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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - June 2019

Jun 2019

Nov 28, 2019

ITM 2019 Focuses On Sustainable Tourism

The 8th International Tourism Mart (ITM) – 2019 held at Imphal in November 2019 witnessed the participation of 34 foreign delegates from over 19 countries along with 49 domestic delegates representing the travel industry.
After the presentations, a panel discussion was moderated by the Rupinder Brar, Addl. Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India wherein eminent panelists comprising of Chetan Gupta, representing Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India, Arjit Purkayastha, a leading Tour Operator of the North East Region and Swadesh Kumar, President, Adventure Tour Operators Association of India deliberated on "Sustainable Tourism as an engine for Economic Growth and Employment".

Nov 27, 2019

Special Developments for Kurukshetra to Put it on World Map

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced that Kurukshetra will be developed as an international tourist destination. As per reports, the state government will give plots, measuring 1500 sq m to 2000 sq m, at discounted prices to states intent on building bhawans or rest houses for pilgrims coming to the ancient, pilgrimage city.
The Centre approved INR 9734.70 lakhs under the Krishana Circuit Phase I for developing tourism infrastructure at sites related to Mahabharata era in Kurukshetra. In addition, 12 sites have been included for approval under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme with an approximate project cost of INR 9706 lakhs.
The CM also added that a Bharat Mata Temple would be made in an area of five acres in Kurukshetra at a site between Jyotisar and Brahma Sarovar.

Nov 25, 2019

Strong Hotels Body to Shun Zomato Gold Delivery

After a boycott on dine-in, food delivery and search aggregator Zomato is now facing the heat on delivery.
The Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR), which has 8,000 members nationally, said it is unanimously boycotting delivery services by aggregator Zomato under its Zomato Gold programme with immediate effect, over allegations of delivery from illegally-run kitchens, steep discounts offered for Zomato Gold members and unavailability of delivery executives.
Zomato Gold on delivery offers members one free dish each time they place an order. Gold was extended to delivery by Zomato in September 2019, amidst its stalemate with restaurants on dine-in services.
Launched in 2017 as a membership programme, Gold service has been opposed by the restaurant industry at large which has alleged it is hurting their profitability deeply.
The association demands include crapping of the 'gold service', servicing by only those restaurants which have legal mandatory licences, and an end to alleged arbitrary commissions charged by Zomato and steep discounts which it said were loss-making proposition for restaurants.
AHAR has alleged that delivery commissions charged by Zomato go up to 22-25% and asked for a cap of 15% including Goods and Services Tax, adding that the brunt of the increase has to be borne by the customer since the hotels and restaurants are being forced to increase prices.
On August 15, 2019, hundreds of restaurants led by the NRAI had logged out of multiple aggregator platforms including Zomato Gold and EazyDiner, over a series of allegations including deep discounting, data masking and uneven commissions. With the exception of Zomato, the restaurants have logged back with other aggregators.

Nov 24, 2019

Railways Mulls Automatic Train Protection System

The Railways is planning to cover its entire network of 68,000 route km with an automatic train protection system in a phased manner.
It was announced during the 62nd annual day of Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunication (IRISET).
As a pilot project, he said, the system would be implemented on 650 route km of the golden quadrilateral corridor.

Dubai Sees Over 12 Million Visitors In 2019

India has retained its position as Dubai's leading source market, with over 1.39 million visitors during the first nine months of the current year 2019. The city welcomed 12.08 million international visitors during this period.
Surge in arrivals over the summer months has accelerated Dubai's tourism momentum.

Nov 23, 2019

Manipur CM inaugurate 'International Tourism Mart' in Imphal

Minister of State (I/C) for Culture & Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel and Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh jointly inaugurated the 8th International Tourism Mart at Imphal, Manipur.
The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in association with the North Eastern States is organising the 'International Tourism Mart' (ITM) at Imphal, Manipur from 23 to 25 November, 2019.
Tourism Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Nakap Nalo, Secretary, Tourism, Yogendra Tripathi and other dignitaries from Central Ministries and North Eastern states were also present on the occasion.

Kalaburagi Airport Inaugurated Under UDAN / RCS

The first flight from Kalaburagi Airport to Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru took off after the inauguration of Kalaburagi airport by the Chief Minister of Karnataka.
The airport has been built under the UDAN-RCS Scheme of Govt. of India and is spread across 742 acres and developed at an estimated cost of Rs. 176 crores.
Kalaburagi Airport is at a distance of 13.8km from Kalaburagi City and it is a DGCA licensed Aerodrome for VFR/Day operations.
Three flights per week will be operated on Monday, Friday and Sunday. It will depart Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) at 12:20PM and land at Kalaburagi at 1:25PM. From Kalaburagi it will depart at 1:55PM and will reach at 3PM.

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