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Maharashtra Tourism has invited suggestions and objections from people and experts on its Forts Scheme till July 8, the document for which is available on its website. The state has also received a nod from the Urban Development Department to charge water tax and property tax from non-classified hotels registered …

A redevelopment project approved for the Emirates Old Trafford includes plans for a 1,025-seater stand, a heritage centre, and a new retail store. It also includes significant expansion of the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel. Lancashire Cricket has announced that the Club has received approval from Trafford Council for a new …

  Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, Manoj Saraf, MD, Gainwell Travel,has business in his blood and travel in his heart, and these two things have made him achieve many successes while making sure he lives life to the fullest. The travel bug bit me early,” says Manoj Saraf who …

The Kashmir valley was one of the most frequented destinations after the first lockdown was lifted. However, the good days didn’t last long and the second wave bereaved the destination of tourists. Now, the vaccination drive and the number of positive cases going down is seeing travel and hospitality stakeholders …

Anand Singh, Director, Earthen Experiences, believes that government policies must not be designed only to support prime stakeholders like airlines and hotels, but also strengthen the tour operator community. The Ministry has data of registered tour operators – the number of people employed with each can be verified from EPF, …

The pandemic has brought on some serious changes to the travel, tourism, events and hospitality world. As with everything else, the parameters of the wedding segment are also witnessing tremendous alterations. TRAVTALK speaks with six industry experts to find out what these changes are. Rajeev Jain, Director, Rashi Entertainment Almost …

Ideas such as health passports will be a foundation to ensure safe cross-border travel. But it’s going to be a long time until governments decide on a universal solution, says Virendra Jain, Co-Founder and CEO, Safe Travel Barometer – a B2B solution that monitors and benchmarks traveller health and safety …

Vaccination passport security is the major new issue facing the travel industry, according to Adam Schrader, Director of Operations at travel risk intelligence company Riskline. Counterfeit vaccination passports and certificates will seriously undermine their role in reopening travel and events sectors unless the issue is addressed quickly. ‘COVID-19 Vaccine Set …

Anil Oraw, Regional Director, Indiatourism North, believes that in the last 1.5 years, the travel patterns across the world have changed, with almost no travellers from overseas. Hence, on Ministry of Tourism’s advice, Indiatourism North has taken a few initiatives to facilitate better traffic. Nisha Verma Anil Oraw shared that …

After a surge in infection rates that debilitated tourism in Goa, two state tourism association presidents are urging the authorities to carefully plan out and conduct an image rebuilding exercise for the state so that it can restart tourism on a fresh note. The plan must be comprehensive, entailing everything …