RARE India recently launched three initiatives, namely RATAN, RAIN and Beautiful Planet, in a bid to grow the community of environmentally conscious people and travel enthusiasts who believe in sustainable living. Shoba Mohan, Founder, RARE India, shares details… Nisha Verma RARE Travel Agency Network (RATAN) and RARE Influencer Network (RAIN) …
Read More »Customer is ready. Are you?
Wipro’s webinar on building a resilient future for travel agencies focused on how they should draw up a blueprint to bring about their digital transformation. Jyoti Mayal, President, TAAI It’s very easy for a tech-savvy person to say that technology is available – you just have to take it, it’s …
Read More »Low visibility on demand for OTAs
Six experts discuss the emerging credibility gap being built in the travel chain and the challenge of predicting green shoots of demand, during an OAG webinar. A key challenge that remains, all agree, is the dynamic nature of policies today, leaving the intermediary and the traveller, and oft times the …
Read More »TAG requests tax waivers
The Tour Operators & Travel Agents Association of Gujarat (TAG) met the Gujarat tourism minister to seek relief for the trade and suggest measures for reviving tourism in the state. To help revive tourism in Gujarat, Tour Operators & Travel Agents Association of Gujarat (TAG) has submitted a document to …
Read More »‘Government failed industry’
Sanjay Datta, Managing Director, Airborne Holidays, says that while he is keeping his team’s morale high, there is going to be a serious impact on businesses and one has to work on new norms and practices going forward. He says that the crisis has led him to start from scratch …
Read More »Does an IATA membership help?
The Indian travel industry is still debating the refund process for air ticket cancellations, and agents are bearing the brunt. TRAVTALK dug deeper into the issue and inquired if being an IATA member helped relieve some of that burden and were they willing to renew their membership. While 82% agents …
Read More »Branching out, not stepping out
Agents across the country are taking the pragmatic approach and turning their passion into a second, alternative profession. But tourism remains their first love. TRAVTALK speaks to a few of these entrepreneurs who have branched out without stepping out. Bengaluru Aravind Kumar, Managing Partner, Crimson Holidays We have started home …
Read More »IATA agent members vexed
An air of dismay surrounds travel agents today owing to lack of support from IATA that has left them grappling for refunds. Agents, especially the smaller ones, across India are in a dilemma over renewing their IATA membership at all. Has IATA been reduced to just a name and logo? …
Read More »VOIT offers collaborative training
More than 2,300 tourism and hospitality students and academicians from 77 universities around the country have been registered with the training programme by Voice of India Tourism (VOIT), a CSR initiative that aims to educate and enlighten young minds of the industry through daily live learning sessions. Manas Dwivedi Industry …
Read More »‘Everything must have a story’
A shopaholic who loves to travel and be adventurous, Nagsri Prasad Sashidhar, Chief Happiness Officer, NAGSRI – Creating Special Memories, says that while FIT business makes her fulfil people’s dreams, it also allows her to explore the world and satiate her creative side. Here’s her fascinating story… It was always …
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