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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - May 2021

May 2021

May 03, 2023

The 30th Edition of Arabian Travel Market

The 30th edition of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) was held at Dubai World Trade Center with a significant presence from India. The Indian pavilion was one of the largest at the event and attracted a lot of attention.
With over 100 participants, including state tourism boards, hotels, and tour operators, the pavilion showcased the diverse cultural and tourism offerings of the country. The Indian Ambassador to the UAE, Sunjay Sudhir inaugurated the Incredible India pavilion and other state pavilions. This year's event focused on working towards reducing carbon emissions in the travel industry, and the Indian pavilion highlighted the country's eco-friendly initiatives, including sustainable tourism practices and responsible wildlife tourism.
Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023 shined a spotlight on India's booming outbound tourism market.
This year's (2023) event saw an increase of 27% in the number of exhibitors from 150 countries.

May 02, 2023

Qantas Picks First Female CEO as Alan Joyce Prepares to Depart

Australia's flagship carrier, Qantas Airways Ltd (QAN.AX), named Finance Chief Vanessa Hudson as its next Chief Executive Officer, making her the first woman to lead the century-old airline.
Hudson will in November take over from Alan Joyce, whose 15 years in the job has made him one of the longest-serving CEOs of a major Australian company, and a high-profile figure in the global aviation industry.
Hudson will be one of the few female executives leading a major company in Australia, although rival carrier Virgin Australia also has a woman as its CEO, Jayne Hrdlicka.

Apr 28, 2023

Air India, Sabre Corporation Sign Multi-year Deal for Global Travel Access

Air India announced a new multi-year deal with Nasdaq-listed Sabre Corporation that will allow travel agents and corporations worldwide to access the Indian airline's fares and seats via Sabre's global travel marketplace.
Air India is utilising Sabre's consultancy expertise and distribution services to help determine optimal routes for its existing and new fleets.

Apr 25, 2023

Centre to develop 50 new tourist destinations

The Centre planed to develop 50 new tourist destinations across the country with a focus on green tourism.
Tourism Ministry was also exploring promotion of digitalization, skill development, promotion of MSMEs and destination management, Union Tourism Secretary Arvind Singh said.
Addressing the G20 Tourism Expo in Jaipur, he said the government was also focusing on robust infrastructure development. "We are taking a 360-degree view of developing the tourism infrastructure with focus on enhancing rail, road, and Air connectivity. We have recommended 59 new routes to the Ministry of Civil Aviation under the Udaan Scheme, which is very successful and out of these 51 Tourism routes have already been operationalized".

Apr 24, 2023

Govt Launches Fifth Round of Regional Air Connectivity Scheme 'UDAN 5.0'

The government launched the fifth round of the regional air connectivity scheme to further enhance the connectivity to remote and regional areas. Under UDAN 5.0, viability gap funding (VGF) will be capped at 600 kilometres stage length for both priority and non-priority areas, which was earlier capped at 500 km. Besides, no pre-determined routes would be offered. Only network and individual route proposals by airlines will be considered.
Under the fifth round of Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) or Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), the focus will be on Category-2 (20-80 seats) and Category-3 (more than 80 seats). As per reports, the earlier stage length cap of 600 kilometres is waived and there is no restriction on the distance between the origin and destination of the flight. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said this new and stronger version of the scheme will raise the momentum, connecting new routes and bring us closer to the target of operationalising 1,000 routes and 50 additional airports, heliports and water aerodromes in the near future.

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