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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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A surge in tourism business before the 2nd wave saw stakeholders in Punjab rejoice. But, the state still has a long way to go. Nisha Verma In Punjab, while the second wave saw business dropping for most hotels and tour operators, things were not that bad before March, especially in …
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Countries are slowly opening to tourism, but will this bring in enthusiastic travellers in hordes and cause another problem? Hazel Jain While more travellers bode well for the travel trade around the world, there might be a thin line between revenge tourism and over-tourism. Jay Bhatia, Director, Tulsidas Khimji Holidays …
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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 …
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So far, only SII’s Covishield has been approved in eight European Union countries and Switzerland amid a row over travel pass. This has some outbound agents worried. Abhik Dutta, Director, The Waanderers This is a welcome announcement overall. However, unlike Switzerland which has announced that all types of visas will …
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An end to the COVID-19 pandemic seems far beyond the horizon, but the tourism industry of the Philippines is dedicated to ensuring a phased reopening of the islands to offer utmost safety and hygiene to potential international travellers through the GREEN Corridor initiative. Department of Tourism (DOT) Philippines has developed …
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Private aviation is now being seen as more of a necessity than a luxury due to its safety provisions and greater control over the customer environment. Here are few reasons why private jets could take off in 2021-22, with particularly strong demand from high net-worth individuals both for leisure and …
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