Associations

After the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture recommended the inclusion of tourism in the Concurrent list of Constitution, the industry is elated and praising the Ministry of Tourism for pushing their case. It is confident that the request will be heard. Rajiv Mehra, President, IATO Bringing tourism …

Prof John Koldowski, Advisor to PATA and Professor at School of Tourism, Leshan University, China, and a renowned tourism analyst, shares an in-depth analysis on the forecast for Asia Pacific tourism, highlighting India as a market. Hazel Jain The recently held webinar titled ‘Asia Pacific Tourism Forecast’ conducted by PATA …

Subhash Goyal, President, Confederation of Tourism Professionals, points out why it is essential to announce e-Tourist Visa and scheduled international flights in the months of September-October. We have to fulfil our Prime Minister’s dream of making India a $5 trillion economy. Therefore, we need to act now before it is …

Instituted on International Women’s Day 2021, ATOAI has introduced the Women’s Collective, a task force formed with the purpose of inspiring, nurturing and celebrating women in adventure travel. Manas Dwivedi Arshdeep Anand, CEO, HMA Spectrum Handcrafted Holidays, will be the Chairperson of the committee while other members include, Guneet Puri, …

The following extracts from CAPA India’s Airport Outlook FY2022 reveal that Indian airports will need to shift to airline driven and passenger-centric business models in which they will have to fight to attract traffic and generate revenue. In any discussion about the challenges in Indian aviation the focus is usually …

Rajiv Mehra, President, IATO and Pronab Sarkar, Immediate Past President, IATO, recently met the finance minister to thank her for recent relief announcements and sought support from the government on issues like SEIS, TCS, ECLGS and export industry status. Manas Dwivedi Rajiv Mehra and Pronab Sarkar met Finance Minister Nirmala …

The newly-elected president of TAFI says that the first thing the team needs to do is revive the faith of its members, because an association derives its strength not from its leaders but from its members. The team’s priority is to revive TAFI and make it relevant again. Hazel Jain …

Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) Uttar Pradesh Chapter organised its hybrid meeting on July 9 in Varanasi at Hotel Clarks, under the chairmanship of Prateek Hira, Chairman UP Chapter and Vikram Singh, Co-Chair of the chapter. Manas Dwivedi This meeting was supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of …

The ETOAI (Education Tour Operators Association of India) makes a sincere appeal to all the tourism boards, airlines, and tourism service providers to associate with them to take advantage of the potential this very unique and untapped segment provides with very high volumes of business. Hazel Jain The ETOAI (Education …

PP Khanna, President, Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI), talks about working in coordination with the industry, the Ministry of Tourism, as well as other associations to boost domestic tourism. He also believes that the ministerial change for the Northeast would help promote tourism in the region. Nisha …