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Switzerland Tourism will conduct an exclusive webinar on Monday, 6th December 2021 at 3pm IST, with Swiss Travel System (STS) and Rail Europe. The webinar will highlight STS’s various products and services, as well as provide an update for 2022. It will also showcase the ease in booking of these products and services through Rail Europe’s distribution network. To register, contact jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or 9650196532.

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Rajiv Mehra, President, IATO, has revealed that the CM of Gujarat, Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel has confirmed to attend the 36th IATO Convention. “Sripad Yesso Naik, MoS, Tourism has also confirmed his presence for the valedictory session, scheduled on 18th December. We will also have Arvind Singh, Secretary, Tourism, for our session on revival of business along with Dr. V Venu, Additional Chief Secretary, Kerala Tourism.”

Sambit Patra, spokesperson for BJP, has been appointed as the chairman of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. The official order states that ACC has approved the Tourism Ministry’s proposal to split the post of chairman and managing director of India Tourism Development Corporation into chairman, ITDC, and managing director (MD), ITDC. Hence G Kamala Vardhan Rao will continue as the Managing Director of ITDC.

IATA issued a statement that, “Governments are reacting in an emergency mode to the risks posed by the new coronavirus variant, causing panic among travellers. We must move as quickly as possible to a coordinated data-driven approach to find safe alternatives to border closures and quarantine, based on the lessons learned over the last two years. Travel bans aren’t a long-term solution for COVID variant control.”

KTM will be holding its eleventh edition in Kochi in March 2022, giving an impetus to the efforts to revive the pandemic-hit tourism sector by attracting visitors from across the world. The event will have caravan tourism and adventure tourism as the main themes, along with responsible tourism. KTM 2022 will give greater prominence to domestic buyers. The meet anticipates the participation of no less than 1,500 buyers.

DGCA in its latest order has shared that in view of the emergence of new COVID variants, they will be reviewing the resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger airline services to or from India. They will currently watch the situation and would notify its decision on the same in due time. Hence, international flight services, which were earlier touted to restart from 15th December, might face a delay now.

As the tourism industry is bouncing back with all safety protocols Enterprising Travel Agents Association ETAA, south chapter have initiated the knowledge session for its members on 26th November. Many crucial changes in travel agents booking systems, which will initiate digitalization, were announced. Travel Industry Designatory Service is an identity management program designed from IATA, montreal Canada for all NON IATA travel company made available free of cost Globally

Sommet Education, world leaders in hospitality and culinary education entered into a strategic partnership with Indian School of Hospitality. At an event in Delhi, to celebrate the partnership, Benoit Etienne Domenget, CEO, Sommet Education and Dilip Puri, Founder & CEO, Indian School of Hospitality announced their future development plans for India. The partnership aims at offering a global standard of education to a larger number of hospitality and culinary arts aspirants win years to come.

The much-awaited National Tourism Policy will be soon finalised and it will have the norms and provisions to suit the post COVID traveller, revealed Rupinder Brar, ADG, Tourism. “We are deliberating on how the policy is shaped in keeping with the global standards to be followed in the COVID-era. We have to digitise more to reduce physical touch, make places accessible for all,” she said on the sidelines of the three-day International Tourism Mart held in Nagaland.