In-the-Issue

IHG’s new brands on the anvil

Sudeep Jain, Managing Director, South-West Asia, IHG Hotels & Resorts, shares his experience of 2021 and also what entails for the hospitality in 2022, including new brands suited for the Indian market. He expressed hope that the growth momentum will continue across key markets in India. Nisha Verma Wrapping up …

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Connectivity takes lead

Connectivity plays an important role in boosting tourism. As transportation services in India, whether it is rails or roads, are improving, the only thing needed for all stakeholders is to join hands to benefit each other and work towards offering best facilities for tourists. Nisha Verma One of the sessions, …

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Welcome to the West Midlands

VisitBritain aims to use the upcoming Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as a hook to talk about the West Midlands and to encourage the visitors to choose this region to explore when they visit the United Kingdom. A networking dinner aimed to take trade partners through the region and tell them …

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Business recovery is not far

Ramesh Marwah, Group CEO & Director, Dex Group, shares how in the constantly changing situation it is needed that we remain optimistic and patient because business will only grow when things settle down. Nisha Verma When it comes to recovery, Ramesh Marwah, Group CEO & Director, Dex Group, claims that …

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Right push needed to replace SEIS

While the much-awaited SEIS dues were delayed and turned out to be much lower than expected, tour operators are facing another challenge — the dissolution of SEIS or its appropriate replacement. At one of the discussions recently, experts contemplated the way forward and also discussed alternative benefits for tour operators. …

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Adventure tourism shows strength

ATOAI officials said they had begun to receive ‘excellent feedback’ on adventure tourism from both domestic and foreign travellers before the news of omicron started affecting the business again. Keeping in view the unfoldling situation, the association needs to ‘reassess and replan’ its strategies. Janice Alyosius Adventure travel was witnessing …

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Q3 booster for airline industry

With markets reopening in many countries and the travel demand picking up, airline industry breathed a sigh of relief in the third quarter. However, uncertainly looms over the industry keeping in view the emergence of new Covid variant. TT Bureau The financial situation of airline industry improved at the global …

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FHRAI signs MoU with J&K

In a first, the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India recently signed an MoU with the J&K government to develop hospitality and related infrastructure in the UT. Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, Vice President, FHRAI, signed the MoU on behalf of the hospitality industry. The third largest hospitality association in …

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Right response

The events and wedding stakeholders came together to meet the Health Minister in New Delhi to urge him to remove the 20-pax cap. Hazel Jain Key stakeholders from the events and weddings industry in New Delhi came together to appeal to Satyendar Jain, Health Minister to consider some relaxations. The …

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Murmansk re-introduced

Export Support & Tourism information centre of Murmansk Region & Official Tour Operator Aurora Xplore with Salvia Group, organized Murmansk Business Mission from December 6 to 11, 2021. Indian travel companies took part in a reverse business mission in the Murmansk region, the Arctic region of Russia. The Business Mission …

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