Power of India conference draws strong line-up of speakers

INDIA. Many of India’s top airport and travel retail executives are included in the speakers’ line-up for “˜The Power of India’ conference in Hyderabad on 6-8 December.

The event, hosted by GMR and co-organised by The Moodie Report and Airports Council International (ACI), is India’s biggest-ever airport commercial revenues event. GMR operates Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.

Confirmed speakers include:

– A Nithyanand , Chief Commercial & Business Development Officer, GMR Airports
– Rajeev Jain, CEO, Mumbai International Airport Limited
– Angela Gittens, Director-General, Airports Council International
– Deepak Talwar, Chairman, IDFS
– Atul Ahuja, Owner, Flemingo
– Sunil Kapur, Chairman, Travel Food Services
– Rolf Blaser, Country Head, Nuance India
– Umesh Kumar Baveja, Founder-Chairman, Regional Airport-Holdings International Limited and Director, Comet Infra-Developments Private Limited
– Sunil Tuli, President, Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association and Managing Director Travel Retail & Duty Free King Power Group (Hong Kong)
– Paul Topping, Director, Gebr Heinemann Asia Pacific
– Belinda Ohanoglu, General Manager Commercial, Mumbai International Airport (Note: Requests for Proposals for most of the commercial revenues contracts at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport’s new integrated Terminal 2 are likely to be issued in early 2012)
– Romy Juneja, Chief Commercial Officer, Delhi International Airport
– Rene Baumann, Vice President – Commercial, Bangalore International Airport Limited
– S Shriram, General Manager – Key Accounts (and former Bangalore International Airport Limited Senior Manager – Travel Retail), Cafe Coffee Day
– Saloni Nangia Senior Vice President, Technopak Advisors
– Ramesh Krishnamurthy, Chief Commercial Officer, Hyderabad Airport
– Kapil Kaul, CEO, CAPA India
– Geeth Karunaratne, Head of Commercial & Properties at Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka
– Jaya Singh, Region Director, Middle East & Asia Pacific, Kraft Foods World Travel Retail

Further speakers will be revealed next week when online delegate registration will open.

The Power of India will be held at the Novotel, Hyderabad beginning with the Opening Cocktail on the evening of 6 December. A Gala Dinner at a spectacular venue will be hosted by GMR on 7 December.

A special rate has been negotiated at the Novotel – again, details will be published in coming days.

For all programme and sponsorship details please contact Martin@TheMoodieReport.com

NOTE: The Moodie Report and ACI are also partners in The Trinity Forum, the world’s leading airport commercial revenues conference. The venue for the 2012 event will be announced soon.

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