This episode focuses on:
- Visa on Arrival by Electronic Travel Authorisation has been launched for 43 countries by the Ministry of Tourism
- Accor opens the Grand Mercure Goa Shrem Resort.
- India Travel Award North to be held on Dec 20 at the Crowne Plaza Greater Noida
- Air India makes profit on only 9 of 370 daily flights it operates
- Dr. Mahesh Sharma discusses the importance of Buddhist Tourism
- Tourism Secretary talks about the new initiatives being added by the ministry of Tourism
- Canada sets up a target of 165, 000 Indian visitors this year
- Goa Tourism moves ahead to make the state safer for tourists
- India continues to be a potential market for Address Hotels
- The next PATA convention is to be held in Bengaluru
We interviewed:
- Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister, Govt. of India
- Dr. Mahesh Sharma, MoS for tourism and Culture (IC)
- Dr. Lalit K. Panwar, Tourism Secretary, Govt. of India
- Usha Sharma, Additional Director General, MOT
- Dilip Parulekar, Tourism Minister, Goa
- Nilesh Cabral, Chairman GTDC
- Mario Hardy, CEO, PATA
- Vikram Madhok, Vice Chairman, PATA India Chapter
- Seema Pande, Group Director of Sales and Marketing, The Address Hotels & Resorts
- Vincent Mercurio, General Manager, The Address Dubai Mall
- Siobhan Chretien, Regional Managing Director, Emerging Markets-Canadian Tourism Commission