TTG ASIA MEDIA has appointed veteran industry player and columnist Shekhar Niyogi as its chief correspondent – India.
Shekhar, based in Kolkata, will be in charge of India market coverage for all Travel Group titles, including TTG Asia, TTG Asia e-daily, TTG India and TTGmice.
Shekhar was consultant for 26 years in the travel industry and knows the leisure and MICE markets inside out. He is currently a contributor to several Indian, European and US publications, and a columnist with The Times of India, Economic Times and Hindustan Times, the three leading English language dailies in India.
He is also an education and career consultant in India, and a visiting faculty member teaching retail management and consumer behaviour in two business schools in India.
Meanwhile, TTG Asia Media is also pleased to name Linda Haden as assistant editor based in Singapore.
Linda will be responsible for Singapore market coverage for all Travel Group titles, and will assist in regional analyses as well as in the commissioning and editing of articles.
In the past decade, Linda was an active contributor to Mintel’s Travel & Tourism Analyst and its UK Travel Intelligence series, based initially in London and then in Zurich. She has conducted in-depth interviews with industry leaders and trade associations to ascertain market trends, threats and opportunities.
