Category Archives: Agents

One Above has acquired a DMC in the Mediterranean destination of Greece called Orama Travel, which means ‘travel with a vision’ in Greek. Now called One Above Greece, the new office starts operations from its new location in Athens. Speaking on this occasion Rahim Aslam, Founder, One Above, says, “One Above Greece promises the visitor diverse experiences beyond the stereotypical sea and sun holiday usually associated with Greece. Yes, Greece is incredible for offering riveting summer holidays but there is more to Greece than this. Consider a holiday in Greece any other time of year and you will begin to appreciate its diversity and discover a side of it that you didn’t know existed!” He adds that the One Above team specialises in offering exceptional services to tourists travelling to Greece. “Our expertise and rich experience of 30 years, inspired by the knowledge and the taste of our customers originating from all over the world make us an essential partner for everyone wishing to organise their travel, be it for leisure or business. Over the years, we have learned to respect the traveller, consider the travelling experience with a different outlook, and continually improve all our travel destinations as per the current trends,” he adds. Rahim adds, “One Above Greece will provide the critical knowledge necessary to make all travel arrangements successful. Our reputation for high quality, creative service is based on our ability to help you manage your clients travel arrangements more effectively. It is based on our philosophy of service with an extra measure of value, service that goes above and beyond the typical requirements of a DMC. Our mission is to provide every client with the best …

Hasan Patel, Director of B2B travel portal Tripjack, says, “We conceptualised the Fantasy League to increase our engagement with our travel partners during these times. This innovative concept of the Travel Agent Fantasy League is now in the second phase and the excitement level has doubled. The competition has more than 3,000 winners till date and we are seeing more and more users participate daily. Visit Tripjack.com and start playing now!”

IATO in association with TravTalk is organising a webinar with Art of Living on the topic, ‘Redesign Your Itineraries- Wellness Tourism’ on Thursday, November 5 at 11:30 am. During the session, Rajeev Nambiar, Director, National Teachers Desk, The Art of Living, will be sharing his thoughts on the topic with the audience and inspire them to do better planning. To know more and register, contact Jaspreet Kaur at Jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call 9650196532.

Imran Ahamed, Owner of Pride Holidays, says, “I’ve been associated with Tripjack for the past one year since I started my company, and I’ve been getting really good support from their entire team. From visa processing to ticketing and hotel bookings – every support extended by the Tripjack team is one step ahead of any other online service portal in India. Their recent launch of the Fantasy League contest is one more milestone in the Tripjack journey.” Top winners get air tickets sponsored by AirAsia and hotels stays every week. Visit tripjack.com now!  

Rail Europe will launch its Rail Expert Program 2020 – a month-long programme wherein the travel fraternity gets an opportunity to learn about various European Rail products and also gets a chance to win exciting prizes. The Rail Expert India Program will be live from 1 November till 30 November, 2020. It is Rail Europe’s exclusive training programme on European trains and now in its third year. It has companies like Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and TGV participating in this year’s programme. This educational programme is for the travel fraternity wherein travel agents and tour operators can participate and learn on selling the key European rail products. The program is designed to encourage travel advisors to increase and improve their knowledge on rail products with each training session. The quiz is available on Rail Europe’s global platform. Travel agents have to sign up and complete five modules of 10 questions each and they will be provided with the course material in the form of a presentation. On completion of the course and securing the minimum qualification they get the Rail Expert Certificate as well as a chance to win exciting prizes.    

Thomas Cook India will showcase business opportunities for travel agents and the benefits of its ‘Assured’ Safe Travel Program in a webinar on November 3, 2020 at 3pm. Inviting the trade to this, Romil Pant, Senior Vice President – Holidays, Thomas Cook India, says, “We look forward to each one of you joining us on the occasion as we talk about the Thomas Cook ‘Assured’ Program – a unique initiative along with Apollo Clinics to provide assurance to all your customers who travel through us. We will also be sharing information about our specialised packages across the country that your clients can travel to at the best possible prices in the most safe and secured manner. We promise you a lot of interaction and fun during the webinar as we give all participants vouchers worth Rs 2,000 for your forward travel as well as a live auction.” To participate, contact Jaspreet Kaur at jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call 9650196532.

The Ship/Ferry Owners Association in Andaman & Nicobar Islands has requested the government to remove restrictions on flight movements in the region as no tourist movement has picked up despite South Andaman being open for tourism since Sept 27. The administration is currently allowing only 2 flights per day into the islands. In an appeal to home ministry and tourism minister, trade associations IATO and FHRAI have also asked to restart inter-island transport and ferries between islands.  

Geoffrey JW Kent, Founder and Co-Chairman, Abercrombie & Kent, said during the on-going Future Hospitality Summit, “Travellers will want to know that they will be in a safe environment. They will do shorter trips with private aircrafts or helicopters amidst nature. I think that will be the first thing that will come back. People will ask for tailor-made, highly personalised trips where they can ask questions at any time and some guarantee that they can get back easily if something goes wrong.”

Pankaj Kumar, Owner of Patna-based Travel Point, has enjoyed playing in the Fantasy League. He says, “Not only that, I even enjoyed watching the matches even more after participating in this. We have been working with Tripjack for some time and realise that their deals for flights and hotels are very competitive. Their website is also very user friendly. I particularly like the format of the ticket which we can print from their website for our customer.” Top winners get air tickets sponsored by AirAsia and hotels stays every week. Visit tripjack.com now!

Alex Dichter, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, has revealed that recoveries, of top 10 markets in tourism expenditures will happen earliest by 2022, and latest by 2025. India is at the 5th position in the list, expecting to recover by 2022-23, according to his presentation at Future Hospitality Summit.