About India Outbound Magazine
India Outbound, a bi-monthly print magazine with dynamic web and social media presence focused on outbound travel from India, is published by Media India Group. Distributed all over India, and in all the top tourism events across the world, India Outbound caters mainly to the tourism professionals and is looking to develop new and innovative circuits and promote new destinations to the high-end travellers.
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Bahrain promotes itself as a short-haul, stop-over destination in India
In an attempt to further woo the wedding market of East and West, and encourage more leisure trips, Bahrain Tourism & Exhibition Authority (BTEA) conducted a two-city roadshow in Kolkata and Ahmedabad. The idea was to present Bahrain as a preferred short-haul destination to India. The small nation presents itself with full of heritage, culture, luxury and activity options. Island wedding in Bahrain is an emerging trend from India. The spectacular connection with Saudi Arabia through King Fahd Causeway gives a nice add-on to experience the sea breeze who love to drive. The pearl diving adventure, land rover experience on the fast track o Bahrain International Circuit, watching the Jarada Island vanish in the sea, or experiencing gravity indoor skydiving, Bahrain has a diverse option for different tastes.
Peter Cook, the advisor of international offices, marketing & tourism promotion directorate at Bahrain Tourism & Exhibition Authority, told India Outbound Magazine, "We have been getting good quality visitors from India for the last many years especially in wedding and MICE. We want to reach out to the Indian travel fraternity more through such networking and interactions by which we understand how we develop our strategy to customise our products and make improved tailor-made offerings."
Sunil Mathapati, the country manager of Bahrain Tourism commented, "We are going to concentrate on stop-overs. We will work with Gulf Air and create more interesting options for people visiting Bahrain to stop for ideally three-night short-haul holidays and explore Bahrain."
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GNTO in collaboration with ETAA conducts a roadshow in Kolkata
German National Tourist Office (GNTO) in collaboration with Enterprising Travel Agents Association (ETAA) organised an exclusive training programme for outbound tour operators in Kolkata on August 23. The event showcased Germany, known mostly for commercial or business destination, as a destination for family tours and as well as a MICE destination. They presented Germany as an ideal destination for visitors of all ages with offerings from theme parks to national parks, from romantic getaway in Black Forest to drive along the Fairy Tale Road or a relaxing trip to the spa city Baden.
“I am quite glad that ETAA helped in organising this event and it was heartening to see the response gathered from this ETAA Kolkata event in collaboration with GNTO. People here in Kolkata are already well-versed, aware and acquainted with the travel destinations in Germany. Not only do they know about the conventional places like Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt, but are also aware of countryside as well as the experiential destinations Germany has to offer. It was a pleasure to bring light to different aspects of travel Germany has to offer and the response has been fantastic, Saurabh Vashisht, assistant manager- sales and marketing, GNTO, told India Outbound magazine.
“We have organised the event to make our members as well as associations aware of Germany as a destination for leisure and family tours and not just business destination. So we have collaborated with German Tourism to present the same. We are also organising other such knowledge sharing sessions in other cities,” Koushik Banerjee, board member and chapter chairman (east India), told India Outbound magazine.
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Jamaica Tourist Board enhances commitment towards Indian market
Jamaica, a land of culture, engaging activities, breath-taking landscapes, and warm-welcoming people presents a magnificent palette of experiences, a kaleidoscope of colours and sounds that make the island the most precious jewel in the Caribbean. The country offers an exhilarating choice for all age groups and has enough ingredients to incite a perfect Caribbean vacation.
Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has re-appointed TRAC representations as their India representative, to strengthen press relations and marketing strategy as a destination for diverse segments of travellers. The key objective is to enhance the positioning of Jamaica as a favoured travel destination for wedding, honeymoon, leisure and b-leisure amongst the travellers from the Indian market.
Commenting on being re-appointed as the India representative for JTB, Simeron Ghei, associate director, TRAC representations, expressed, "We are delighted with this re-appointment and privileged to be representing JTB in India. Jamaica is the ideal romantic island destination for those seeking an unforgettable experience for an anniversary or a honeymoon or simply just an unusual getaway. With so much to offer, destination Jamaica, promises the best of everything to the Indian travellers. On the anvil are various engagements with travel trade as well as consumer marketing activations. We continue to promote this surreal beauty of Caribbean in the India market, exclusively with media to increase the visitor arrivals from India to Jamaica."
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PCEB hosts the inaugural Penang Corporate Invitational Golf with Indian brands
Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) hosted 42 corporate leaders from India’s top brands for the first ever Penang Corporate Invitational Golf (PCIG) 2019.
The friendly golf tournament took place from August 16-17 at Bukit Jawi Golf Resort and Penang Golf Resort. A welcome dinner for the leaders and the organising committee was held at The Light Hotel in Seberang Jaya and the tournament came to a close with a gala dinner at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa in Batu Feringghi.
There were a total of 12 winners that were announced in an Awards ceremony during the gala dinner, where Balraj Singh Parmar, director, Suzlon Energy Ltd was the champion for the whole tournament whereas Ajay Kaul, senior director, Everstone Capital came in second.
“With Penang’s historical and cultural links with India, we aim to increase inbound tourism from the country. I believe that Penang shares many similarities which our visitors from India will be able to relate when it comes to language, culture and even cuisine,” addressed YB Yeoh Soon Hin, Penang State Exco for Tourism Development, Arts, Culture & Heritage.
“Penang is very dynamic in every aspect for business events with the availability of various resources that can cater for future corporate meetings, which makes it the preferred destination for business events in Southeast Asia. The state is also complemented with state-of-the-art facilities, a multicultural society and filled with natural attractions,” said Ashwin Gunasekeran, CEO, PCEB.
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Scoot is now a member of IATA BSP for India
Scoot, the low-cost arm of Singapore Airlines, announced that it has become a member of the IATA Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) under the prefix 668. The BSP Payment is available to partner agents on major Global Distribution Systems (GDSs), including Abacus, Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan. Now BSP payment for Scoot flight bookings is available in 15 countries/territories.
BSP is a global remittance system that consolidates payment data across agents as well as airlines, facilitating settlement through a single financial transfer for each participant. BSP is operated across nearly 180 countries and territories, serving over 370 participating airlines.
Johanes Ong, general manager – India, Scoot said, “Scoot is committed to creating an agent-friendly environment that is convenient and reliable, in order to better serve our partners as well as customers. Travel agents in India now have the option to settle payments via BSP directly with Scoot, by providing a single sales report and remitting payment through one central point, thus simplifying the ticketing process, as well as saving time.”
In India, Scoot operates out of six cities, including Amritsar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Tiruchirappalli and Trivandrum, connecting Indian travellers to 62 destinations across 16 countries and territories. In addition to the GDS, Scoot is also set up for ticketing through other methods such as SkyAgent and API connections.
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