About Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau (HCVB)

HCVB - India's first regional Convention & Visitors Bureau starts operation in Hyderabad.

It's Hyderabad Here. Hyderabad Now. Welcome to the Convention Capital of India.

A not-for-profit organization that will promote and market the City of Hyderabad aiming to make it a chosen destination for conferences and conventions at global and national level.

Provide free assistance to national associations / institutions / organizations to bid for regional / international conferences in favor of Hyderabad.

Strategic Objectives

• Strengthen the MICE tourism of Andhra Pradesh by attracting major domestic and international
  conventions to the State.
• Position Hyderabad as a 'thinking' capital by drawing the world's greatest thinkers and facilitating
  the exchange of knowledge and ideas.
• Support the local tourism industry by exposing delegates to the best of regional services, investment
  opportunities and tourist attractions.
  
• Deploy the cutting edge technology to deliver the value and demonstrate the competitive advantage.

The New York Times has featured the city of pearls in its list of '41 places to go in 2011. "Dynastic grandeur in the heart of modern India", is how the western daily describes the Nizam' s land, which shares the must-visit tag with other fascinating holiday destinations.

Hyderabad also called as “Science Capital “with reputed universities, research institutes and laboratories like Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) Defense Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics [CDFD], Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology , National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), University of Hyderabad (UOH), International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Indian Institute of Technology( IIT), The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Nalsar University of Law (NUL) etc to name a few.