G Kamala Vardhana Rao, Director General, Ministry of Tourism said the government is focusing on improving the connectivity, especially in the Northeast region, since connectivity is a major problem and is impacting the tourism potential that the region has.  

The governments of West Bengal and Sikkim have signed an agreement to help tourists travel between the two neighbouring states with ease in a bid to boost tourism. The agreement will allow West Bengal-registered commercial vehicles to drop tourists at their hotels in different destinations of Sikkim. 

The Australian government has updated its border entry protocols and visitors no longer need to undertake a negative COVID-19 test report before traveling to Australia. People traveling to Australia won’t need to complete a Digital Passenger Declaration (DPD) to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status, following changes to the Biosecurity Act, which come into effect from midnight AEST on Wednesday, 6 July 2022.  

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”. 

The summer travel outlook report, produced for the World Travel Market (WTM) by ForwardKeys, reveals that in the third quarter of the year, July, August and September, global air travel is set to reach 65% of where it was before the pandemic in 2019.