In-the-Issue

Members of the Travel & Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) met Goa CM Pramod Sawant to share suggestions for the upcoming Goa State Budget 2021 and request him to allow international charter flights to land in Goa. Hazel Jain In order to help stakeholders in Goa recover from the after-effects …

Sandeep Gupta and Gopal Kapoor, Directors, Dook Travels, share how in the post-COVID world, offbeat destinations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia will be the forefront of the global travel landscape. And though some of the CIS countries share a border with China, most experienced a far lesser impact than …

JTB India’s MICE Engage 2021, that will be held on April 28, 2021, will be a virtual platform to connect NTOs and hotel chains directly with key corporate clients. The show is also open to airlines, cruises, attractions and theme parks, and will focus on restarting travel post COVID-19 and …

Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) is in the process of building a network of international offices responsible for both trade and consumer marketing activities, to expand the reach and relevance of Saudi’s tourism offer. Each market will be tasked with developing a tailored, strategic approach to most effectively engage with their …

Venturing into the domestic market, three-time National Award winner Special Holidays has now launched Ghumney.com — one of India’s domestic-only holiday travel portals. Nisha Verma Sandeep Jain, Director of Special Holidays and the newly-launched Ghumney.com, shares that with this initiative, they are following the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of Dekho …

Speaking about the VisitBritain Cricket Carnival – Season 1, Shuja Mehdi, B2B Manager – India, VisitBritain, shares that this is the first time that it has launched a cricket-themed contest for travel agents across India, which would allow them to ‘play virtual and win actual’. Nisha Verma The focus is …

For Etihad Airways, it is imperative that a guest’s journey is planned as seamlessly as possible. Planning international travel in a post-pandemic world surely is a different experience. The situation remains highly dynamic, as countries have different restrictions, various quarantine measures are in place and guidelines are constantly updated by …

The grand prize for the VisitBritain Cricket Carnival Season-1 is tickets to see India play against England at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester. Some top travel professionals in the country, who watched the India versus Pakistan World Cup 2019 match live at the venue, share their experience while also …

Waterways Leisure Tourism, that promotes Indian cruise liner Cordelia Cruises, is confident to provide a safe cruise vacation to its guests, right from getting on board to cruising and de boarding. Besides Goa and Diu, this year the cruise liner plans to introduce itineraries for Lakshadweep, Sri Lanka and Maldives …

Rajeev Kale, President & Country Head – Holidays, MICE, Visas, Thomas Cook (India), believes that there is no better way to experience M!CE than to do it by being physically present. To engage its corporate clients and understand their requirements, Thomas Cook (India) recently conducted the second leg of The …