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Kumari Kumari Selja, Hon'ble Union Minister of Tourism, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Govt. of India inaugurating Haryana Tourism Mart at Gurgaon. Seen in the picture (L to R) are Mr. Rajender Kataria, Dy. Commissioner Gurgaon, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary & Financial commissioner - Govt. of Haryana, Mr. Subhash Goyal chairman HTM, Shri. O.P. Jain, Tourism Minister, Govt, of Haryana and Shri. Sanjay Kothari, Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Tourism -Govt. of India

Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary & Financial commissioner - Govt. of Haryana addressing th audience seen in th picture from (L to R), Shri. Sanjay Kothari, Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Tourism -Govt. of India, Mr. Subhash Goyal chairman Haryana Tourism Mart, Kumari Kumari Selja, Hon'ble Union Minister of Tourism, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Govt. of India and Shri. O.P. Jain, Tourism Minister, Govt. of Haryana

Mr. Rajender Kataria, Dy. Commissioner Gurgaon going through literature at the stall of Sunrise Naturopathy Resort Jaipur. Other seen in the picture are Mr. Subhash Goyal,  Mr. Mahesh Behl and  Mr. Sanjay Sharma  of All Key Solution & Services

Grand Cake mixing Ceremony at Le Meridien New Delhi Photograph (L-R)- Mr. Davinder Kumar, Director of Food & Beverage, Mr. Tarun Thakral, Chief Operating Officer, Santa Clause from Lapland Finland Ambassador of Finland H.E. Ms. Terhi Hakala and Mrs. Meena Bhatia, Vice President Operations & Marketing

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Hilton Worldwide has opened the doors of the first Hilton Garden Inn in the Asia Pacific region. Staff of the Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi/Saket

Neptune Foundation is an NGO, Registered under the societies Registration Act (1860), it is an endeavour to aid those less fortunate, Neptune Foundation’s initiative is spanned across caring for the girl child and aged to saving the dying art forms in villages organized a charity exhibition Polo Match at Jaipur Polo Grounds, on Christmas day (25 December 2009). Speaking to the audience Cdr. C.P. Sharma President  Neptune Foundation said “ endeavourers to the cause of the NGO are extremely valuable to us, we are always on the lookout for energetic and dynamic volunteers for our programmes”

The Style Saintz stall at recent  world Trade Fair at the Pragati Maidan posted an impressive  sale. The company brought  into the capital its most unique, decorative and attractive designed articles and utensils. Speaking to audience Mr. Yatin Sikand told that the products are most useful for  for day to day house hold, hotel rooms and interior decoration environment. (Click on image to enlarge photo).

SNIPPETS

• Foreign Tourist arrivals decline by 0.6 percent in November

• Kumari Selja lays foundation Stone  for Chemchey heliport

• Experience India Society and Nirvana Films were recently felicitated for their contribution In producing Incredible India television commercial 2008

• Nakul Anand is elected President of Hotel Association of India

• Akshay kumar brings home the Olympic torch

   

   

FIRST HARYANA TOURISM MART 2009 HELD IN GURGAON

Haryana Tourism Mart in association with Haryana Tourism, Hotel & Restaurant Association of Haryana (HRAH) organized first Gurgaon Tourism Fair 2009, on 19'^h - 20'' December 09, at Ambience Mall, NH - 8, Gurgaon. Kumari Selja, Hon'ble Union Minister of Tourism, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Govt. of India inaugurated the 1^st Haryana Tourism Mart.  Present on the occasion were Shri. O.P. Jain, Tourism Minister, Govt, of Haryana as Guest of Honour,  Shri. Sanjay Kothari, Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Tourism -Govt. of India, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary & Financial commissioner - Govt. of Haryana, Mr. Rajender Kataria, Dy. Commissioner Gurgaon and Shri Raj Singh Ghahlot - MD Ambience Mall Gurgaon. Mr. Subhash Goyal chairman HTM highlighting the importance of  tourism fair and tourism potential of Gurgaon in view of its infrastructural development complimented Haryana government for its endeavours. Others on the HTM panel included Mr. Manbeer Choudhary (Ex. President FHRAI) and Mr. Rajeev Talwar (DLF) as co-chairmen of HTM.  Mr. Mahesh Behl of Haryana Tourism coordinated the event. The idea to host Tourism Fair-Gurgaon 2009 is to present a one stop exhibition for all. Gurgaon Shopping Festival which is likely to be held sometime in February 2010 will be another tourism attraction in the new year.  Read More

VISA ON ARRIVAL FACILITY GRANTED TO FIVE COUNTRIES ON PILOT TEST MODEL

The Government of India has granted VISA on arrival scheme to five countries on pilot test model. Te five countries include Singapore, Finland, New Zealand, Luxemburg and Japan. The complete notification to this effect will be released from Ministry of Home Affairs. During the Travel Agents Association of India convention, the Secretary Ministry of Tourism, Mr. Sujit Banerjee  had announced to look into the issue of visa on arrival facility to strategic source markets for India.

