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Seychelles Tourism Board successfully conducted three-city roadshow in Chennai, Ahmedabad & Delhi on 16th, 18th and 20th September 2019 respectively, to strengthen its outreach among the travel trade fraternity in India. To retain the growth momentum of Indian arrivals into Seychelles, the tourism board along with destination management companies, hotels on main as well as private islands and Air Seychelles connected with around 225 prominent travel & tour companies of India. This interactive roadshow platform with prefixed meetings allowed trade partners and travel agents to network and learn more about the diverse product offerings and experiences that Seychelles has to ... Read more

The Algarve can use its natural assets to position itself as a ‘model in sustainable development’ providing a blueprint to tackle future global crises, a conference heard. Portugal’s southern region has the perfect environment to test solutions for major challenges ahead – including energy use, water shortages, greenhouse gas emissions, elderly care, wellbeing and the destruction of natural habitats, ecosystems and wildlife – according to experts at the 2019 Algarve Tourism Conference. Meanwhile its growing tourism, technology, healthcare and renewable energy sectors can underpin the movement and help redefine the territory as the ‘California of Europe’. The event at the ... Read more

Travel Tours, the flagship leisure-travel brand of FCM Travel Solutions – Indian subsidiary of Flight Centre Travel Group, Australia – is offering a galore of destinations at special rates specifically for the upcoming festive season and extended weekends. The offer has been strategically timed to coincide with India’s peak travel booking periods for the approaching festive season. October is bringing a host of opportunities for families, friends and working professionals to take a well deserving break. Packed with festivals like Diwali, Dusshera, Navratri, Durga Puja and Bhai-Duj – October is the ideal month for people to take off on relaxing ... Read more

The Fern Hotels & Resorts, India’s leading environmentally sensitive hotel chain has opened Bluemont Beacon Hotel at Kapashera, New Delhi taking the tally to 14 hotels managed under the Beacon brand by the company. Over all this is the 67th hotel managed by the company. Commenting on the overall growth of the company, the CEO of the company, Suhail Kannampilly said, “It is a matter of great satisfaction that all our brands, be it The Fern, The Fern Residency and Beacon Hotels, have all been well received by our guests. We are looking forward to serve our clientele in New ... Read more

Navratri is one of the most popular festivals celebrated in the country and is dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. It is considered to be the world’s longest dance festival where people from all walks of life come together and dance their hearts out to the traditional dance of Gujarat called Garba and Dandiya-Raas. On this occasion, while the entire country celebrates this auspicious festival with much gusto, Novotel Goa Dona Sylvia invites you for their Dandiya Night. Dress your best and show off your killer moves with an amalgamation of disco beats with traditional folk music ... Read more

In just four months following the horrifying terror attacks that threatened to derail the fast flourishing tourism industry of Sri Lanka, a strong recovery strategy implemented by key industry players such as Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts has enabled the sector to effectively address and avert an emergent crisis. Spearheading this revival, the hospitality chain has initiated a number of campaigns, an encouraging celebrity video with VIP guests who have graced Cinnamon over the past few years, internationally renowned celebrity destination ambassadors such as former Miss Sri Lanka, Jacqueline Fernandez and Miss World, Manushi Chhillar, an innovative destination campaign ‘Bring a ... Read more

The prestigious IIA National Awards for Excellence in Architecture 2018 will be held in Trivandrum on October 3rd and 4th 2019 along with Trivandrum Architecture and Aesthetic Celebration (TAAC). The awards will be adjudged in categories of Residential, Interior- Non Residential, Socially Responsible, Commercial, Pubic Institutional, Industrial – Infrastructure, Interior – Residential, Hospitality & Recreation, Conservation, Landscape, Unbuilt and Research. The two-day event held at Kovalam beach Trivandrum will see the attendance of about 1000 delegates comprising Architects & Urban Planners, from India and across the globe. The Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) is the national body of architects, with ... Read more

