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Airlink, the privately-owned South African regional airline based in Johannesburg, has named AirlinePros International as its General Sales Agent for India, strengthening its foothold across borders. The privately-owned South African carrier Airlink has appointed AirlinePros International as its General Sales Agent for the India market. The IATA and IOSA-accredited Airlink …

Adventure tourism providers in Maharashtra will be given a temporary registration certificate from the Directorate of Tourism and a final registration certificate after obtaining all required qualifications. In a bid to promote adventure tourism, the Maharashtra government approved the state’s new adventure tourism policy. The policy will channelise adventure tourism …

B2B booking platform GRNconnect has now launched a DMC business in the US to meet the growing requirement for tailor-made itineraries and personalised travel that it has been witnessing. Deepak Narula, Managing Director, GRNconnect, talks about the company’s growing global portfolio. Nisha Verma Speaking about opening their DMC business in …

How important will market research be going forward given that markets will be much more volatile in the aftermath of the pandemic? TRAVTALK speaks to six stakeholders about the importance of research and customer surveys when it comes to tweak their strategy. They have some interesting insights to share… Sammy …

Swosti Group will unveil the first five-star beach resort in Puri, Odisha, scheduled to open in October 2023. The 125-room property will have a bouquet of facilities and multiple venues for the MICE market. Puri has been selected by Swosti Group as it attracts a large number of tourists, and …

Former Tourism Secretary Parvez Dewan says that while the COVID-19 pandemic has definitely shaken the tourism industry, reinventing and retooling ourselves might save the day. Nisha Verma The first step to reviving from the ill-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is to ‘retool ourselves,’ says Parvez Dewan, citing that restaurants have …

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 …

Arvind Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, says that while domestic tourism has shown a promising recovery, the Ministry is now focusing on attracting more international tourists and MICE groups to India via promotional schemes. Nisha Verma Tourism Secretary, Arvind Singh says his Ministry is aware of the hardships being faced …