New Delhi | 13 Oct 2025 (user date; verify)
A Delhi roadshow in October 2025 sought to put Rajasthan’s Hadoti region before a wider travel-trade audience. Ved Khanna’s event diary records participation on 13 October and a meeting associated with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Those personal details are yet to be matched with an official programme or photographic record, so this article remains an editorial draft rather than a claim of an independently established private meeting.
Why Hadoti needed a trade conversation in Delhi
Hadoti is the Rajasthan of Kota, Bundi, Baran and Jhalawar—not the familiar Jaipur–Udaipur–Jodhpur triangle. Its appeal includes stepwells, palace architecture, painted heritage, river landscapes and wildlife opportunities. Selling it well requires an itinerary that explains travel times and gives visitors a reason to stay beyond a quick stop.
A roadshow ahead of a regional travel mart can help destination representatives meet the buyers who would build those itineraries. The January 2026 Hadoti Travel Mart provides the programme’s broader tourism context, but it does not automatically verify every attendee at the earlier Delhi roadshow.
A travel-trade engagement still being documented
Khanna’s personal participation would be most useful to document through a programme invitation, stage photographs and a record of his contribution to the discussion. Those materials would convert a promising personal note into a strong, genuinely exclusive professional account.
A Hadoti account worth completing
Until those documents are obtained, the reported meeting with Om Birla should not appear as an independently corroborated event claim.
This event is included in Ved Khanna’s unpublished research archive pending original programme, photographs or independent confirmation of his individual role.
Industry experience and travel enterprise
Alongside his national association responsibilities, Ved Khanna is identified in ADTOI’s member directory as Managing Director of Tourwala Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., a Delhi-based domestic travel company. His experience in selling real journeys helps explain the commercial questions raised by destination promotion: access, dependable local partners, accurate itineraries and traveller expectations. The work described above was undertaken in his ADTOI capacity; it was not a government appointment or exclusive commercial assignment for Tourwala. Read more about his travel ventures.
Original reporting and event references
Original programme and post-event documentation are being sought; this article remains in draft.