By Sikha Thakur The Union Budget 2019 announced by Nirmala Sitharaman has promised to develop 17 iconic world-class spots for tourism. The compensation for tourism and culture ministries increased simply by 1.82 percent and 7per cent. Allocation for building tourism and infrastructure stands at Rs 1378.53 crore in the current budget and Rs 575.50 crores […]
By Parthivi Joshi India has observed an incredible surge in the emergence of low cost carriers (LCC) since past two decades. A typical LCC journey would comprise of lower ticket cost and lesser comforts and the typical business model of a LCC company. It usually consists on reducing operational cost with some traditionally offered services. […]
Parul Jadav is appointed as the Head of Long Haul Product. He joins Truly Travel from The Holiday Place, a Cuba specialist and significant player in the long-haul market for destinations including the Middle East and Caribbean. Parul has worked across a range of products which include driving product development for all destinations and increasing […]
Joanna Wild is appointed as the Chief Commercial Officer of Leeds Bradford. Joanna is highly experienced in the airport and retail sectors, delivering profit growth, commercial success and customer excellence. Previously holding roles of Customer Services Director at Thomas Cook Airlines and Managing Director for UK Retail at Thomas Cook Group PLC, Joanna now focussing […]
Two new board of directors are appointed for easyjet Holidays. Paul Ablin, easyJet’s current Group Finance director will join the holiday’s business as Chief Operating Officer in September. Paul will be responsible for the delivery of the corporate strategy and business model and will lead Holiday’s program delivery capability, IT delivery, market expansion and distribution. […]
Lavinia Lau is appointed as the Director Commercial of Cathay Pacific Airways. She is responsible for the passenger functions of Revenue Management and Sales and Distribution, together with planning for both the passenger and freighter fleets and networks. Previously, Lavinia was General Manager, Planning, while formulating and executing strategy for both Cathay and Pacific and […]
Amer Ammar is appointed as the new General Managers for three of the Avani Hotels and Resorts – Avani Seychelles Barbarons Resort, Avani Luang Prabang in Laos and the upcoming Avani Ibn Battuta Dubai in UAE. Amer began his career in hospitality in his native Jordan in 1994. In 2001, he moved to Dubai where […]
Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF) is the oldest and the biggest travel trade show network in India. The 30th edition of TTF Kolkata concluded with 440 exhibitors from 14 countries and 25 Indian states, including pavilions of various national and state tourism boards, attended by more than 10,000 visitors. Held from July 12-14, 2019, Sri […]
Asia Food Festival recently was an event that has taken place, consisting of travel throughout the mystical Asia in the course of a gastronomic journey at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. This festival was a good “plate-form” to feature some of the best dishes in Asian cuisine that ranging from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Philippines, […]
TravelCarma announces a strategic partnership with GIATA that would help clients consolidate and distribute feeds from multiple hotel suppliers through a single api, with intelligently mapped hotels to ensure they are selling unique hotel inventory to their end users. GIATA multimode currently boasts of over 70 million mappings of 540 suppliers for 1 million unique […]