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