Mr. Riyaz Ahammed President, KTM Society

The seventh edition of the Kerala Travel Mart, KTM 2012, will be held at Le Meridien International Convention Centre, Cochin, from 27th to30th September, 2012 announced by Mr. K.P Anilkumar, Minister for Tourism, Kerala.
“At KTM 2012, there will be 125 Tables, 290 modules and 12 Houseboat parking bays.
This is about 15% more than at the previous Mart.  At the same time, we expect around 500 international Buyers from almost 50 countries and more than 1000 domestic buyers from India to participate in this edition.” Said Mr. Anilkumar.
Mr. T.K. Manoj Kumar IAS, Secretary and Mrs. Rani George IAS of Kerala Tourism along with Mr. E M  Najeeb, Past  president, KTM and Chairman  Airline Committee, Mr. Sajeev Kurup, Secretary, Mr. P.K. Anishkumar, Joint Secretary, Mr. Baby Mathew, Chairman- Media Committee, Mr. Mathew Philip, CEO, KTM Society, Executive Committee members Mr. Mathew Thomas, GM Vivanta by Taj Kovalam, Mr. Manoj Babu, MD, Ayurbay Resort, Kovalam are also attended the press conference.
Kerala Travel Mart Society, the Organizers of KTM 2012 is a permanent Institution constituted and registered in 2000 as a Society under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act of 1995.Membership is open to any tourism service provider, in Kerala, which is approved by the Managing Committee.  The Society has 550 members with profiles varying from Airlines, Ayurveda  centres,  Farm stays, Homestays, Hotels, Speciality Hospitals, Resorts, Travel Agents to Tour Operators 
Kerala  Travel Mart , the only tourism event in the sub-continent that brings together the business fraternity and entrepreneurs behind the tourism products and services of  Kerala in partnership with the Government. It is today the largest gathering designed, planned and scheduled to facilitate meetings involving Buyers, Sellers , Media, Govt. Agencies and others.
KTM 2000, followed by five very successful Marts has made KTM to be held regularly once in two years during the last Thursday, Friday and Saturday of September. The Buyers registration will commence in February 2012.