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Keeping your clients safe while they are travelling and getting them back home without any issues has become even more important today, with cancellations and lockdowns also having begun again. How do you find the right insurance cover for them? We highlight offerings from two key providers. Hazel Jain Dev …

Vishal Suri, Managing Director, SOTC Travel, talks about the company’s journey through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they tweaked their business model to adapt and sustain. What remained crucial during the time was employee safety, customer connectivity and business continuity. Nisha Verma Vishal Suri says that …

Unveiling a new product, TravelBullz is now offering travel agents the option to book Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) hotels in Thailand on its portal. This may well serve as a new opportunity for agents to earn while selling outbound packages, also allowing them to enjoy a multitude of other benefits. …

Representing 14 luxury brands within less than a year of its inception, the One Rep Global team didn’t let the pandemic bog down its spirit. They share their mantra for sustenance through a tumultous year for people and businesses around the world, some of the latter still reeling under the …

Technology will play a major role in facilitating recovery, ushering in a new era of personalised travel that will present more opportunities for businesses and a better experience for travellers. Sean Menke, Chief Executive Officer, Sabre, outlines how Sabre enabled change beyond the pandemic. Year 2020 was game-changing – it …

Data from SOTC MICE Survey reveals that 25 per cent of corporates are looking at foreign destinations for MICE and 39 per cent indicated their MICE budgets would remain the same. SD Nandakumar, President & Country Head (B2B & Foreign Exchange), SOTC Travel, shares more insights. Business environment is now …

Swosti Travels is promoting its exciting six-night, seven-day itinerary to the shakti peethas in Odisha which could be promoted to not just pilgrims but also cultural tourists looking to learn about the Indian culture. There are 12 shakti peethas in popular Odisha culture and Swosti Travels’ tour covers some of …

As one of the exhibitors at the upcoming MICE Engage 2021 virtual roadshow, Bahrain Tourism & Exhibition Authority (BTEA) hopes to inform the key corporates attending it about the destination’s safety and unique offerings for all their MICE requirements, helping bring the destination to the forefront. Hazel Jain Sharing the …

Benazir Nazar, Chief Executive Officer, Akbar Holidays, shares an account of what went behind successfully conducting a M!CE group tour of 1,800 delegates to Dubai in February 2021. She says that the operations team in India also made sure that all visas and COVID-19 tests were done on time. Sun, …