David Scowsill, President and CEO, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), who was on a quick trip to India amidst a busy travel schedule, shares findings from the latest WTTC Economic Impact Report with TRAVTALK. We bring you some excerpts from the interview: AHANA GURUNG On the backdrop of several …

The fourth edition of the South India Travel Awards, will be held on May 2, 2017, at Crowne Plaza Kochi, to honour stalwarts of the tourism industry. India Travel Awards honour the achievers of the tourism industry, who have gone above and beyond to make a difference. Gunjan Sabikhi, Convener, …

Representatives of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) will be meeting Haryana’s Chief Minister to bring relief to its members and tourists NISHA VERMA The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) organised a luncheon meeting for its members, where its President Pronab Sarkar expressed his happiness on having the …

The second edition of Travel Experiential Show-Beyond Luxury, held from April 8-9, 2017, at Sheraton New Delhi Hotel, brought together exhibitors and buyers in a B2B speed-meeting format over two days to transact business and target the High Network Individuals (HNI) of India. ANKITA SAXENA The 2nd Travel Experiential Show …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed an individual who’ll help increase engagement with agents. Amitabh Khosla, Country Director — India, tells us more. HAZEL JAIN Q How do you see the relationship between airlines and agents develop in India? The airline-agent relationship is fundamentally a commercial relationship. Given …

Ras Al Khaimah will host the Outbound Tour Operators’ Association of India (OTOAI) convention to take place tentatively from September 12-14, 2017. NISHA VERMA Guldeep Singh Sahni, President, OTOAI, and Haitham Mattar, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the convention during the Ras …

Ras Al Khaimah is aggressively enhancing its presence in India through strategic partnerships, and is intensifying its focus on adventure tourism in line with UNWTO’s Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, reveals Haitham Mattar, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (TDA) AHANA GURUNG Q Ras Al Khaimah has been …

With a membership of less than 100 at present, Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has embarked on pan-India educational drives to increase its membership to 300 by 2018. The association will also organise its annual conferences-cum-expo in Delhi and Mumbai this year. GBTA India’s agenda for 2017 is focused on …

Smartling facilitates translation of web pages into the local languages of targeted markets, generating new revenue streams and covering a wider network of tourists. According to a report by Common Sense Advisory – Can’t Read, Won’t Buy, 2014, 75 per cent of the buyers strongly agree that when faced with …

Shivantika Bon Voyage, a destination management company catering to the Baltic countries in India, is ready to roll out its pan-Indian marketing plan for 2017 and is offering series group departures for June 2017. Shivantika Bon Voyage, a one-year-old company, has received a heartening response from the industry, informs, Naveen …