Speaker

Rajan Datar

Host of BBC Travel Show &
BBC World News

Rajan Datar is an award-winning, highly versatile international broadcaster, journalist and conference speaker and moderator. He is perhaps best known for presenting some 30 half hour travelogues for BBC TV as well as the weekly BBC Travel Show programme but he also presents the BBC World Service’s The Forum as well as numerous BBC Radio 4 documentaries and stints as host of The Media Show and Front Row on Radio 4. For seven years previously he was a reporter on current affairs strands Newsnight and The Money Programme on BBC2. He has moderated and MC’d at numerous conferences around the world for the UNWTO, WTTC and various hospitality investment events. In addition for 30 years he is the founder member of 8 piece globetrotting ska and reggae band Maroon Town who have released five albums.