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The Eastern Himalaya Travel and Tour Operators Association recently organised the largest B2B travel mart in East and North-eastern India – Bengal Travel Mart. The 6th edition of BTM provided a platform for trade stakeholders to establish connections, besides giving an overview of Northeast’s untapped potential. Janice Alyosius The sole …

Gainwell Sports, which promotes a number of sports events worldwide, and has become the official partner to offer hospitality packages for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, to be held in Australia in October 2022, says agents can buy tickets for the game from them, make their own packages, sell …

Vasudha Sondhi, Managing Director, Outbound Marketing, talks about what inspired her and kept her going during the pandemic. She also talks about her efforts to help women and young people. Janice Alyosius The OMPL Group, run by a woman, has many women in leadership positions. “I am a firm believer …

Hina Sheeraz, Director of Marketing at Sheeraz Tours, talks about her experience in travel business and what she expects from government in terms of promoting women in the industry. Janice Alyosius Nothing beats seeing women take on the role of tour guides or operators because they are naturally more involved …

Ever optimistic and dynamic leader, Benazir Nazar, CEO, Akbar Holidays, is excited that travel has finally restarted – and how! She believes that people in India are ready to travel, and while a lot of countries have opened up, we also need more flights to start operations to reap the …

COVID-19 was period of learning for STIC Travel Group, and it was time to ensure that partners, both principal suppliers as well as customers, benefited when business pours in. As international scheduled flights resume, they expect business to bounce back keeping in view huge pent-up demand in market that needs …

Over last two years, we have ridden roller coaster. Owning to pandemic, travel has turned topsy-turvy, and has redefined multiple times since March 2020. We still do not know for how long this will last, but that will not deter us from going on vacations. Here are few possibiltities how …

Not-for-profit online platform, The Sigmund Project is open to those people who have an idea to advance global tourism industry. As 2022 begins, Sigmund has received more than 100 ideas.  Since its launch, online platform has received over 18,000 unique visitors to its site from as many as 108 countries. …

Tourism and hospitality sectors are constantly innovating in a bid to smoothen distribution channel and how travellers consume content. This appetite to improve and simplify has only intensified since COVID-19. TRAVTALK takes a brief look at what’s happening on start-up front and kind of encouragement it is receiving. Hazel Jain …

Group fixed departures at the time of COVID-19 seem like an awkward move, but Ezejourney started off amid the pandemic, sailed through it, and is confident that there still exists an unexplored potential in the business. The company works with travel firms that have clients, who wish to travel only …