Held at the Redtop Hotel & Convention Center in Central Jakarta, the participants reportedly came from all over Indonesia as well as around the globe including Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Turkey, China, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Australia, the Netherlands and United Arab Emirates.

TTC Travel Mart’s initiator Tedjo Iskandar, who is the owner and director of TTC Destination Networking, said the event wanted to become the place where travel agents from all over the world were able to exchange business information and build networks with each other.

Through a buyer-meet-seller structure, the travel mart is using an informal table-top formation to provide more freedom for buyers to interact and negotiate with sellers without having to make any appointments or to negotiate in a restricted time limit.

Most of the tour packages sold at the event are for the long-haul market, which includes far-flung destinations that require day-long flights.

One of the participants, Ali Hasyimi from Citra Nashwa Tour, told a press conference on Monday that the event provided opportunities for local travel agents to negotiate directly with overseas wholesalers, which led to significantly cheaper prices for the tour packages.

In addition to Jakarta, a similar event will also be held in Surabaya in East Java on Feb. 24. (kes)

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