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Gujarat Tourism recently conducted a Fam tour for agents to promote its international-class M!CE destination in the making – GIFT City. Narrating his experience is Randhir S Vaghela, IATO Chairman (Gujarat Chapter).
Adding another flower to its bouquet of offerings, Gujarat Tourism is now looking to promote a new world-class destination that it has been developing – GIFT City in its capital city of Gandhinagar. About 25 members of the trade associations IATO and ADTOI from Ahmedabad recently went on a familiarisation tour to GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) which is being promoted as a M!CE destination.
It is India’s first International Financial Service Centre and the world’s fifth. The 103-key GIFT City Club located within the City is officially classified as a five-star hotel and offers all club facilities. The two-day trip was organised by Gujarat Tourism so travel agents could get first-hand information on GIFT City and GIFT City Club & Business Center, which was the main focus. The target audience is the corporate and M!CE clientele.
Since Gandhinagar is the capital, there are lots of ministerial offices and diplomatic missions. So there is a lot of potential for GIFT City. We will start promoting it now. The GIFT City Club has 65 operational rooms right now out of the total of 103.
GIFT City is an integrated development on 886 acres and includes offices, residential apartments, schools, hospital, hotels, clubs, retail outlets and various recreational facilities. GIFT City has multi services, SEZs and all buildings are green and sustainable structures with their own chiller plants and waste management systems.
Getting to GIFT City
Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City located on the banks of the Sabarmati River is 12 km from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport and is India’s first operational smart city and international financial services centre.
