The Utah Office of Tourism launched a revamped website to inspire visitors to consider Utah for their travel, increase well-prepared visitation and improve the customer experience. The redesign includes new visuals that highlight Utah’s diverse, vast landscapes and encourage deeper exploration; new site headings point to more experiences; significantly improved data and technical capabilities engage users more effectively; and there is more detailed information about places to visit and itineraries. The Red Emerald Strategic Plan encourages well-prepared year-round visitation, focusing on the quality of visits not just quantity of visitors, getting customers responsibly off the beaten path and helping communities that want to attract more tourists develop their destinations.  

Day one of the Virtual Spanish Travel Show saw more than 750 buyers from across the Indian subcontinent including  India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka meet 20 Spanish suppliers and conducted more than 2100 one-on-one meetings. Register for Day 2 of the show from 2 pm-7 pm IST at www.virtualspanishtravelshow.com 

FAITH has requested the Government that till the time vaccine is deployed, they should set up a targeted tourism transition fund which can make money available on a direct benefit transfer through Ministry of Finance for Indian tourism & hospitality industry. This drawdown by the tourism enterprises may be adjustable over 5 years against their GST & income tax liabilities.  

Tourism Ireland will conduct a webinar on December 7 at 4.30 pm IST that will have an interesting line-up of Irish suppliers. Siobhán Naughton, its Marketing & Trade Executive (ME & Asia), says, “We will showcase some fantastic accommodation offerings, amazing landscapes, and activities that are waiting to be enjoyed. To sign up, contact Jaspreet Kaur at jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or 9650196532.

In its report on reinventing regional aviation, CAPA India has recommended the government that last mile connectivity must be prioritised. “One of the shortcomings of the UDAN scheme is that last mile connectivity is often costly and not available to the level required,” the aviation consultancy said in the report.

HVS ANAROCK, in its monthly hospitality monitor titled ‘Hotels & Hospitality Overview India’, reveals that Chandigarh and Goa topped the charts with over 40 per cent occupancy during the month of October, driven by the demand from wedding events and leisure travellers, respectively.  

Thomas Cook India, in association with Accor and Marriott, recently conducted a 10-city roadshow across key markets of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Pune, Kochi and Jaipur. It focussed on safety protocols as well as domestic and international packages on offer.

The 2-day Virtual Spanish Travel Show organised by The Tourism Office of Spain in India will be held online starting today from 2 pm to 7 pm IST. It will help the trade make new contacts, re-establish relationships and prepare them to leap ahead as soon as international travel to Spain restarts. To participate, visit www.virtualspanishtravelshow.com

The Kerala Travel Mart Society has filed a writ plea in the Kerala High Court against the central government on the issue of their inaction to facilitate revival of the tourism industry.The HC has asked government’s counsel to file an affidavit explaining the actions taken to revive the tourism sector in a week’s time.

Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in a review meeting for the implementation of cruise service said that ‘Ramayan Cruise Tour’ on the Saryu river in Ayodhya will be launched soon. It will be the first-ever luxury Cruise service on the Saryu river (Ghagra/National Waterways-40) in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.