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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - September 2019

Sep 2019

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.

Nov 21, 2019

Union Cabinet Approves MoU with Finland in tourism

Union Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Finland for strengthening cooperation in the tourism sector.
The MoU seeks to establish the basis for a cooperative relationship to encourage and promote successful bilateral cooperation in the field of tourism, sharing data, knowledge, expertise in the field of tourism.
The two countries will also be sharing experiences in making policies, regulation and standards in planning, implementation and development of tourism policy.
India and Finland will also be exchanging best practices through workshops and study visits for experts of the two countries on cooperation.

Nov 20, 2019

Arunachal Receives 'Best Emerging Green Tourist Destination' Award

The Arunachal Pradesh's Tourism department received the award for the best emerging green tourist destination of the country.
The winner was decided through an online poll conducted by the Travel & Leisure magazine. The award was given to the department and the stakeholders in recognition of their effort towards promoting tourism in Arunachal Pradesh.
Model-turned actress Dia Mirza presented the award to the department at a function held in New Delhi.

IRCTC, Karnataka Sign Agreement to Revive Golden Chariot Luxury Train

The IRCTC on November 19, 2019 signed an agreement with the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) to refurbish the state's Golden Chariot train and restart its operations from March 2020.
The 18-coach-long luxury train has 44 guest rooms that can accommodate 84 guests. It covers tourist attractions in Karnataka and Goa.
The train's operations were stopped in March 2018 due to low occupancy rate.
The agreement between the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and the KSTDC was signed at a ceremony in the presence of Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi, Minister of Tourism of Karnataka C T Ravi and Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav.

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