TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - February 2019
Feb 2019
Feb 27, 2019
Airline caterer TajSATS Gets New Identity
Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (IHCL) of the Tata Group has unveiled a new visual brand identity for TajSATS, which controls about 45% of the airline catering business in India.
The launch of the new identity is a part of the ongoing evolution of TajSATS.
As per Puneet Chhatwal, MD and CEO, IHCL and chairman, TajSATS is currently the market leader in airline catering and we look forward to strengthening this further by unlocking its potential in non-aviation businesses as well.
Feb 21, 2019
Beijing's Forbidden City
Beijing's Forbidden City has been illuminated and opened to the public for night visits for the first time to celebrate China's Lantern Festival.
The Forbidden City, which was China's political centre for more than 500 years, is now known as the Palace Museum. China's Lantern Festival marks the end of Lunar New Year festivities.
China Bans Foreign Tourists from Visiting Tibet
Foreign tourists will not be allowed to visit Tibet until April 1, rights groups and tour operators have said that with the government tightening security ahead of the 60th anniversary of 1959's abortive uprising against Beijing coming up on March 10.
There was no formal announcement of the closure by the government but travel agencies operating in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) said that foreigners planning to visit the region should come before April 1, citing permit restrictions.
Access to the Himalayan region, one of the biggest provinces of China, is almost always restricted with special permits required to visit it; diplomats and foreign journalists are banned from visiting Tibet without government permission and handlers.
Every year since 2008, the TAR has been closed off to tourists for at least one month, coinciding with the anniversary of the March 10 Uprising in 1959 and protests in 2008. In 2018, authorities closed the TAR to foreigners from February 10 to April 1.
Feb 18, 2019
Hotels in Delhi Shut
Continuing its drive against non-conforming buildings in Karol Bagh, the Delhi government suspended fire safety certificates of 28 more hotels, forcing them to shut down.
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain said that the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) checked fire safety mechanisms in 80 hotels. Of them, fire certificates of 58 were suspended for 15 days.
The hotel owners of Karol Bagh held a meeting afternoon in which it was decided they would cooperate with the agencies to get fire safety mechanisms in place.