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A revival plan for the industry

Trade associations share their recommendations to various ministries, urging them to take necessary steps to revive the tourism industry. Relief on both GST and Income Tax as well as suspension of licence renewal fee have been suggested. Meenakshi Sharma, DG, Ministry of Tourism As an industry, we should start formalising …

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India as ‘Land of Buddha’ again

Association of Buddhist Tour Operators’ recently-concluded annual convention and International Buddhist Travel Mart sought to bolster the idea of India as ‘The Land of Buddha’ through targeted promotion. Kanchan Nath The Association of Buddhist Tour Operators is an international organisation working for the conservation, protection, preservation of monuments, and promotion …

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‘World’s Greatest Show’

Expo 2020 Dubai is all set to showcase a never-experienced event for 173 days, starting from October 20, 2020 to April 10, 2021. It is expecting 25 million visits from across the world. Devika Jeet Expo 2020 Dubai is preparing to put on the ‘World’s Greatest Show’ of human brilliance …

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Riaz Munshi is president

The newly-elected team of OTOAI will focus on three key areas as part of its immediate agenda – building relationships with governments and tourism boards, doubling membership within a year, and conducting more trainings. In a recently concluded ceremony, Outbound Tour Operators Association of India (OTOAI) unanimously elected its new …

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2019: Lukewarm response

While the tourism industry expressed hope of a promising 2019, the year couldn’t quite match expectations. Performance and revenues remained mediocre, while a few government policies acted as a silver lining. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman & Managing Director, Air India We began operating nine international routes in FY 2019-20 and many …

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10% commission for T20 Cup

Gainwell Sports is the official travel agent for ICC’s T20 World Cup tournaments (men and women) in Australia next year, and is offering a referral agent scheme so partners can earn commissions of up to 10 per cent on published packages. TT Bureau Being appointed as the official travel agent …

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My Value Travel.com launches ‘MVT Rewards Program’

My Value Travel.com has launched a unique rewards program-“MVT Rewards Program” for the travel agent’s network. The ‘MVT Rewards Program’ promises multiple rewards for travel agents per booking wherein its registered B2B agents gets Reward Points for every booking that they make on ‘myvaluetravel.com’ as well as Bonus points for …

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