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‘Our core focus is on private tours for FITs and small/mid sized groups’

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Monday, 27 March 2023, 2:00 PM 590

Khushboo Shah, Founder & MD, GO2 UK & Europe Travels   What was your vision behind starting GO2UK & Europe Travels? With a professional background in public relations (PR) and having worked in the travel industry what was clear to me was that there was gap in the market for a destination management company that […]Continue Reading

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‘India is the second largest source market for student travel’

By Disha Ghosh Thursday, 23 March 2023, 6:45 PM 765

During the first-ever two-city Brand USA Sales Mission in India post-pandemic, Jackie Ennis, Vice President, Global Markets, Brand USA spoke to Disha Shah Ghosh about the growth statistics from India, key segments of focus and the visa issue. Q. India is an important source market for Brand USA. What kind of growth have you seen […]Continue Reading

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‘Mayfair Elixir aims to scale quicker & establish a greater presence across India’

By Disha Ghosh Monday, 6 March 2023, 3:00 PM 849

Mayfair Hotels & Resorts through its arm, Elixir is keen to expand its footprint across India using the management route. Bjorn Noel DeNiese, Managing Director, Mayfair Elixir spoke to Disha Shah Ghosh, about their new property in Goa, upcoming projects and brand standardisation. Q. Mayfair has been a hotel brand with a geographical footprint largely […]Continue Reading

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‘Post Covid, every Indian is our target’

By Prasenjit Chakraborty Thursday, 9 February 2023, 5:02 PM 1283

Besides families and MICE, Tourism Malaysia is also looking to tap the wedding, golf and bollywood segments aggressively and not forgetting the upcoming GenZ expectations, says T.Ediwanto T.Eddie, Deputy Director, Tourism Malaysia, Mumbai, while speaking to TravelBiz Monitor. Q. India & Malaysia share close ties due to longstanding cultural and historical connections. Continue Reading

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‘Ecobillz today is adding 10 hospitality properties every month to its existing list’ : Dr. Ameet Patil, Founder & CEO of Ecobillz Private Limited

By Asmita Mukherjee Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 5:00 PM 706

Established in 2016, Ecobillz is an AI-led Digitization B2B SaaS platform built to eliminate the use of paper by providing innovative real-time digital solutions and automating backend operations. As the hospitality industry rapidly amalgamated technology into its daily operations, the company saw a huge opportunity in the sector. Asmita Mukherjee spoke with Dr. Ameet Continue Reading

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‘Providing infrastructure status to the Indian hospitality sector can go a long way in attracting fresh investment’

By Asmita Mukherjee Monday, 6 February 2023, 2:00 PM 481

With an aim to showcase India’s global stature as a hospitality industry powerhouse, HVS ANAROCK is presenting HOPE (Hospitality Overview Presentation & Exchange) to bring together Indian and International hospitality players for knowledge exchange amidst networking. The event will take place on March 2 – 3 at Goa. Ahead of the power-packed event, Mandeep S Lamba, Continue Reading