand innovations, not only in our region but also globally. In turn our customers love the fact that it’s a one-stop shop. We hold similar events in Australia, China, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. In its 8th year today, it is very encouraging for us to see how over the years there has been a consistent rise in the number of visitors and the interest it generates.” said Dilip Puri, Managing Director India and Regional Vice President South Asia, Starwood Hotels and Resorts India Pte. Ltd..
“Starwood sells the way our customers want to buy. Our goal is to be the easiest hotel company to do business with. We are flexible, reliable, responsive, proactive and focused on creative solutions. Our relentless focus is on our customers and the experience of our teams around the world, to deliver solutions for all types of business to our hotels,” Dhananjay Saliankar – Regional Director, Starwood Sales Organisation, South Asia at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc further shared.
The Starwood India Expo is an annual sales mission organised by Starwood Hotels & Resorts to bring together primary contacts across all market segments with Starwood associates, to update them on the company’s developments worldwide, strengthen existing relationships, enroll customers into the rich loyalty programmes, discuss performance for the previous year and opportunities for the year ahead and beyond. It offers a great opportunity to meet industry partners and potential customers from various business sectors. It also provides an apt platform for customers and the representatives from the individual Starwood Hotels to meet and discuss business opportunities. Starwood has always received great support from its customers every year who look forward to this annual event.