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Royal India Luxury Show to feature 22 exhibitors from India
22000 sq.ft. exhibition space at Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Focus on travel, fashion, hospitality, wellness, leisure, weddings & lifestyle
Arabs find India's luxury portfolio impressive
Envoy: Arab region offer big scope to promote Indian luxury
New on-arrival visa rules to attract more visitors to India
India-UAE bilateral trade worth over $65 billion
Dubai, November 30, 2014: India's fastest-growing luxury segments encompassing travel, hospitality, wellness, healthcare, education, fashion and lifestyle domains are coming together for an exclusive trade show in Dubai on December 4 and 5 to showcase the comparatively lesser-known ‘luxury' facets of India among the Emiratis, Arabs and HNIs Asians.
Organized by Globuzz, a Dubai-based luxury consultant, the 2nd edition of Royal India Luxury Show will take place on an exhibition space of 22,000 square feet at Dubai's luxury icon, Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
The two-day show will take place daily from 10 am to 6 pm and entry is free to the public.
According to its World Luxury Goods Market Study, tourists are changing their consumption habits and seeking out new destinations for unique experiences and luxury.
India cannot be explained but should be experienced. The 21st century India is full of luxury experiences. India's rich history is replete with opulence and grandeur and for centuries it has been a preferred destination to revitalize and rejuvenate the body and soul. India offers a diverse portfolio of unique and memorable experiences.
Emiratis and other Arabs have comparatively very little exposure about the India's luxury element.
Most are aware about India being the Land of Grandeur, but did not have better opportunities to learn about the luxury experiences that awaits them. India offers tourists unique experiences with its natural beauty, vivid festivals, exotic beaches and architectural marvels.
Luxury is the fastest growing segment with the visitors being offered tailor-made, refined and bespoke holidays experiences for individuals, couples and groups.
The Indian Ambassador to UAE, His Excellency T.P. Seetharam, said India's economic, trade and cultural links with the Arab world in general and the UAE in particular dates back to more than a century ago due to enhanced people-to-people contact.
In a message, he said: “The Arab world constitutes an integral part of India's extended neighborhood and is a region of critical importance in political, strategic, security and economic terms. I believe such a show endorses our vision to showcase India as a world-class platform in areas of tourism, travel, hospitality, technology, healthcare, wellness and education. There is a great scope for promoting Indian luxury portfolio in the Arab region through the UAE market.”
He added: “Royal India Luxury Show 2014, we hope, will create conducive environment that further enhances the luxury offering from India at a global marketplace. The decision of Government of India to relax visa rules for nationals of various countries is expected to give a boost to the number of visitors to India and luxury is one of the domains that will benefit from the new decision.”
The exhibitors include Incredible India (Ministry of Tourism, Government of India), Cox & Kings – the longest established travel company in the world, Cox & Kings Weddings, Ramoji Film City, Air Aura, MEHAIR, Sansha Spa, Woodland, EMGEE Developers- Anantham, Jaypee Green Golf Course, Six Senses Spa, UAE Exchange, Sobha developers Ltd, Rocky S, Archana Kochhar, Neeta Lulla, Monapali, Rohit Verma and Satya Paul.
Paras Shahdadpuri, Chairman of Nikai Group and President of Indian Business and Professionals Council (IBPC), said such an exclusive show would go a long way towards marketing, promoting and branding India's portfolio of luxury products and services.
He said: “India should not only intensify its marketing and promotional efforts, but the Indian luxury market stakeholders should also take measures to maintain credibility all along having the visibility in the right places. In today's business environment, it was not just enough to have a good luxury product or service, but also these need to be marketed, branded and promoted well to the wider world audiences.”
He added: “The UAE-India bilateral trade accounts for over US$65 billion and the UAE offers immense growth opportunities for Indian businesses which needs to be channelized and tapped by the luxury market players. India's luxury segment needs to be marketed to the world in an aggressive manner and Royal India-2014 need to be appreciated. This show perfectly supports the initiative to market and promote India as a luxury destination in all its totality.”
Speaking at a press conference, he said over AED250 billion, including AED60 billion, have been invested by Indians in the UAE and close to one million Indian visit the UAE annually, including a sizeable number of India with high disposable income.
I.R.V.Rao, Assistant Director, India Tourism Office, said: “Royal India showcases the luxury tourism products of India and it helps to imbibe the grandeur and greatness of heritage, luxury hotels, trains and wellness in the minds of affluent Emiratis and Arabs in the region. The launch of Tourist Visa on Arrival (e-Visa) facility to UAE nationals by would increase tourist traffic from UAE to India.”
He said the relaxed visa policy was expected to double the number of tourists from the UAE to India annually which currently stands at around 52000.
Gayathri Elayath Bhardwaj, Chief Event Organiser, Globuzz, said: “Based on the success of the inaugural show, Royal India Luxury Show-2014 has been fine-tuned and we have given it a more result-oriented approach in engaging a premium, unique group in a people-to-people format in meeting their needs and expectations about the luxury and class out of India. This show will truly fulfill their aspirations.”
The opening ceremony will be attended among others by the Philippines ambassador, Grace R Princesa, Seychelles ambassador, Dick Patrick Esparon, Korean Consul General, Seongdoo Ahn, and New Zealand Consul General Clayton Kimpton.
A charity fashion show and a grand dinner reception are the other highlights of this year's event.
Dubai commands 30 per cent of the Middle East's and 60 per cent of UAE's luxury market. The UAE tops the list of Middle East countries with the highest number of tourists to India, with a steady year-on-year increase.
According to the recent VISA Affluent Study-2013, Emiratis belonging to the affluent socio-economic class give equal priority to dining out, leisure and expenditures on family. The study revealed that the UAE was ranked fifth among the surveyed countries in terms of individual plans for future discretionary spending on holidays. Concerning family holiday trips over 90 per cent of Emiratis took an overseas holiday in the previous year and plans to travel again in the coming year.
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