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The Wanderers was agile enough to quickly move from real to virtual during the pandemic, conducting virtual employee engagement activities and reducing workplace loneliness for corporates and their employees. Hazel Jain When employee engagement started to take a whole new meaning altogether during the pandemic, The Wanderers, a big player …

Thomas Cook India is cautiously optimistic about this segment’s recovery. And though travel to foreign countries has begun to resume, one mustn’t forget the diversity that India offers Hazel Jain ‘I have always been very hopeful of the M!CE segment in India,” says Madhavan Menon, Chairman and MD, Thomas Cook …

The signs of revival are visible now and the industry seems to be ready to overcome the hurdles with full force to host events and level-up the game when it comes to M!CE. And as the year gradually progresses, M!CE travel is set to grow, predicted to completely bounce back …

Ravi Gosain, Managing Director, Erco Travel and Honorary Treasurer, Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), believes that inbound tourism to India might not start fully before next year. He also foresees an extreme change in how the business of travel and tourism is conducted going forward. The COVID-19 vaccination gave …

The ever-optimistic Jay Bhatia, Director of Tulsidas Khimji Holidays, is upbeat about the approaching summer months and he foresees an increase in domestic travel with itineraries of around 15-18 days. He says that it is expected that from mid-February, there will be 15-20 per cent growth compared to the last …

Indiatourism has been aggressively engaging travel agents during the pandemic and has now upped its game by conducting physical events and familiarisation tours, this time with Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board. Besides MP, tour operators from Gujarat, Maharashtra and Manipur were invited for the event and tour. Hazel Jain Under its …

Medical tourism, already on the rise, can be a game changer in the future if the government and travel trade unite. Nisha Verma India was booming as a medical tourism destination pre-COVID. By mid-2020, India’s medical tourism sector was estimated to be worth US$5-6 billion. In 2017, 495,056 patients visited …

With COVID-induced lockdowns as the order of the day, the opening up of borders and sporadic lifting of travel restrictions is often accompanied by various caveats for would-be travellers. Here’s VFS Global addressing a few FAQs that are doing the rounds about travel-related COVID testing. In the new normal, travellers …