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MischaMannix-Opie, Area Manager South & South East Asia, Air New Zealand, reveals why the airline has increased its sales and marketing activities in India through Global Destinations. Q) Please shed some light on your recent partnership with Global Destinations. A) Global Destinations became our new General Sales Agency partner in …
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Holland eyes 30% growth in Indian arrivals
Holland has bigger goals set out for India as it encourages travellers to explore places other than Amsterdam. The country is also in talks to initiate an online visa process. With NBTC back in operations in the Indian market after a brief pause, the tourism board organised the Holland Club …
Read More »Credit worthiness rating for roomsXML
The company has now been rated MSE 2 by CRISIL which is significant especially in the light of travel suppliers going bankrupt in recent times. roomsXML Solutions Limited has now been rated MSE 2 by CRISIL, an S&P Global company. The rating indicates high credit worthiness, good financial strength and …
Read More »Lords to expand in Nepal, ME and Africa
Lords Hotels & Resorts is looking at Southeast Asian countries to expand its footprints. Lords Hotels & Resorts is available across four brand segments. Lords Plaza largely caters to the business segment, while Lords Inn, Lords Eco Inn and Lords Resorts cater to the leisure segments. Rishi Puri, Vice President, …
Read More »17 nations at PATA NTFF 2016
This year’s edition discussed key challenges in marketing and managing tourism growth for unexplored destinations including topics such as fair trade, living heritage communities, coastal and marine tourism. The PATA New Tourism Frontiers Forum (NTFF) 2016 held in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh from November 23-25 brought together delegates from the public …
Read More »Spanish flavor to Air India
The recent launch of the Delhi-Madrid route will open up a panoply of destinations for Indians, not only in Europe, but also to South America, claims Pankaj Srivastava, Director- Commercial, Air India. Excerpts from an interview: Q) Please tell us about the newly launched Delhi-Madrid route by Air India? A) …
Read More »TAAI signs MoU with Mumbai varsity
The association continues its pursuit for education and has signed anMoU with DY Patil School of Hospitality and Tourism Studies to enhance academia and industry partnership for an MSc in Hospitality & Tourism Studies. Jay Bhatia will represent TAAI on the university’s advisory board. The Travel Agents Association of India …
Read More »Sunil Kumar re-elected as Prez
UFTAA’s Golden Jubilee Congress brought together thinking heads from 25 member associations from 30 countries to discuss IATA-related matters and better working of the organisation. Sunil Kumar, President, UFTAA, has been reelected for a second term at the Golden Jubilee Congress of UFTAA in Istanbul, Turkey. Held at the Hilton …
Read More »Regulate wildlife tourism
Anjana Gosain, Chief Functionary Officer, Tiger Trust, claims that tourism in wildlife parks needs to be regulated and should follow eco-friendly guidelines. Tiger Trust is a non-profit organisation, which works against the poaching of tigers and trains the staff and visitors to increase awareness for successful prosecution of offences. Anjana …
Read More »Thai DMC finds and Anchor
Anchor Destinations will handle marketing and sales for Thailand-based DMC, Splendid Thai Holiday and aims to boost outbound traffic among Indian FIT, GIT and MICE travellers. Anchor Destinations, a start-up, has already ventured into many facets providing B2B solutions and DMC representations in its very first year of operations in …
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