Cytric Travel & Expense, the Amadeus online booking and expense management tool, is now embedded in Microsoft 365 – introducing Cytric Easy. Users can plan trips and share travel details with colleagues without ever leaving their day-to-day applications such as Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Teams. The ambition of the partnership between Amadeus and Microsoft is to reimagine travel, including the way users meet, collaborate, or claim expenses. The salient features of this integration are: One app: Search, compare, or book a hotel, flight, or car rental – without ever leaving Microsoft Teams • Easy to share: The only travel and…
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DreamSetGo, a bespoke sports travel and experiences platform, has expanded their portfolio of partners by becoming the ‘Authorised Overseas Reseller’ of the Official Exclusive Hospitality Provider to The Championships, Wimbledon. DreamSetGo will serve fans top-class tennis at London’s All England Lawn Tennis Club along with a range of quintessentially British hospitality packages at the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament in the world. Founded in 2019 by Monish Shah, DreamSetGo is part of Dream Sports, which is a leading sports technology company with 140 million users, and also houses brands such as Dream11, FanCode, Dream Capital, and DreamPay. DreamSetGo curates end-to-end,…
Finland’s flag carrier, Finnair will start regular services between Mumbai and Helsinki in July 2022. With the new launch, Mumbai becomes the airline’s second Indian destination. Finnair will operate from Mumbai and Helsinki three times a week, i.e., on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, connecting the Indian travellers smoothly to and from Finnair’s vast network. Finnair connects customers to almost 70 destinations in Europe and five destinations in the US; Seattle, New York, Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles. When flying to Europe or the US via Helsinki, customers can go through Helsinki Airport, where all the gates and services are located…
InterGlobe Aviation Limited-operated IndiGo has appointed Gaurav Negi, currently a Senior Vice President with the company, as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) following the resignation of Jiten Chopra, the country’s largest domestic airline said in a statement on Tuesday. Gaurav Negi, who’s currently IndiGo’s SVP and Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance, will assume the position of CFO from 1 April. The appointment of Negi comes at a time when IndiGo is looking to expand international operations, amidst escalating oil prices due to the ongoing conflict at Ukraine. During February, IndiGo reported a surprise quarterly profit, the first in nearly…
Addressing the newly elected government in Goa, Governor P. S. Sreedharan Pillai said the state government has given top priority to the tourism sector and is promoting various tourism-related verticals and working towards providing quality infrastructure for the tourists visiting the coastal state, reports IANS. “Tourism is one of the backbones of the state economy. More than 20 per cent of the population depends directly (and) indirectly on tourism and allied activities. ‘God’s Own Abode’ – Goa is known worldwide as the best and safest tourist destination for its clean beaches, ancient temples, churches, rich heritage, hospitality, rich diversified culture…
Thomas Cook (India) Limited has inaugurated a Gold Circle Partner (franchise) outlet in Ludhiana, Punjab. This expansion augments Thomas Cook India’s distribution and reach in Punjab to 11 consumer access centres: 9 owned branches and 2 Gold Circle Partner (franchise) outlets across Punjab and Chandigarh tri-city. This new outlet will serve the commercial capital and the largest city of Punjab – Ludhiana and its surrounding towns of Khanna, Mandi Gobingarh, Rajpura, Phagwara, Sahnewal, Samrala and Moga. In the new age of travel, customers are understandably seeking the guidance and reassurance of holiday experts and Thomas Cook India’s internal survey reiterates…
Ratings agency ICRA Ltd expects India’s total passenger traffic to increase by 68-70 per cent on-year to 317-320 million in 2022-23, with domestic air passenger traffic expected to rise 64-66 per cent on year in the upcoming financial year. International air passenger traffic is also expected to grow 100 per cent in 2022-23 when compared to 2021-22 and surpass even pre-COVID levels of 2019-20. The rating agency said that in the current financial year, 2021-22, India’s total passenger traffic is estimated to increase by 62-64 per cent on-year to 187-189 million, despite the outbreak of two waves of COVID-19.
Emaar Hospitality Group recently organised a two-city roadshow in India in Delhi and Mumbai to strengthen relationships with the leading travel agents and tour operators for boosting Indian travellers. India ,being one of the biggest outbound markets in the world, the biggest for Dubai, and amongst the top 10 for Bahrain and Turkey, this roadshow brings immense value to the group’s success. The event was attended by Indian travel industry’s top contributing trade partners, associations and media affiliates. The evening was graced by the presence of. Mark Kirby, Head of Emaar Hospitality Group who feels deeply connected to the Indian…
The Bokaro administration of Jharkhand on Sunday said it has identified 13 spots for developing them as tourist destinations and would send a proposal in this regard to the state government, reports Divy Khare for TOI. The identified spots are hills, dams and riverbeds which have been popular among the locals for years. In a statement, Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Kuldeep Choudhary said the spots are Chechka Dham, Ram Lakhan Tungdi, Mrigkho Kasmar, Durga Pahari Kasmar, Barwaghat Chas, Sewati Ghati Kasmar, Satanpur Hill, Garga Dam, Banso Temple in Bermo, Dugda Pahari Temple in Chandrapura, Rajabeda in Chandrapura and Konar Dam. These…
Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority will host its inaugural 2022 roadshow in India between April 4 and 7, in New Delhi and Mumbai, respectively. This will be the Emirate’s first roadshow in India post the pandemic. India is among the top five sources of revenue for the Emirate. The Destination Tourism Development & MICE team and several hospitality personnel of Ras Al Khaimah will showcase the recreational offerings of the resort and updates that make Ras Al Khaimah an attractive MICE location and wedding destination for weddings in the Indian market. In a statement, Iyad Rasbey Director Executive of…
