The Great Indian Travel Bazaar, was held at the JECC Jaipur, from April 24-25, 2017. A major facilitator to Indian exhibitors, the FICCI-backed event witnessed over 10,500 transacting business opportunities that helped put India on the itineraries of global travellers. But did this year’s edition match up to its hype? …
Read More »RAK rakes in interest from trade
Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) held a roadshow in Mumbai recently which saw more than 100 travel agents and tour operators come together to meet 17 sellers including DMCs, airlines, hotels and attractions. Here’s what the attendees had to say and how the roadshow has helped them gain insight on the …
Read More »Experiential tours in demand
Regular holidays are evolving into experiences and bringing about this change is Vedic Walks. The idea of holidaying is undergoing a subtle change and Vedic Walks, a division of Active Internationals Travel Network is helping bring this about by offering bespoke and experiential tours to the inbound traffic. Speaking about …
Read More »Swiss Quality Hotels on roomsXML
Travel agents using the roomsXML platform can now get access to all the Swiss Quality Hotels International hotels at attractive wholesale rates. Swiss Quality Hotels International represents more than 60 quality-oriented and individually-run hotels across 40 cities and resorts in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Under the recently-signed direct distribution agreement, …
Read More »Wendy Wu woos Indians to SEA
Wendy Wu Tours, a US-based tour operator, is now foraying into the Indian outbound tourism market with Holidays on Tracks, their recently appointed India representative. Holidays on Tracks, an exclusive B2B travel marketing and sales organisation, has been appointed as the exclusive in-market India representative for Wendy Wu Tours in …
Read More »Pushing Russia for MICE
Offering MICE packages for Russia and CIS, Dimaz Group showcases exclusive products from this region, like military tank ride and zero-gravity flight experience. Claiming to have vast knowledge and experience in an offbeat destination like Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Mumbai-based Dimaz Group specialises in MICE to this …
Read More »Paramount tool for agents
Click Paramount empowers big and small travel agents with deals that can attract more clientele without the sluggishness of the e-mail system through its online travel agent only deals. While helping to make the concept of travelling popular in India, online portals have also contributed to putting the industry through …
Read More »Intensifying India footprint
The accommodation aggregator with a formidable presence in Europe, is looking to grab a piece of the Indian pie, but not without the support of partners. AHANA GURUNG Priceline Group’s Booking. com is one of the several international online travel companies that believes India to be a valuable market and …
Read More »Harvey India opens office in Gurugram
With an eye on the North India market, Harvey India Holidays has opened a branch in Gurugram. It will now train its focus on the South India and Pune markets. Joe Rajan, CEO, Harvey India, talks about the new office opening and the strategy that the company will adopt to …
Read More »Kilimanjaro diaries: Pushing the limits
An ecstatic Mahendra Vakharia, Managing Director, Pathfinders Holidays, talks about his latest achievement of scaling 5895m Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, also among the world’s highest volcanoes, and the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Last year we had an opportunity of arranging a dream itinerary for our clients. They …
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