In a first such initiative in the country, Kerala Tourism will be implementing guidelines and a certification scheme from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to promote more systematic approach and safety in adventure tourism. The procedural guidelines for registration are under consideration of the state government and is expected to come into force by October. BIS will be joining hands with Kerala Tourism to launch the new certification scheme, which is meant to comply with safety and security standards. This was disclosed by State Tourism Director P Bala Kiran IAS on the concluding day of the International Conference on ‘Global Trends ... Read more

Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) conducted a roadshow in Hyderabad on 26th September to enhance commercial ties with the Indian travel trade fraternity. In an effort to retain the growth momentum of Indian arrivals to Israel, the team interacted with over 50 key travel and tour operators, MICE providers and up-market leisure operators. The event commenced with a presentation leading to an interactive session with the IMOT team. The roadshow included interactive B2B sessions, education programmes and workshops to aid trade members in planning itineraries and responding to customer queries. The Israeli delegation was led by the newly appointed Director ... Read more

Kerala Tourism is embarking on a brand building mission to make the state one of the most sought-after global destinations, said Hon. Minister for Tourism, Co-operation and Devaswom Kadakampally Surendran on Monday. Speaking after distributing prizes to the winners of the Second Clint Memorial International Children’s Online Painting Competition, the Minister said though Kerala has firmly positioned itself on world tourism map, there are still potential markets to be tapped. “One of the biggest challenges Kerala is facing in tourism sector is that it has to compete globally. We mostly try to attract visitors, who would have gone to Sri ... Read more

Amid Kerala Tourism’s effort to woo more Chinese travellers to the state, a workshop was held today for travel and tourism trade as part of designing a marketing strategy to increase their footfall. Inaugurating the concluding ceremony of the workshop, state Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said the state should tap the strong China market which sends 150 million tourists across the world. “Kerala will do a sustained China Ready campaign with definite partnerships at G2G, B2B and B2C levels,” he said. “In spite of deep historical, cultural and continental connect, Kerala is still not the most frequented tourist destinations of the Chinese, ... Read more

An increasingly competitive market warrants tourist destinations to constantly update and acquire a unique identity, while creating a story is key to promoting any product as a brand, a global conclave said today. “Innovation is pointless unless it is commercial. We must create an ecosystem conducive for growth by supporting new talents and building start-up incubators,” business information systems expert Brian Marrinan noted at the International Conference on Tourism Technology (ICTT 2019) here. Citing an example from a small city in his native Ireland, he explained how Shannon in the province of Connacht has been a world leader in travel ... Read more

Barely days after it was conferred three PATA gold awards, Kerala Tourism covered itself with more glory as it bagged two prestigious National Tourism Awards 2017-18 for the Best Tourism Film ‘Come Out and Play’ and the third prize in the category of ‘Best State/UT: Comprehensive Development of Tourism – Rest of India’ at an impressive function in New Delhi. Private players like hoteliers and tour operators in Kerala’s travel and hospitality industry substantially increased the awards tally of the state as they were given five more awards. Overall, Kerala received seven awards at the function, organised at the imposing ... Read more

In a novel initiative, close to 200 delegates at a global meet on travel took a 30-minute breather from the proceedings this forenoon to line up under the sun for a human formation that read ‘World Tourism Day’, bringing into sharp focus the significance of September 27. Wearing caps in saffron, white and green in the order of India’s tricolor, 185 participants from various parts of the globe at the International Conference on Tourism Technology (ICTT) here symbolically blurred man-made boundaries of countries, hailing the spirit of universal oneness. Once the delegates and officials at the meadow stood in the ... Read more

China’s emerging class of young, educated and resource-rich travel lovers are passionate about visiting countries, especially in East and South Asia, but India is yet to figure in their list of top eight destinations, an international conclave was told here today. Kerala, as one of India’s leading tourist destinations, must strive to latch on this new trend of graduates from China below 35 years of age touring abroad mostly with families, Beijing-based Richard Matuzevich of the World Tourism Cities Federation told the International Conference on Tourism Technology (ICTT). The third edition of the two-day ICTT, being organised by the Association ... Read more