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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.

Dhiren Katariya, Founder of Bombay Travel Bazaar, says, “It’s been almost two years now that we have been working with  . We organise luxury tour packages for both domestic and international destinations. The journey has been wonderful and we will continue to work with them. The Tripjack Fantasy League is super fun and I personally recommend each one of you’ll to at least try their cricketing skills, plan their team and win it. Trust me, after selecting your team, watching the match is much more interesting! Keep playing and keep watching.” Top winners also get air tickets sponsored by AirAsia and hotels stays every week. Visit tripjack.com now!

According to a recent survey by Travel Consul, to study the impact of COVID-19 on the industry and the future recovery of global travel distribution, there could be a 67% drop in business volume (revenue) in Q1 2021 compared to the same period in 2019-2020. More than 1,000 travel executives (tour operators and agency owners) participated from more than 20 countries in the global survey.

PM Modi has inaugurated Asia’s longest ropeway on Mount Girnar in Junagarh, Gujarat which is a major pilgrim site with the presence of Hindu temples. Constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 130 crore, it can carry 1,000 passengers per hour. A distance of 2.3 km will now be covered in just 7.5 minutes through the ropeway