In this episode we focus on:
- Punjab tourism to get funding from the World Bank
- 1.5 crore Indian passports issued between May 2010 and June 2014
- Bhopal, Indore and Raipur to get international airports
- Visa-on-Arrival up by 99% in June this year
- Karnataka International Travel Expo to be held in Bengaluru in June next year
- ITDC released a coffee table book on ‘The Ashok’
- The Ministry of Tourism discusses strategies to promote Buddhist Circuits in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- Kerala Tourism to launch two new programmes this year
- Industry experts discuss how travel & tourism institutes can be brought at par with their IT counterparts at the ITQ Student of the Year Contest.
We have spoken to:
- Parvez Dewan, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India
- Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for Tourism & Culture
- Anupama TV, Additional Director General, Kerala Tourism
- Ashok Fenn, Executive Director, Technology Services, InterGlobe Technology
- Geeta Jain, Chief Executive Officer, India, Carlson Wagonlit Travels
- Nikhil Dhodapkar, Regional Director, Sales & Marketing, Accor
- Vikram Dhawan, Associate Vice President, Mercury Travels
- JB Singh, President and CEO, InterGlobe Hotels
- Siddhanta Sharma, President and CEO, InterGlobe Air Transport
- Anil Parashar, President and CEO, InterGlobe Technology Quotient