Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry

Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry (CHATT)

Abbreviation	CHATT
Formation	June 2021
Founder	AirBnB EaseMyTrip Oyo Rooms makemytrip Yatra (company)
Type	Non-governmental trade association
Purpose	Development of SMEs in the Hospitality and tourism Sector
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Services	MSMEs promotion, Networking, Policy Reforms
Secretary General	Anwar Shirpurwala
Website	www.chattindia.org

Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry (CHATT) is a travel and hospitality association formed to promote domestic tourism, guide and train small business owners and share resources, and bring digital transformation in the sector. ^{[1] [2]}

It was launched in June 2021 by Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel, the Minister for Tourism and Culture, Government of India. ^[3]

CHATT founder members are Airbnb, EaseMyTrip, MakeMyTrip, Oyo Rooms and Yatra. It is represented by Amanpreet Bajaj, the general manager of Airbnb (India, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan); Ritesh Agarwal, Founder & Group CEO of Oyo Rooms (India and Southeast Asia); Dhruv Shringi, the co-founder of Yatra; Rajesh Magow, the co-founder & group chief executive officer of MakeMyTrip and Nishant Pitti, the co-founder of EaseMyTrip. ^[4]

Leadership

Anwar Shirpurwala is the Secretary General of the Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry (CHATT). ^{[5] [ non-primary source needed ]}

Events

• CHATT Secretary General, Shri Anwar Shirpurwala addressed the 3-day National Conference of State Tourism Ministers held in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. The conference saw the presence of Union Tourism Minister, Shri G. Kishan Reddy; MoS, Shri Shripad Naik & Shri Ajay Bhatt; Secretary, Shri Arvind Singh; Additional Secretary, Shri R.K. Verma; Director General, Shri G.K.V. Rao along with state tourism ministers and top officials from state tourism departments. ^{[6] [ non-primary source needed ]}
• A CHATT delegation paid a courtesy call on top officials of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India & had a fruitful discussion with Shri Arvind Singh, Secretary; Smt. G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, Director General, and Additional Secretary, Shri Rakesh Verma on the need for digitalising MSMEs that constitute the backbone of tourism in India. ^{[7] [ non-primary source needed ]}
• A high-level delegation of the founding members of Confederation of Hospitality, Technology, and Tourism Industry (CHATT) made a courtesy call on Shri G. Kishan Reddy, Hon'ble Union Minister For Culture, Tourism And Development Of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India to discuss ways to boost tourism in India. ^{[8] [ non-primary source needed ]}
• Honourable Union Minister, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel virtually launched industry body Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry (CHATT). The webinar was attended by the founding members of CHATT – Airbnb, EaseMyTrip, MakeMyTrip, Oyo and Yatra. ^{[9] [ non-primary source needed ]}

References

1. Alawadhi, Neha (9 June 2021). "CHATT: New association announced, will help tourism, hospitality with tech". Business Standard India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
2. "Tech Boost for the Travel and Hospitality Industry". www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
3. "Airbnb, Oyo, Yatra & EaseMyTrip join hands to form Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry". The Financial Express. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
4. "Travel, hospitality tech firms join hands to launch industry association". @businessline. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
5. CHATT strengthens secretariat, appoints Anwar Shirpurwala as secretary general Hospitality World
6. CHATT presented its vision and mission in the State Tourism Ministers' Conference held in Dharamshala between 18-20 September 2022.
7. CHATT delegation paid a courtesy call on top officials of the Ministry of Tourism & Govt. of India and had a fruitful discussion on digitalising MSMEs.
8. CHATT delegation called on Shri G Kishan Reddy, Hon'ble Union Minister for Tourism, Government of India to discuss ways to promote the domestic tourism sector
9. Virtual Launch of industry body Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry (CHATT) by Hon’ble Union Minister, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel

External links

• Home page of CHATT's website