Category Archives: Associations

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.

Multiple travel trade associations will come together on Saturday, October 31 to participate in a bike rally titled ‘Celebrate Goa’s Tourism’ to show the country as well as the global markets that the state is now open for tourism. Associations such as TAAI, TAFI, IATO, and SKAL Goa led by TTAG will be part of the rally that will travel from north Goa to south Goa. Goa Tourism will also be part of this.

IATO in association with TravTalk is organising a workshop cum webinar on personality development today at 11:30 am where award-winning Happiness Coach, Sakshi Mandhyan, Founder- Mandhyan Care will give a keynote address on ‘How is COVID-19 changing your personality’. The session will focus on motivation, mental wellbeing and behavioural adaptability. To register, write to Jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call 9650196532.

PATA India Chapter is organising an interactive webinar titled ‘Unburden your Thoughts and Fear’ on November 4 at 10:30 am with Performance Coach & Mentor Munish Verma to help participants overcome day to day business challenges. Verma is an internationally recognised transformational program leader and expert in corporate training. Contact Poonam Rajput at manager@pataindia.org for registration.

In a letter to the finance minister, Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has sought a complete review of Kamath committee suggestions on loan mortgage restructuring for the hospitality sector on a priority basis. The association stated that the industry is facing serious challenges in complying with the financial parameters suggested by the committee.

Sharing its views on the recent changes in TCS on Twitter, the Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) stated, ‘TCS will kill the outbound tour market and the changes in LTC will kill the domestic tour market. Government actions are not in sync with our needs. No hand-eye coordination between government speeches and action.’    

The Department of Tourism & Culture, State Tourism of Maharashtra has created a task force to revive this sector and create an action plan. For this, it has appointed key members from the tourism and hospitality sectors including Harmandeep Singh Anand, Jt. MD, Jagsons Travels and GPS and the IATO President. This task force is led by the State Tourism Minister, Aaditya Thackeray. Other members of the team include President of NRAI, President of EEMA, Farhat Jamal who is the President of the Indian Merchants Chamber, Suneet Kothari from Aurangabad, and Valsa Nair Singh, the Tourism Department’s Principal Secretary, Government of Maharashtra.    

IATA is working with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to put in place scalable, affordable and fast testing systems, revealed Conrad Clifford, Regional Vice-President Asia Pacific, IATA. Alexandre De Juniac, Director General & CEO, IATA had also said last week, “We have a solution to open borders while mitigating the risk of importing COVID-19 through air travel. That is universal testing. There is testing technology that aligns with our requirements for speed, accuracy, affordability, scalability and ease of use in the travel process. And we are seeing momentum towards implementation.”

UNWTO will work alongside the Expedia Group to strengthen ties between the public and private sectors, and drive tourism’s recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership will see them both share data on tourism trends and developments, both at the global and the local scale. This will help in informed decision making through data-based policies aimed at tourism’s sustainable recovery and future development.

IATO in association with TravTalk will be conducting a skill development program for online training of its members on Internet Marketing today from 11:30am to 1pm. Get ready for the masterclass featuring sessions on social media marketing, website marketing and development and effective email marketing. Register at jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call on 9650196532.