In this episode we focus on:
- Foreign Tourist Arrivals for 2014 record a 10.6% growth with estimated provisional figures revised to 7.70 million
- India extends ETA enabled VoA facility to Srilankan nationals
- OTOAI launches a new website for its members with new B2B features
- Under Thailand’s new visa rule, the minimum passport validity required to get a visa has been reduced to one month
- A new Le Meridien Hotel opens in Gurgaon
- VisitBritain appoints Saif Ali Khan as their spokesperson for the Bollywood Britain tourism campaign in India
- South India Travel Award’s second edition to be held in Novotel Visakhapatnam on April 16
- Aahar focusses on value added processes for the growth of hospitality
- Emirates to host a cricket match for travel agents in Mumbai on March 21-22
We interviewed:
- Guldeep Singh Sahni, President, OTOAI
- Brian Povinelli, Senior Vice President and Global Brand Leader, Le Meridien and Westin Hotels & Resorts
- Dilip Puri, MD, India & Regional VP South Asia, Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts
- Shuja-Bin-Mehdi, B2B Executive –North & East India, VisitBritain
- Nilesh Shah, Director Marketing, RanceLab
- Ranjan Jain, Managing Director, Elanpro