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Harish Chandra Gurnani, Owner of Hollywood (India) Travels, passed away today. A champion of the travel trade in Lucknow, Harish Gurnani started the first-ever travel agency in Lucknow in 1965. Well-known to the airlines, travel and hotel industry, Gurnani, popularly known as Hari bhai, was regarded with a lot of love and respected by the tourism industry in Uttar Pradesh.

Vishal Suri, Managing Director, SOTC Travel, shared that it was an electrifying experience to watch ICC World Cup, India v/s Pakistan match at Old Trafford in Manchester. “Both inside the venue, and outside the stadium, the experience was electrifying.” If you want the same experience, make your Dream 11 team with VisitBritain Cricket Carnival Season-1 and win many prizes, including ticket for two at Old Trafford, Manchester for the hospitality lounge when India tours England later this year. Register on http://bit.ly/VisitBritainCricketCarnival or contact Vartik Sethi on vartik.sethi@ddppl.com or +91 83684 28139.

Unveiling a new product, TravelBullz is offering travel agents to book online Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) Hotels in Thailand  on its portal which is designed to become a new opportunity to earn for travel agents selling outbound packages. With instant confirmation, trade partners can easily complete COE to Thailand, do visa formalities and book the quarantine hotels at the best rates on www.travelbullz.com

With MICE travel from India slowly gaining momentum, JTB India will host an unique B2C virtual platform dedicated to MICE travel slated to be held on April 28, 2021. JTB invites National Tourism Offices and global hotel chains to participate in this in order to take advantage of its wide corporate network. The event will see attendance from top corporate companies in India. For more information, contact Kritika Kunden at kritika.kunden258@jtb-india.com or Deepali Gupta at deepali.gupta040@jtb-india.com.

Zuheb Hasan MZ, Founder, Travel Bee, has won the VisitBritain Cricket Carnival Season-1 for the third Test Match. Sharing his excitement, he says, “I participated in a contest after a long time. This is a great initiative, and can be extended beyond sports with travel quizzes as well. I used to play cricket at the state level, but had to discontinue. However, I know the game and hence, I chose players I thought would perform better. I am excited about the grand prize and participating in all the games.”

The Globus family of brands has curated a selection of 6 programmes titled Monograms India Discoveries to help travellers discover India. Varesh Chopra – Regional Director – Globus family of brands, says, “In our continuous interactions with our trade partners through 2020, they exhibited immense confidence in the idea of us offering experiences in India for domestic travellers. So we designed some of the best experiences to destinations within India.”

Expedia Travel Agent Affiliate Programme (Expedia TAAP) is conducting a webinar for the travel trade in India tomorrow, at 11:30 am. The virtual event will allow travel agents to learn about the benefits of using Expedia TAAP. Those who want to register can write to jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call +91 9650196532.

Akbar Travels and Sabre Corporation have announced a new long-term, strategic partnership agreement. Under the extended and expanded agreement, Sabre will continue to be Akbar’s preferred GDS partner in India, ensuring that the firm can continue to access real-time, rich content from hundreds of thousands of airlines, hoteliers and other travel providers through Sabre’s intuitive Sabre Red 360 interface. Akbar and Sabre will also be working more closely together through the appointment of software company, Benzy Infotech – a 100% subsidiary of the Akbar Group.

Travel Spirit International (TSI) has launched a new travel portal, www.TravelSpell.com which is solely focussed on promoting domestic tourism, by providing the local Indian tourist with a wide array of carefully crafted experiential journeys across the Indian subcontinent. The platform is powered by TSI and has already partnered with esteemed brands like Taj Hotels, Oberoi Group, ITC, and Rare India.

Expedia TAAP is organising a webinar for the travel trade on Friday, 26th Feb, 2021, which will start at 11:30 am. Travel agents will get to chance to learn about the benefits of using Expedia TAAP at this virtual event. To register, write to jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call +91 9650196532.