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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - June 2019

Jun 2019

Aug 10, 2021

Delhi Airport Bags Award for Best Facility in India and Central Asia

The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi has bagged the 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards crown for best airport in India and Central Asia for the third consecutive year.
The recognition, the airport industry's most prestigious accolade, is awarded on the basis of an assessment of customer service and facilities at over 550 airports. The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a GMR Group-consortium that operates the facility, made the announcement in a press statement. The Delhi Airport is the only Indian facility among the world's top 50 airports.
The airport has also moved from 50th to 45th in the overall ranking of the world's top 50 airports.

Aug 08, 2021

Sonu Sood Launches Rural B2B Travel Tech Platform

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood launched Travel Union, a rural business to business (B2B) travel tech platform to democratise travel services.
Travel Union members (travel agents) will work towards serving the travel needs of rural customers at every district, block and gram panchayat level. With a mission to support, digitally empower and build a leading travel agent business community in rural India at zero investment, Travel Union aims to be the largest rural digital travel services platform.
The platform aggregates all available price options for a particular offering and shows Travel Union members the lowest prices they can offer their customers. It provides inventory, competitive prices, and state-of-the-art technology directly from airlines, railways, hotels, trips, wholesalers and aggregators.

Aug 06, 2021

CII Ties up ITC Hotels to Launch Vocational Education in Hospitality Sector

Industry body CII has partnered with ITC Hotels to launch vocational education training by Switzerland-based hotel school EHL in the hospitality sector.
EHL Group will be rolling out the Swiss Diploma course in India.
In phase one, the diploma course will be offered to over 240 students at four ITC Hotels across four distinct regions - ITC Maurya, New Delhi; ITC Sonar, Kolkata; ITC Maratha, Mumbai and ITC Grand Chola, Chennai.
Phase two will see further expansion of the training programme to many more ITC Hotels properties in the country.
Aimed at enhancing the skill set of enthusiastic hospitality students, this collaboration will enable aspiring candidates to receive the best of both on hands training at ITC Hotels across the country, in every region as well as an in-depth understanding of hotel operations by subject matter experts.

Aug 05, 2021

Ministry Of Tourism Identifies Ecotourism as Niche Tourism Areas for Development

The Ministry of Tourism has recognised the immense potential of sustainable tourism in becoming a source of sustainable livelihoods and achieving the SDGs. The Ministry has accordingly formulated a Draft National Strategy and Roadmap for Sustainable Tourism with focus on ecotourism.
In order to make the document more comprehensive, the Ministry invited feedback/comments/suggestions on the draft National Strategy and Roadmap from identified Central Ministries, all the State Governments/ UT Administrations and industry stakeholders.
Ministry of Tourism, under its Swadesh Darshan Scheme, is developing theme-based tourism circuits in the country. Eco Circuit and Wildlife Circuit are among the fifteen thematic circuits identified for development under the scheme.

Jul 30, 2021

Marble Arch Mound, London's Latest Tourist Attraction

London's latest tourist attraction aimed for the heights. It has fallen a bit flat. The Marble Arch Mound, an artificial hill beside one of the city's busiest intersections, opened this week and is already offering refunds to disappointed visitors and admitting "teething problems."
Designed by Dutch architecture firm MVRDV, the mound is a 25-meter (80-foot) hill made from turf-covered scaffolding that claims to offer panoramic views of Hyde Park, Oxford Street and the surrounding area.
The hill's website describes it as "a new and meaningful experience that captures the imagination of residents, businesses and visitors," and local officials hope it will help draw people back to the commercial heart of London after more than a year of pandemic-related restrictions.

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