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The city’s travel trade couldn’t be more excited about Air Canada’s Mumbai-Toronto-Mumbai direct non-stop service, which launched recently. This is what they had to say. Sunil Bijlani, Founding Partner & CEO, Vacation World This is a landmark event. Flying directly to Toronto will be a highlight for the holidaymakers to …

The destination weddings market from India is growing at 30-40 per cent annually, with an ever-increasing number of travellers scouting for new and exotic destinations in India and abroad to tie the knot. Ras Al Khaimah, Sri Lanka and Turkey are emerging as popular destinations for Indian weddings, say travel …

AndamanExperts.com recently upgraded and rebranded its web portal. It aims to help the travel trade find all the information about the destination. AndamanExperts.com is a product of Leisure Republic DMC, a destination management company for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The company recorded a growth of 60 per cent in the …

The Ministry of Tourism (MOT) is taking up many initiatives to boost the arrival of foreign tourists to India, however, inbound tour operators claim that they face many challenges. While the new tax regime remains one of the major issues, the right publicity and well-maintained infrastructure also pose as major …

For outbound travel agents, wildlife tourism is a growing sector as more and more Indians are pacing towards adventurous holidays overseas, exploring foreign wildlife. Moreover, when it comes to naming a favourite wildlife destination among Indians, the trade’s verdict is South Africa, while India still needs to up its game …

Tourism Enterprise has added more DMCs like Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia to their portfolio and aims to grow business by around 20 per cent, reveals Ravi Gosain, Managing Director of the company. Tourism Enterprise has recently added new DMCs to their portfolio and will now be catering to the Balkan …

The 2nd Travel Wedding Show, held at Jaipur Marriott Hotel, brought together exhibitors and buyers in a B2B speed-meeting format to transact business and promote the destination wedding market from India. Ankita Saxena The second edition of the Travel Wedding Show saw a total of nearly 2000 meetings conducted among …

All the major travel associations organised dedicated sessions with tax experts and Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) executives to explain and address the working problems and issues that come with the implementation of GST. Heads of these associations here give a consolidated list of the concerns that their …

Era Hotels and Resorts, a hotel management company under the aegis of CTC Holdings, recently took over the management of Dunsvirk Court, Mussoorie, and is planning to make it a preferred destination for holistic family holidays, wedding ceremonies and also MICE events. Era Hotels and Resorts, which manages three properties …