Key happenings in the world of tourism
BUSINESS FOCUS Visit Indonesia Tourism Office (VITO) India, in association with AccorHotels, organised a seminar for travel agents in Delhi at Pullman, Aerocity
BIG FAT INDIAN WEDDINGS Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA), in collaboration with Air Mauritius, recently hosted a familiarisation trip for top 10 wedding planners from Western India
PASSENGER’S DAY Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) recently celebrated the 11th Passenger’s Day, an initiative started by the airport in order to create a tradition of appreciation towards passengers
BIG 10 Etihad Airways and Airbus employees celebrating the handover of the airline’s 10th and final Airbus A380 at Hamburg Finkenwerder
TECH FOCUS VFS Global has received the ‘IMC Digital Technology Award’ for its Dubai Visa Processing Centre (DVPC) mobile app
MUSEUM SAFARI Maharashtra Tourism Minister Jaykumar Rawal (right) recently inaugurated Jaya He ‘Museum Safari’ at Mumbai’s Terminal 2
BE MY GUEST Actor Shah Rukh Khan being welcomed by Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM), upon his arrival in Dubai to shoot the sequel to #BeMyGuest film
FESTIVE FERVOUR India City Walks recently hosted its ‘Shaam-e-Iftar’ event at Jama Masjid in Delhi
MAJOR COMPLETION Air India Engineering Services, a subsidiary of Air India, has announced completion of a major maintenance ‘C-1’ check of Jet Airways A330 at its Mumbai facility
STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS AirAsia Berhad has signed an MoU with Everbright and Henan Government Working Group to establish a low-cost carrier in China
JOINT EFFORTS Kerala’s Department of Tourism recently signed an MoU with SilkAir to jointly promote tourism to Kerala
MAXIMISING TRAVEL Middle East Airlines and Turkish Airlines recently signed a codeshare agreement, covering routes between Turkey and Lebanon