Ministry of Tourism has recently developed Utsav, a portal that showcases the month-wise and state-wise calendar contents on festivals, fairs, events, and online darshans across India to promote different regions of the country as popular tourist destinations. 

Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, VP, FHRAI said, “Most of these guidelines issued by CCPA are already followed by hotels & restaurants. It’s extremely disheartening that the hospitality industry is constantly singled out. We have explained over and over again that there is nothing illegal in collecting a service charge.” 

The Meliá Atocha hotel in Madrid was the venue chosen by the tour operator to celebrate together this special date, with its almost 200 guests. Madrid, 26/05/2022 – The management group, the founding partners, representatives of the Latin American operators, the head office team, and tour guides, together with family and loved ones of the company, got together again after two years to not only celebrate Europamundo Vacaciones 25th anniversary but also to enjoy the meeting after the hard period the company has been through. The idea was also to give away to a year in which they are going to experience a series of very important structural changes. The guests arrived at 7pm on Thursday evening, and after those first emotional encounters of all the attendees, an event marked by three great moments began: Origins, We are Europamundo, and Future. Marisol Amo, head of the Tour Guides Department, and Úrsula Cortés, General Management Assistant, both in charge of the organisation of the event, kicked off the event by presenting a first video starring all those who were part of the creation of the company, long before those recently celebrated 25 years, since most of them have been working together for more than 30 or 35 years! It was a very emotional moment as it was attended not only by the most veteran team, but also by family members and people who have been with Luis Garcia, current CEO and founder of the company. Afterwards, the founding partners and Luis Garcia shared a few words with the attendees. The cocktail party began in a festive and joyful athmosphere, with a sense of celebration among the attendees. The halfway point of …

ADTOI management has decided to hold elections to elect the XIII Management Committee Team of the Association comprising of six office bearers and eight managing committee members on Saturday the 6th August 2022. Varun Chandiok, Advocate has been appointed as the Returning Officer to conduct the elections in a free, fair, and peaceful manner.

The CAPA webinar forecast revealed that India’s domestic air traffic is expected to remain in the range of 130-140 million with 60-65 million in the first half and 60-65 million in the second half of FY2023. The international air traffic is expected to reach 55-60 million with approximately 25 million in the first half and 30-35 million in the second half of FY2023. 

Susan Anderson, Global Head of Uber for Business, said “Corporate travel is on the rise. Uber saw airport rides represent 13% of Mobility Gross Bookings in Q1 2022, growing 166% from the past year. As we’ve moved through the pandemic, business travel and travellers have changed and therefore company travel programs must evolve accordingly”. 

IATO urges the government to remove cascading effect of GST on tour operators and GST on tour operators to be charged on deemed value as in the case of Air Travel Agents, where a deemed value of 10% of gross billing of the tour operator may be considered as the taxable value on deemed basis where as it is being charged on gross value for tour operators. 

With the tourist sector in Oman recovering following lifting of curbs by several countries, the country recorded a mammoth 32,570 Indian tourist arrivals in May 2022, the highest so far since 2012. A total of 13,481 Indian travelers visited Oman in January 2022, compared to 7,340 of the corresponding month in 2021. 

PATA India Chapter showcased Kerala as a destination in its ‘Jewels of India’ webinar, where Krishna Teja IAS, Director, Kerala Tourism, said that 2022 can be the year of Kerala Tourism. “This is because we have lined up a series of adventure activities and festivals across the year,” he said.

The government has drawn up a plan to augment the medical infrastructures of 17 cities, which see an inflow of a lot of overseas patients for treatment and wellness therapies, in a bid to boost medical travel as part of its ‘Heal in India’ initiative.