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Reshaping business of travel, hospitality

Reshaping business of travel, hospitality Corporates and professionals from airline, travel and hospitality industries delve into finer points of business at the 8th Travel M!CE & Corporate Show, in Chennai. Lipla Negi With more than 1,000 fruitful business meetings, the 8th edition of Travel M!CE and Corporate Show concluded successfully …

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Ramoji continues to be success story

Vijayeswari Cherukuri, Managing Director, Ramoji Film City, took the reins of the company in her hand at a crucial time and thanks the team of experts around her for making her learn the ropes of the business and the resulting success. Over the next few years, Ramoji Film City is …

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Sustainability at heart of Rail Europe

Green travel is one of the main trends emerging these days and it is at the heart of Rail Europe’s product offering, says Bjorn Bender, CEO, Rail Europe. With rail journeys being the most efficient and sustainable way to travel within Europe, the company reveals that India has shown the …

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Using sports as a travel hook

West Midlands region in Britain is in spotlight this year, as it hosted the Commonwealth Games recently, and will also be highlighted in the VisitBritain England Expert e-learn platform. Nisha Verma What are the destinations being covered in the modules and why? We are using sports as a hook to …

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Walkers Tours conducts quality upgrade training

Walkers Tours, a leading and the oldest Destination Management Company (DMC) from Sri Lanka recently conducted quality upgrade training for chauffeurs. The training, was held with the aim of maintaining top notch quality standards to boost tourism. About 35 CGs took part in the First Aid Training at JKH auditorium …

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Rupee dip bittersweet for travel

While outbound travel gets costlier and inbound becomes cheaper with the depreciating value of Indian rupee, stakeholders of the travel industry evoke mixed reactions. Nisha Verma The last few months have seen the Indian rupee (INR) depreciating, owing to foreign capital outflows. This is resulting in imports getting costlier and …

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Visa concerns on, but agents hopeful

Travel agents, getting sleepless nights due to visa delays, urge goverments to hasten visa processes and remove ambiguity over the issue through clear communication. In the current scenario, clients are forced to change their destination to the ones giving quick or on-arrival visas, they say. Are the Missions listening? Hazel …

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Uptick in demand for luxury

With around 30 per cent jump in the number of travellers, luxury travel market is moving in an upward direction. The luxury travellers are seek experiences that are more immersive and exceptional. Janice Alyosius As travellers make up for the time lost due to the pandemic, there is an increase …

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