India’s Most Favoured And Magnificent MICE Destination

Heritage Rich Hyderabad – Hyderabad has been a favourite destination for travellers down the ages. With a glorious history spanning more than 400 years it is a fascinating blend of the past and present. The city offers many attractions for its visitors like the legendary Charminar, Golconda Fort, Salarjung Museum, Mecca Masjid, Taramati Baradari and more…

The city is noted for its natural beauty, mosques and minarets, bazaars and bridges, hills and lakes. Hyderabad’s unhurried pace and historic beauty invites one to journey through a living heritage. Meander through gardens and parks, bask in traditional hospitality, visit historic monuments, admire modern architect-ural wonders or shop to your heart’s content in the ancient bazaars or brand new malls. Today the magnificent Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has transformed this burgeoning metropolis into a choice global business and tourism destination.

A World Class MICE Destination – Hyderabad has emerged as one of the leading metros in India for MICE destinations, ranked only behind Delhi, and is on the fast track to becoming India’s Convention Capital. A major catalyst for this growth is Hyderabad’s location and benefits for both MICE and leisure travellers. In business sector of India, Hyderabad is the new buzzword. The city has become the most favored destination for all International conventions, meetings and trade shows. The city hosted 18 meetings in 2014. The reason are the many world class convention centers and scenic resorts that have come up in downtown Hyderabad.

Hyderabad is also one of the most accessible cities in India by air and rail. The infrastructure inside the city is extremely well developed with numerous 5 star deluxe hotels that are conveniently close to the convention centres and well laid out road network. In business, time is a major factor, and good facilities like these help save a lot of it. The meaning of Business meetings has changed during the last few years with the advent of business tourism.

Along with work, people are now looking for something interesting to do. So many of the times, the families of delegates too come along with them to enjoy a pleasant holiday. Understanding the needs, the convention centres provide facilities for sightseeing tours and interactive sessions for families. Hyderabad is also has quite a few tourist attractions that keep the guest coming to the city again and again.

Major Convention Centres – Not many know that Hyderabad was chosen as Asia’s BEST MICE DESTINATION-2012. Hyderabad has India’s largest and South Asia’s first world class convention center which truly have set the ball rolling for MICE in India. Hyderabad International Convention Centre – HICC can host up to 5000 people at a stretch. The city hosted 18 meetings in 2014. The significant contribution of Hyderabad International Convention Centre is highlighted by the fact that 13 of these 18 meetings were hosted in HICC. Hyderabad International Convention Centre has secured many more new conference bid wins for the city during 2015. It is all set to ring in its 10 year anniversary in 2016.

Similarly there are other centers as well like Hyderabad International Trade Exposition (HITEX) which is specialized to conduct everything from a business meet to an international trade fair, Shilpakala Vedika which is a multi purpose convention center, and Mariott Hotel. They all have facilities like well appointed meeting rooms, board-rooms and private dining rooms, interpretation facilities, high pixel ceiling cameras, exquisite lighting system, drop screens and luxurious staying options. They have hosted many esteemed national and international events and are already booked for many to come. Hyderabad’s potential as a tourist destination and immaculate infrastructure has helped a lot in attracting business travellers to this part of Telangana.

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamdshabad, Hyderabad too has been adjudged as the best airport in the country. The presence of Novotel chain of hotel, managed by the ACCOR group, in close proximity, is the icing on the cake for business and MICE travellers. Topping it all, is the Hyderabad Convention and Visitors Bureau (HCVB), which is actively engaged in partnering, collaborating and aggressively promoting the city as the best MICE destination of the country. It is not a small achievement that the International Congress and Convention Association, 2014 recognised Hyderabad as second best MICE destination in the country after Delhi with India placed at 35th position in the global ranking. Welcome to Hyderabad- A legendary, 400 year old city that has transformed almost magically into a must see destination of the world.