To create a network of industry professionals and businesses to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange, and to work with the government and other concerned agencies to develop and advocate for policies beneficial to the travel, tourism and hospitality industries, a new think tank organization- Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Council (BTTC) has been launched at a meeting, held at a local hotel on Saturday, November 2, 2024.
Presided over by Shahid Hamid FIH, Acting Managing Director of Dhaka Regency Hotel, the meeting was attended by business leaders from airlines, travel, tourism and hospitality sectors and various other stakeholders.
A 15- member ad-hoc committee has been formed with Kazi Wahidul Alam, Editor, The Bangladesh Monitor as its Convenor. Other members of the committee are: Shahid Hamid, Acting Managing Director, Dhaka Regency Hotel; Imran Asif, CEO, Air Astra; Akhteruzzaman Khan Kabir, Former Chairman, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation; Prof. Mujib U Ahmed, Dept. of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Dhaka; Dr. Rubina Hussain, Managing Director, Institute of Hotel Management; Asif Ahmed, Acting General Manager, Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Shakawath Hossain, CEO, Unique Hotel and Resorts; Rezwan Maruf, Director, Sales and Marketing, InterContinental Dhaka; Faruq M. Ahmed, Travel writer; Basudev Bhattacharya, Former Principal, National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (NHTTI), Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmad, Former Chief Conservator of Forests; Masud Hossain, Managing Director, The Bengal Tours; Taufiq Rahman, CEO, Journey Plus and Syed Ghulam Qadir, General Manager, US Bangla Holidays.
Meanwhile, a three-member committee has been formed to constitute by-laws of the Council and draft of by-laws will be presented in the next General Meeting to be held on November 23, 2024.
Members of the Ad-hoc Committee of the newly launched Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Council (BTTC) are seen with Kazi Wahidul Alam, Convenor of the Council.
