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Events


Powerhouse showcased Thumbs up
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed United States President Barack Obama to the G8 Summit at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland Amway India delegates at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre for the Amway India Leadership Seminar
SKYTRAX World Airline Awards
John Slosar, chief executive, Cathay Pacific (centre) received the SKYTRAX World Airline Awards – ‘World’s Best Cabin Staff’ and ‘Best Transpacific Airline’ at the Paris Air Show 2013 Aditya Ghosh, president, IndiGo received the ‘Best Low Cost Airline’ in Central Asia and India from Edward Plaisted, chairman, SKYTRAX at the Paris Air Show 2013
Dr Reinhold Huber, senior vice president- product and marketing, received the SKYTRAX awards for ‘Best First Class Airline Lounge’, ‘Best Western European Airline’ and ‘Best Trans Atlantic Airline’ on Lufthansa’s behalf at the World Airline Awards, hosted at the Paris Air Show 2013 Qatar Airways received the SKYTRAX awards for ‘World’s Best Business Class’, ‘World’s Best Business Class Lounge’ and ‘Best Airline Staff Service’ in the Middle East
Colourful adventure Go Goa
Dragonair hosted their annual Paintball Championships for the travel community in Bengaluru Officials of Goa Tourism addressed the gathering at ‘Goa Evening’ event in the presence of Dilip Parulekar, tourism minister, Goa in Delhi
A new start Maldivian mix
Brijesh Modi, head-finance and commercial, Kuoni India inaugurates the Kuoni Together with SOTC store at MGF Mega City in Gurgaon Maldives Marketing & PR Corporation represented by OM Tourism in India, along with SpiceJet organised a familiarisation trip for travel agents from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru
New routes Specialist service
Actress Neha Dhupia along with Neeraj Gupta, MD and founder; Siddhartha Pahwa, CEO, Meru Cabs at the launch of their operations in Jaipur with the tagline ‘Padhariyo Thare Des’ Karl Van den Bossche, consul general of Belgium in Mumbai and Vishal Jairath, regional head – South Asia, VFS Global lighting the traditional lamp on the occasion of the opening of the new Belgium Visa Application Centre in Ahmedabad
Double take A lifetime experience
His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited his Madame Tussauds wax double during the second day of his visit to Sydney, Australia Four winners of the ‘Take Me To South Africa’ contest enjoyed an all expenses paid 15 days trip to South Africa with Jonty Rhodes, brand ambassador of South African Tourism in India
Expanding reach
L-R: Tang Zhongling, GM, Air China Mumbai; Richa Goyal Sikri, group business director, STIC; Subhash Goyal, chairman, STIC with Air China Team Mumbai at the announcement of a successful maiden year of operations from Mumbai