Hyatt Regency Delhi is currently not available for reservation on Hyatt.com, according to an official statement by the hotel. However, a Tweet by Hyatt Concierge (global) in response to the status of booking of the Delhi property on the parent website of the brand stated, ‘Hyatt Regency Delhi is no longer affiliated with Hyatt’. In fact, the search for Delhi properties on the Hyatt website only shows Andaz Delhi and the Piccadilly Hotel (to be converted to Hyatt) in Janakpuri as part of the portfolio.

AD Tourism Leh, Jigmet Namgail convened a meeting with the members of All Ladakh Tour Operator Association (ALTOA), Ladakh Mountain Guides Association (LMG) and India Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) regarding the promotion of Adventure and Winter Tourism in Leh district.

IATO in association with TravTalk is organising a webinar with Art of Living, titled ‘Redesign Your Itineraries – Wellness Tourism’ today at 11:30 am. During the session, Rajeev Nambiar, Director, National Teachers Desk, The Art of Living, will share his thoughts on the subject with the audience, and inspire them to do better planning. To know more and register, contact Jaspreet Kaur at jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call 9650196532.

Mou Mukherjee, one of the PSAs for Thomas Cook India located in Dhanbad, shares her experience of being part of the Thomas Cook India family. She says, “After the setback caused due to the pandemic, I’m very happy to say that we have been able to bounce back to business. The ‘Assured’ programme has been a great initiative by Thomas Cook India to help agents like is win back the confidence of our customers, who are also happy with the on-ground services that was provided to them. Times are tricky but with the opportunities that Thomas Cook India has provided us through several of their online roadshows for the Thomas Cook Assured initiative, I am positive that we will be able to generate business and provide our customers complete satisfaction while promoting safe travel.”

Sharing the results of their latest survey, Vinod Kannan, CCO, Vistara, revealed that 2 out of 3 (almost 67%) of customers have said that flying is the safest way to travel from one city to another. Only 13% have disagree. The survey titled, ‘Flyer behaviour and trends in the times of COVID-19’ also revealed that customers’ confidence to fly is increasing, with lesser fear of exposure during the journey or fellow Pax not following protocols.

With an established background in B2B travel, TBO Group has diversified into cargo business with its first office in New Delhi operational since October 17. Ankush Nijhawan, Co-Founder, TBO Group, said they want to change the way cargo business is done in India, with different ideas, better technology and make the industry more organised. The Group plans to expand to western India in the next 6 months followed by footprints in South India as well. The company will act as a facilitator for agents to get the best prices for shipping cargo via airlines for now, and later plans to get into ocean cargo as well.

The MP&CG Chapter of TAAI recently organised a physical event for its members at Crescent Spa & Resort, Indore. Hemendra Singh Jadon, Chapter Chairman (MP & Chhattisgarh), TAAI, shares, “We organised our annual members meet on October 31 at the resort keeping all health protocols in mind, and 45 members attended it. The aim is to not just conduct our annual meet but also to build confidence among our clients that we are ready to travel. We conducted presentations on MSME benefits and on Star Air airline for members.”

Upendra Kumar from International Travels in Patna, has been using Tripjack’s website for his agency bookings since the last two years. Sharing his experience, Kumar says, “Before that, I would use other B2B portals for my bookings. But the service provided by Tripjack is very good and I have never looked back since using them. Their website is very user-friendly and their flight and hotel fares are very competitive. I keep referring them to all my travel agent friends. Even their recent Fantasy League contest that I have participated in, lets you play as well as earn Tripjack coins at the same time. I won the first prize of 15,000 Tripjack coins for the match played between Mumbai v/s Rajasthan.” Top winners get air tickets sponsored by AirAsia and hotels stays every week. Visit tripjack.com now!

In its latest move, the Tourism Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (PHDCCI) has been reconstituted for the year 2020-21 with Anil Parashar, President & CEO, Interglobe Technology Quotient (ITQ) as the Chairman and Rajan Sehgal, Kishore Kaya & Ankush Nijhawan getting elected as the Co-Chairman. Vinod Zutshi, Former Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, GOI, continues to be the Hony. Member and Mentor for the Tourism Committee. The tenure of the newly constituted committee will be 1 year but it can be reconstituted before as well. The committee is dedicated towards the betterment of tourism in India, one that is sustainable and develops India’s heritage tourism.

Seema Kadam, Regional Director (India), Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, reveals, “We have created a new ‘Travel Trade Facebook’ page for all English-speaking markets. We have a consumer website but realised the importance of having a dedicated B2B page to provide regular updates, showcase new products and answer questions from the global travel trade community on all things LA. We will have information on hotels, special days, LAX Airport updates, COVID protocols, info on LA’s outdoor activities, e-learning Programme i.e L.A, itinerary suggestions, etc. At a later stage, we will built the content to have data on LA/California suppliers.”