By a Reporter The Taiwan Tourism Administration (TTA) has recently collaborated with Thai Airways, Scoot, and Cathay Pacific to host a series of successful educational seminars across key Indian cities. These seminars, held in Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bengaluru, aimed to position Taiwan as a premier destination for incentive travel. Named the “Educational and Networking […]
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Travel Trends Reshape Tourism in March 2024
By Netpal Travel Bureau Get ready for a ride! Here are five hot trends transforming the travel scene: Tech Revolution: Boon or Bane? Technology is shaking things up across industries, and tourism is no exception. Tour operators who embrace new tech solutions will stay ahead by catering to changing customer needs. Two Wheels Take Over: […]
Southeast Asia soars in popularity for Indian travelers after visa relaxation
By Netpal Travel Bureau Visa changes are making Southeast Asia a hotter-than-ever travel destination for Indians! Agoda, a leading travel booking platform, has seen a significant rise in travel searches to the region following the introduction of new visa programs. Both Thailand and Malaysia have implemented new visa waivers for Indian travelers. Thailand offers a […]
New York City Tourism Makes Learning Easier with Hindi Travel Trade Academy
From News Services New York City Tourism + Conventions (NYC & Co.) has revitalized its NYC Travel Trade Academy, now offering courses with Hindi subtitles. This move caters to the growing Indian tourism market, enhancing accessibility in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Makiko Matsuda Healy, Senior Vice President of Tourism Market Development at NYC […]
Travel Advisors Reveal What’s Selling in 2023
By Staff Reporter Travel advisors say their clients are choosing vacations that virtually blanket the globe in 2023. It includes a mix of European and exotic destinations, cruises, active adventures and romance trips. According to a spokesperson of one Destination Management Company, “Business looks great for 2023. We are optimistic that the honeymoon and destination wedding […]
Challenges Facing Travel Agencies 2022 and beyond
 By Netpal Travel Bureau If someone at the end of 2019 would have predicted that all of the world’s cruise lines would have completely shut down operations in early 2020 the industry would have never believed it. But, it happened. Or, if someone predicted that commercial air travel would grind to a halt, the same […]
Travel advisors get knowledge from First river cruise expo
By Netpal Travel Bureau How to market and sell river cruises was the theme of the inaugural ASTA Global River Cruise Expo and conference held in Budapest recently. Amadeus, AmaWaterways, Avalon Waterways, Emerald, Scenic, Uniworld and Viking, the featured headliners of the four-day event, gave more than 500 travel advisors a crash course on how best to […]
Travel Trade Revival: New hope for tourism sector in 2021
By Satyaki Dutta The Covid-19 pandemic had a negative impact on several industries on a global scale. Arguably, the most affected among them was the Travel and Tourism sector. With social distancing norms set in place, traveling was not a feasible option for both the travelers and the operators. With lockdown, the panic set in, […]
‘WebBeds’ inaugurates tool for travel restrictions
By Netpal Travel Bureau WebBeds, a new communicating tool, the world’s second largest and quickest-growing B2B bedbank has launched. It constitutes Destinations of the World, FIT Ruums, Jactravel, lots of hotels, Sunhotels and Totalstay trading platforms and many more, help travel trade to evaluate clients, the latest travel limitations regarding COVID-19. Powered by Sherpa, the […]
New challenges, new trends suggest an adventurous 2021
By Anindita Acharya In 2020, travel took a backseat when the Covid-19 pandemic hit us all and brought the daily life to a grinding halt. When coronavirus lockdown was imposed, people were forced to lock in, self-isolate and lakhs were left stranded. Travel was a distant dream in 2020. Even after travel restrictions have been […]