AGENTS

Nine travel specialists in nine off-beat regions of India have come together to offer quality solutions to agents, and named it ‘India B2B’. HAZEL JAIN Nine domestic tour operators who were destination experts in their right have come together to form a consortium in offer B2B solutions to the travel …

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, …

As an unintended consequence of the recent ban on liquor sale near highways by the Supreme Court of India, the hospitality and tourism industry has been left in a dither. The industry shares its perspective and further effects it will have on business across the country. David Scowsill, President and …

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 …

Riding on the wave of Indian outbound to Europe, Eurail has in turn recorded huge numbers. It has in fact categorised India under ‘priority’ markets this year that will see an uptick in budgets. HAZEL JAIN Earning the position of being Asia’s third-biggest market for Eurail after South Korea and …

Another large international airline has decided to cut its distribution expenses by revising its travel agent commission from the current 3 per cent to 1 per cent. Is it a sign of the things to come? Sunil Kumar DDP Game Changer 2014 and President, TAAI Travel agents have always supported …

Bharat Bhushan Atree, Managing Director, Caper Travel Company (CTC), shares his company’s growth projection which include nurturing SBUs, a feat that has been in practice and has successfully honed talent through the years. Q What was the demand like in the inbound segment last year for Caper? Caper benefitted with …

Riya Travels has always tried to come up with new features and developments for its agents, reveals Manoj Samuel, Director, Riya Group. Q What kind of added benefits are you offering your agents this year? Riya has always tried to come up with new features and developments for our agents. …

With new software upgrade, flight consolidation, and even visa for the UAE, Travstarz has quite a lot in the offing, reveals Pankaj Nagpal, Managing Director, Travstarz Global Group. A year since travelrez online.com was launched, Nagpal has now unveiled its upgraded version. “This latest version 2.0 has been developed by …