ATOAI  FORTHCOMING CONVENTION AT BHOPAL ON JANUARY 15-17, 2010

Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) annual convention is taking place at Bhopal MP on 15-16 January 2010. The association currently has over 170 members and had  recently formed a Maharashtra chapter. The association is likely to announce the commencement of its MP chapter during the convention

Elections of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) held its National Committee elections on 12^th December, 2009 at The Lalit, New Delhi. 145 members were present to cast their vote for the elections. Voting took place for the post of Vice President, five posts of Executive Committee Members (Active) and three posts of Executive Committee Members  (Allied). Other officers were elected un-opposed as there were no contestant for the post. The National committee now comprises of Mr. Vijay Thakur, President ; Mr. Arjun Sharma, Sr. Vice President: Mr. Pronab Sarkar, Vice President; Mr. Rajesh Mudgill, Hony. Secretary; Mr. Lally Mathews, Hony. Treasurer, Mr. Atul Rai, Hony. Joint Secretary, Mr. Subhash Goyal, Immediate past President. Executive Committee Members (Active) include  Mr. Jatinder S. Taneja. Mr. Naresh Sharma; Mr. Sanjay Razdan; Mr. Tony Marwah ; Mr. Vikram Madhok. Executive Committee Members (Allied). Mr. N.S. Rathor, Mr. Sunil C. Gupta and Mr. Sunil Sikka  

KUMARI SELJA LAUNCHES THREE NEW SOCIAL AWARENESS COMMERCIALS

Kumari Selja, Union minister of tourism released three new social awareness commercials on December 15. The new commercials are part of the social awareness campaign ‘Atithi Devo Bhavah’ launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2004-05 to sensitize stakeholders in the tourism industry as well as the public about their conduct and attitude towards tourists.

TOURISM AUSTRALIA LAUNCHES NEW VERSION OF  WEBSITE

Tourism Australia has launched a new version website to assist over 23,000 travel agents worldwide who specialize in selling  Australian holidays. The website www.aussiespecialist.com  includes online Aussie specialist training programmes as well as new motivational materials such as downloadable itineraries and video footage on Australia’s seven key tourism experiences.

FIRST HILTON GARDEN INN™ IN INDIA WELCOMES GUESTS TO NEW DELHI

The Hilton Worldwide has opened the doors of the first Hilton Garden Inn in  Asia Pacific region, marking the latest addition to the brand’s portfolio of nearly 500 hotels worldwide. “This hotel is expected to be the first of many Hilton Garden Inn hotels in the country, responding to the tremendous demand from the business and corporate travel segment for focused service hotel products in India, both from domestic and international travelers. The Hilton Garden Inn is already a market leader in the US and we are thrilled to be introducing its award-winning mix of business-driven accommodation, great food & beverage offering, convenience and comfort to our guests in India,” said Martin Rinck, President – Asia Pacific, Hilton Worldwide.. Read more

The Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI), National Body of Domestic Tour Operators, shall be organizing its 4th Annual Convention-cum-Exhibition" on 19th - 20th March 2010 at Ashok Hotel, New Delhi. The theme of the Convention will be : Domestic Tourism is foundation of Incredible India.

THE CLARIDGES, NEW DELHI & THE CLARIDGES, SURAJKUND WIN WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2009

At the World Travel Awards 2009 held at London last month two Hotels from The Claridges Hotels & Resorts were declared winners in their respective category. While The Claridges, New Delhi was declared the Leading Luxury Hotel in India, The Claridges Surajkund won the award for India’s Leading Green Hotel. The Claridges Hotels & Resorts owns & operates The Claridges, New Delhi, The Claridges, Surajkund, The Claridges Nabha Residence, Mussoorie & The Atrium. The group is strongly committed towards operational excellence while retaining the essence of gracious Indian hospitality.

ASI, IATO SIGN MOU FOR MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC AMENITIES AT ASI PROTECTED MONUMENTS

Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) and Archeological Survey of India (ASI) have recently signed MoU for maintenance of public amenities at ASI protected monuments. A K Sinha, director (monuments) and Arjun Sharma, senior vice-president, IATO signed and exchanged the documents on behalf of ASI and IATO respectively in presence of Kumari Selja, Union minister of tourism; Sultan Ahmed, Union minister of state for tourism; Sujit Banerjee, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Jawahar Sircar, Secretary, Culture.

MOT JOINS HANDS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR TO MEET SHORTAGE OF SKILLED HOSPITALITY PROFESSIONALS

As a first of its kind initiative in the field of capacity building programme involving private sector, the Ministry of Tourism has decided to expand the Hunar Se Rozgar scheme across the country in a phased manner. Initially, the members of leading hotel associations in India, including Hotel Association of India (HAI) and Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI), will conduct an on-the-job-training as per the course curriculum as set by the Hunar Se Rozgar programme.

Mr. Rajinder Kumar, director , The Ambassador Hotel , has recently taken over as president of Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI). The other office bearers include; Vivek Nair hon. secretary; Rattan Marothia  hon. Treasurer ;K. Syama Raju Jt. Hon. secretary. Mr. Kumar intends to bring in more of transparency and accountability in the association and intends to empower the central secretariat of the association and improve FHRAI and its four regional associations.

Mr. Rajji Rai has been elected as President of Travel Agent Association of India  for the second consecutive  term. other office bearers include; JagdeepS Rikhy Vice –President.; R.Sunil Kumar Hony Secretary General; M.Iqbal Mulla Hon. Treasurer and  Sanjay Dutta, Vijay Mohan Raj, N.G Shankar, Sunil Notani; Marzban Antia; N.M. Sharafudeen; Mohanjit Saini as managing Committee members.

Arjun Sharma , Managing Director Le Passage to India has been appointed as Chairperson of WTTC India Initiative in its annual general meeting held on 8^th December 2009. Vivek Nair VC & MD Hotel Leelaventure has been appointed as Vice Chairperson of  WTTC India Initiative  for the year 2010. (Arjun Sharma left & Vivek Nair right) WTTC India Initiative was  launched  in February 2000.