Kishan Reddy, Minister of Tourism & Culture has informed that to harness the potential of Cruise Tourism in the country, a Task Force has been constituted with Secretary (Tourism) as the Chairman and Secretary (Shipping) as the Co-chairman.

Parliamentary Committee on Tourism has recommended the Ministry of Tourism that a Visa guidance Helpdesk should be present at all the Overseas Tourist Offices as well as the Indian Missions for effective guidance of tourists, as visa rules change from time to time.

The Indian hospitality sector witnessed strong growth in Q2 (April – June) 2022, according to JLL’s Hotel Momentum India (HMI) Q2, 2022. Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) witnessed an exponential growth of 339.3 % year-on-year (YoY) in Q2, 2022 over Q2 2021.

TAFI to host their convention in Kuching, Malaysia with 700 delegates from 20-23 September 2022. Exclusively for the members, it will have 550 TAFI members and 200 Malaysian delegates. “We want to educate the members, add value to the people who attend the convention and improve the business”, said Anil Kalsi, Joint Secretary, TAFI.

Department of Culture & Tourism-Abu Dhabi are organising a webinar titled ‘Summer like you mean it’ today at 3pm. The webinar will help the trade to learn about the summer offerings in the emirate including family friendly attractions, entertainment and leisure venues, hotels, and much more. To register, contact jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call +9650196532.

Speaking at the launch of the maiden flight of Akasa Air, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, said “Because of the foresightedness and visionary goal and zeal of the Prime Minister that we have seen first time in India, the democratisation of the civil aviation. In next 4 years we are expecting 40 crore travellers through Civil Aviation in India.”

After two years of virtual presentations, InfoComm India 2022, India’s Premier Professional AudioVisual and Integrated Experience Technology Event, is welcoming all visitors in person to fully immerse in the InfoComm India experience again. The Show is slated for 5 – 7 September at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. Having facilitated business continuity albeit virtual events in 2020 and 2021, Show Organizer InfoCommAsia is thrilled to be bringing the in-person Show back this year – this time, thanks to its tried-and-tested online facilities, with added stakeholder confidence in being disruption-ready as well as in further industry engagement beyond borders. Said Richard Tan, Executive Director of InfoCommAsia, “Ready to claim back the past two years, the industry is all geared up to reconnect in person, and share learning points and innovative advancements towards the disruption-ready demands of the new business landscape. And where better to meet than in India, the fastest-growing economy in 2022. Projected by the IMF to be the 5th largest economy by 2025, opportunities to deepen existing and build new business relations abound.” Visitors can expect a deeply engaging Show experience with an even wider array of innovative business capabilities to tap into. The Exhibition InfoComm India 2022 will host a gathering of the best and brightest luminaries in the Professional AudioVisual (Pro-AV) and Integrated Experience Technology sectors. 160 exhibiting companies, hailing from over 15 countries, will be presenting their innovations in Mumbai’s biggest exhibition space, spurring visitors to concretize their vision and elevate their projects and endeavors. Solution-seekers across India, in industries ranging from education to government, hospitality to healthcare, broadcast to enterprise, will find the answers they need at InfoComm India 2022. They can expect to …

Addressing the seventh meeting of the Governing Council (GC) of NITI Aayog, Prime Minister Narendra Modi aid that each state should focus on promoting its 3Ts, Trade, Tourism, Technology, through every Indian Mission around the world. This was the first physical meeting of the Governing Council since the onset of the pandemic.

Outbound trips from India will surpass USD 42 billion by 2024 and the government could bring about certain policy changes to boost this growing market, revealed a report titled ‘Outbound Travel and Tourism – An Opportunity Untapped’ by Nangia Andersen LLP in association with FICCI. “The Indian outbound travel market is among the fastest growing markets globally with approximately 80 million passport level of purchasing power, especially among the middle class,” said the report.

Ravi Gosain, MD, Erco Travels, Tourism Enterprises and Saffron World B.V. & Vice President, IATO, has joined TravStack (Gutsytech Travel Solutions Pvt Ltd), as a Strategic Investor and Growth Consultant. Gosain said, “TravStak will help the travel agents to optimize their resources and work effectively. It will help them in doing their business by bringing technology to their fingertips.” TravStack (Gutsytech Travel Solutions Pvt Ltd), is a Travel technology Startup based out of Bangalore by 2nd time founders from IITs and other premiere institutes backed by Singapore Tourism Board, Forbes under 30 entrepreneurs and advisors from Google, Netflix etc. TravStack is on a mission to impact 1 million travel professionals. It provides readily adaptable SaaS tools for Tour Operators, Travel agents, Travel Advisors & other Travel Businesses. The product offerings includes smart Itinerary builder, white labelled travel store with CMS, holistic travel CRM with workflow automations.  All these solutions help travel and tourism professionals to improve their bandwidth, boost digital branding & improve customer buying behaviour.  Simultaneously, empowering all SMB and offline businesses with digitally transformative tech. “We are happy to onboard a tourism industry veteran Mr. Ravi Gosain as a Strategic Investor and Growth Consultant. He is currently the Managing Director, Erco Travels Pvt. Ltd, Tourism Enterprises and Saffron World B.V. He also holds a position of Vice president in IATO. His knowhow about Startups, technology and worldwide network will steer us in the right direction in terms of positioning our product to the prospective clients from travel industry. We would also appreciate his industry experience translating into product use cases and product market fit. We would like to closely work with travel and tourism associations to listen to …