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Niche Tourism Goals

Prepare future tourism professionals with quality education to develop a robust knowledge foundation, effective skills and competencies to facilitate their pursuit of niche career opportunities.
Provide pioneering world-class Practical Digital Package Tour course to equip new-age travel professionals for progressively impacting both local and international market to create enhanced experiences for travellers and amplified job opportunities for professionals.

Program Advisor

Asad Siddiqui

“A Journey that Revealed His Inner Call”

Asad Siddiqui is presently the Founder cum Head of Faculty for ‘Niche Tourism Academy”. He was also a Chief Product & Technical Consultant of ORN Trip Factory Private Limited (from 2017 to January 2021). Although he is a Cost Accountant with an MBA in Finance who started his career in a multi-national freight forwarding company, Asad’s fondness for nature contributed towards his wanderlust that inspired him to challenge his comfort zone and pursue an adventurous career in travel and tourism. Earlier on Asad had been the founder of two travel companies namely Sofia House of Tourism (2006-2013) and Catwalk Holidays Private Limited (2013-2018) before diversifying into other ventures that include Indian Film Services, Wooden Leaf Lodges & Resorts Private Limited, and his latest enterprise, Niche Tourism Academy.

Who is this Course For?

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Students pursuing Degree / Diploma or Post Graduation in tourism and hospitality.

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Students who passed Degree / Diploma or Post Graduation in tourism and hospitality.

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Tourism professionals from any functional area, market segment and companies.

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Small and medium travel entrepreneurs, managers and top leadership positions.

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Academicians from recognized universities, colleges or institutions related to tourism and hospitality.

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Enterprising travel industry enthusiasts who are interested to start up their own tourism initiative.

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Founders, Presidents, and Vice-Presidents of Online Tourism Enterprises.

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Awards & Accolades

Testimonials

What Professionals Say

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As an IT Professional, I didn't have any idea of travel & tourism. Even I had no idea of how the hospitality industry worked. When I joined the travel industry under the supervision of Asad Bhia, he taught me all the basics of the travel industry. How to handle sales, tour plan, costing, tour operations etc. independently. Now I am an accomplished Package Tour Professional.

MS. BALWINDER KAUR

CEO - CATWALK HOLIDAYS PRIVATE LIMITED

I have worked along with Mr. Asad and as a Chief product officer, I found him highly knowledgeable about his job and he looks passionate about what he is doing and found him very friendly and a team man.

JAMSHEED HYDER

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR (TRAVELOGUE REPS., BANGALORE)

An experimental and explorer by nature with profound knowledge of the travel and tourism industry. He has built and delivered travel and holiday products. He understands the destinations, tech infrastructure, operational expertise, tourism challenges, customer pain points and business at a granular level. With the help of Niche Tourism Academy, today's generation will gain knowledge and practical approach from Mr. Asad's industry experience.

SURAVI JHA

CO-FOUNDER (UDANTIKA HOLIDAYS, BANGALORE)

A multi-skilled & gifted travel professional who has been through thorough shambles to exist as a known & a trusted source of cognizance. He's the one who never retires from spreading out his wonderful gift of knowledge. Some may call him a master craftsman who is diligent to progressively ameliorate his skill-set!!!

HARJOT SINGH

F&B DIRECTOR (HOTEL MONOTEL, KOLKATA) MONO ORION FOODS INDIA PVT. LTD.

I am delighted to write a few lines about a person who is one of the best personalities I have ever met in Tourism Industry. He has contributed a lot especially to Offbeat Tourism with his extensive destination knowledge & experience. He has been supportive to the B2B agents & customers in terms of ground operations by going beyond the expectation & this doesn’t end here. He is also passionate about filmography & Wild-life Photography as well. Above all, what makes him different from other professionals is his humanity & kindness. He is none other than Mr. Asad Siddiqui from West Bengal. I wish him all the success in his life.

PRASHANT KUMAR

MANAGER HOTEL CONTRACTING (AFRICA, SATGURU TRAVEL & TOURISM LLC.)

First congratulations to Mr. Siddiqui for this innovative project. I am very much sure that this project will bring revolution in the tourism industry. I have started my journey with Mr. Siddiqui in the year 2013. At that stage, I was a fresher and even I did not know the spelling of 'Itinerary'. He has a thumb rule that "If someone doesn't know how to swim, then push him/her to the water then bring him back. After a few days, he/she must understand how to swim on his own." Then no one can stop you for sure in your life. Under his guidelines I had learned what actually tour operators do. Package design, operation even tour guide work also. In a single word, he was my Pathfinder to me. You can never understand Mr. Siddiqui and his knowledge, his techniques until and unless you work with him.

ABHISHEK PURKAIT

SR. OPERATION EXECUTIVE (ORCHID DMC PVT. LTD. - ORCHID GLOBAL)

I have known Asad Siddiqui for the last 9 years. We started our journey with the booking of Mauritius Package, where he had the best rates in the industry. After that our professional relationship has touched a new high every time. He has a vast knowledge of Travel Industry and the best knowledge in designing a niche package. Now that he is starting his new journey with a unique product that Travel Industry has never seen. New lads training under him will get immense knowledge and will come out being pro in designing any product. I wish him All The Best for his new venture “NICHE TOURISM ACADEMY” which this travel industry has never seen.

NIKHIL AVALANI

HEAD - MICE TICKETING (INSTA TOURISM PVT LTD, MUMBAI)

Well.."Asad Sir" It is difficult to describe your ability in a very short note ;). All of us know that the travel industry's business platform is the busiest platform & no one has time to answer 15 to 20 inbound queries a day and make you understand the itinerary and pricing etc. But for me, Asad Sir was there to teach me about Bhutan and North East holiday packages. He is just a call away; I must say I am lucky to have him as a mentor. Thank You sir for your all support and guidance. I Will keep disturbing you in the future with more queries.;)

PRITI KUMARI

MMCEO (DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS)

Mr. Asad Siddiqui is a very genuine, loyal, and professional person. I met with him on WhatsApp for the first time for my travel booking. He is Managing Director at Catwalk Holidays Pvt Ltd. He has very good experience and product knowledge of worldwide destinations in the tourism sector. I recommend to everyone to blind believe on him for any kind of package tour problems and its solution. I hope he will be bringing a revolution to the Indian tourism industry by starting his completely new and innovative project ‘Niche Tourism Academy’. And I will be the first one to join and be a part of his tourism community.

RUPESH KUMAR

(FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR) AIRWAVES® HOLIDAYS (GURUGRAM, HARYANA)