In-the-Issue

Turkiye: 27,000 and counting!

Turkiye creates a new record by welcoming over 27,000 Indian visitors in June 2022. With its ‘Safe Tourism Certification Program’, Turkiye expects even higher number of international travellers all through 2022. TT Bureau With Turkiye relaxing the COVID-19 related travel restrictions for Indian visitors, the country hosted the highest ever …

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PATA India promotes Kerala Tourism

During the pandemic, like many other tourism destinations, Kerala Tourism was also hit badly. However, the state is now all geared up to welcome tourists and is thus bringing new tourism products while making sure that the most popular offerings for tourists are also marketed well. TT Bureaus V Krishna …

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Indian agents to build business

Inspiring Vacations, making foray into the Indian market, focuses on agents by building quality relationship with business partners across the country through visits, email marketing and webinars. Janice Alyosius Inspiring Vacations offers enriching and affordable travel packages for small and large groups to the world’s most iconic destinations. These premium …

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Big expansion on cards

Moumita Mukherjee Paul, Director Sales for India Market, Centara Group of Hotels, says that the group kept its feet firmly on the ground during COVID times and has plans to expand business this year. Janice Alyosius Moumita Mukherjee Paul, Director Sales for India Market, Centara Group of Hotels, is hopeful …

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The legacy of Rail Europe

Srijit Nair, General Manager, Rail Europe India, discusses their new booking portal ERA – Easy Rail Access – which allows agents to make booking for all the European train journeys easily, as well as reaching a milestone of 90 fabulous years! TT Bureau What is the current focus area for …

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Utah: Road trips, a tourist’s delight

Utah, a state in the Western United States, is known for its roads. The roads wind through the Mighty Five® national parks, 15 ski resorts, seven national forests, 44 state parks and more one-of-a-kind towns that you would like to visit. Each journey is a photographer’s paradise, a hiker’s nirvana, …

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Inform travellers about flying rights

Passengers have many issues concerning airline services, which crop up from time to time. To redress grievances of passengers, Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has released ‘Passenger Charter’ to define the rights of passengers and the rules governing the airlines. Here is a what-to-do list of things that agents must …

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Reinventing destinations for cruising

Vasundhara Gupta, Business Development and Marketing Head, Lotus Aero Enterprises (GSA for Costa Cruises), discusses its latest flagship Costa Toscana in Dubai from December 2022 to March 2023. For this, they have launched a simple rate sheet with good commission structures keeping the travel agents in mind and a great …

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Sustainability the new mantra

Addressing India Tourism Sustainable Development webinar, Anita Mendiratta, Special Advisor to Secretary General, UNWTO, says COVID-19 crisis has left an indelible mark on industry, which can only be erased by advancing through sustainable approach. TT Bureau Stating that ongoing COVID-19 is Mother Nature’s way of “reminding us of the priorities …

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