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The Tamarind Global Newsletter AUG 2016 TAMARIND EVENTS & NEWS Wedding in Ritz Carlton, Bali Tamarind Weddings planned and executed a 750 pax wedding at the Ritz Carlton in Nusa Dua, Bali. What a great locaon for such a special event! Our team pulled off an amazing job... YPO Event in Mumbai Tamarind Events produced an event for the YPO in Mumbai, at the Taj Mahal hotel, with a novel theme that included a quiz hosted by Cyrus Broacha. FEATURED EVENT DESTINATION - FOUR SEASONS RESORT MARRAKECH At Four Seasons, you enjoy a unique vantage point from which to gardens, the stunning Atlas Mountains or the iconic Menara Gardens. explore the sights, sounds and experiences of Marrakech. A luxe, Romance takes center stage, with the world-renowned Atlas Mountains contemporary medina, Four Seasons offers a refreshing counterpoint to as your backdrop. Whether you're working off excess stress on the other luxury resort accommodaons in Marrakech. 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We help you choose the space, then give you the freedom to enjoy the most beauful views of Marrakech: from the resort lavish customize them as you see fit. DESTINATION NEWS Rs 1500 crore projects for religious tourism okayed NEW DELHI: The government has cleared projects worth over Rs 1,500 crore under three schemes - Ramayana circuit, Krishna circuit and Buddhist circuit - as part of its focus on religious tourism. The projects helmed by the tourism ministry are spread primarily over UP, and Bihar and will develop infrastructure including road and rail linkages, signages, tourist facilitaon centres, toilets, changing rooms near ghats, CCTV cameras, Wi-Fi facilies besides re-creang the life and mes of the era. Among the first projects to be started will be one on creang an audio visual experience in Ayodhya depicng the life and teachings of Lord Rama. The project also envisages a gallery theme that will have life size sculptures of Valmiki and Tulsidas. The Buddhist circuit will have a light and sound theme park at Shravas, UP. Lord Buddha is known to have spent 24 rainy seasons in the city's Jetavan monastery built by his disciple Sudaa Anathapindika. For the Krishna circuit spread over several cies including Mathura and Vrindavan, the ministry plans to create yatri sheds, food kiosks, sound and light show and illuminaon of the Parikrama path. Twier campaign to promote Kerala goes viral Creave ways to lure travellers to God’s Own Country that has two ports of call and unique tourism products has been a challenge for the planners and stakeholders of the tourism industry. The strong presence of Keralites in social media was explored on Tuesday to let the world know about Kerala and to increase the fooalls during the ongoing Visit Kerala Year. The innovave campaign in the virtual world was formally kicked off at 11 a.m. with former diplomat and local MP Shashi Tharoor tweeng, “A natural port beaufully located in a quaint fishing village # Vizhinjam” to hash tag #Daivathinteswan thumnadu (in Malayalam). Soon the fans of God’s Own Country around the world enthusiascally tweeted to the hash tag accompanied by images of the tourist aracons of the State in large numbers. Within three hours, the campaign became trending in Twier and was in the fourth posion. Actor Prithviraj and Navya Nair were those who tweeted. By 5 p.m., around 5,000 fresh tweets and more than 10,000 photographs of tourist aracons were shared. Mumbai to Delhi in less than 13 hours on Talgo trains A Mumbai to Delhi train journey with in 13 hours could come true in the first week of August. As part of the final phase of trials, the nine-coach Talgo - the Spanish-manufactured high speed train will undertake three trips between Mumbai and Delhi between August 1 and 5. The Western Railway (WR) sources said that the train will depart from New Delhi at 7.55 pm on August 1, and will maintain a speed of 130 kmph during the enre journey. "The Talgo officials have said that at this speed, the distance of 1,384 kms will be covered in 14 hours and 5 minutes. Currently, the Rajdhani Express touches 130 kmph and takes nearly 16 hours to cover the same distance," a WR source said. The nine-coach Talgo train consists of two execuve class compartments, four chair cars, a cafeteria, a power car, and a tail-end coach for equipment. A few days ago, the train completed the Mathura-Palwal test run at 180 kmph. Tourism Ministry to Host Investors Summit in New Delhi from September 21 to 23, 2016 Union Tourism Secretary informed that First of its kind event, The 'Incredible India Tourism Investors Summit' will be organized in New Delhi from 21st to 23rd September 2016. This three day event will showcase the investment opportunies in tourism sector. The main objecve of the Incredible India Tourism Investors' Summit is to posion the Indian Tourism sector for aracng large investments and presenng to the Investors tangible investment-ready projects in the different States/Union Territories of India. This summit will provide a global plaorm for interacon with investors, policy makers and Indian industry leaders, and other stakeholders. The Confederaon of Indian Industry and Tourism Finance Corporaon of India Ltd are principal partners of this summit. Four Knowledge Partners i.e. Ernst & Young, KPMG, Yes Bank and Invest India will assist States and UTs for idenfying projects, Suggesng Tourism Policy updates and presenng these to the potenal investors during the summit. Aurangabad to host country's first SAARC Tourism Summit In a bid to explore opportunies in tourism promoon, the ministry of external affairs has decided to hold the country's first SAARC Tourism Summit in Aurangabad, the tourism capital of Maharashtra in the second week of October. The announcement of the two-day summit, also being aimed at tapping FDI under Make in India and Make in Maharashtra schemes was made by Smt. