The Department of Tourism of the government of Odisha recently held a roadshow in Delhi […]
Author: Anagat Choudhary
Greater coordination effort between states and centre needed to boost MICE segment in India: Neil Paterson
Neil Paterson, General Manager, Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre & Hyderabad International Convention Centre spoke to […]
The “Anarkali” of Hindi Cinema, Madhubala’s figure unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Delhi
Madame Tussauds, Delhi, recently unveiled the figure of Madhubala, the timeless beauty of the Indian […]
A separate convention cell comprising of all stakeholders could reap major benefits for the MICE sector: Ashish Vyas
TourismFirst spoke to Ashish Vyas, GM, Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Center about the future of […]
Giving states the freedom to decide GST rates a great idea: Rikant Pitti
Rikant Pitti, COO and CO-Founder, EaseMyTrip, spoke to TourismFirst about various aspects of the GST […]
New tourism policy progressive, focus on new segments, says Aarti Ahuja
Aarti Ahuja speaking at the Odisha Tourism Conclave, gave insight in to the new investment […]
Industry would be a better place post GST, ready to provide inputs: Karan Anand
TourismFirst buttonholed Karan Anand, Head, Relationships and Supplier Management, Cox & Kings India on the […]
South Africa to continue tapping travel agents, diversifying experience quotient: Hanneli Slabber
The South African Tourism board recently organised travel agent tourism programmes in key destinations across […]
Indian domestic travel market set to be worth 48 billion dollars, forecasts Google India report
A recently released report by Google India has projected that the Indian domestic travel market […]
Cabinet gives an in-principle approval to disinvestment of Air India, its five subsidiaries
Intense speculation on the fate of the beleaguered national carrier has come to a grinding […]
Government mulls a progressive Cruise Tourism policy, aims ten-fold increase in traffic
Following the recent announcement of plans to bring in major amendments to the existing CRZ […]
Industry leaders divided on the concept of a ‘national carrier’
Keeping in mind the various and lasting issues that have been plaguing Air India, Navin […]
Government’s decision to tweak CRZ will set cruising industry in motion: Ratna Chadha
Following several changes that it made to the Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ) notification last year, the […]
Disruption driving new models, forcing ecosystem to examine sustainability: Binod Chaudhary
Binod Chaudhary remains confident of India as a business opportunity and envisages healthy growth in […]
F&B facing competition with rising numbers of stand-alone venues: Meena Bhatia
Meena Bhatia, VP-Operations, Le Meridien New Delhi reflected on the year gone by and opportunities […]
Popularity of international cuisine has been on the rise in India: Varun Chaudhary
Wai Wai noodles recently launched Wai Wai city, a one of its kind chain of […]