At this year’s edition of Travel Technology Track at OTM, Mumbai we’re excited to bring to you an exciting workshop-panel by Lonely Planet India followed by a workshop featuring Ankush Nijhawan, MD at Travel Boutique Online.

The session will primarily focus on evolution of Indian traveller, changing patterns and how two of the leading B2C and B2B travel companies see the landscape changing in 2018.

The Director of Lonely Planet India, Sesh Seshadri is one of the most established names in the publishing industry today. Carving a niche for himself with a career spanning over four decades, he played a vital role in Lonely Planet’s entry into the Indian market with the launch of its series of Travel Guides in 2012. Lonely Planet has till date launched 48 titles. His current role is to create a sustained and successful presence for Lonely Planet in India adding value to their future developments.

Travel Boutique online is India’s largest B2B Travel Portal. TBO currently has over 25,000+ travel agents as its customers and has customer presence in more than 300 cities in India and Middle East. TBO provides variety of services pertaining for Travel requirements. Ankush Nijhawan, Managing Director at TBO has been a successful angel investor and has invested in 9 start-ups.

The Travel Technology Track also has an Innovator Showcase and workshops and panel discussions.

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Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book publisher in the world, continues to be on top of a traveller’s mind for over four decades. This year, Lonely Planet had launched an Instagram like app called Trips on the App store. The free app allows users to share their travel experiences with their friends. Last year, Lonely Planet had launched ‘Guides’ Travel App on iOS & Android platforms. The city guide app was essentially designed to help users plan trips and learn about worldwide destinations. Mobile continues to be a strong focus for brand’s global growth strategy.

We spoke to Sesh Seshadri, the general manager and Director of Lonely Planet in India and talked to him about the company’s journey in India, destinations trends for 2018 and more.

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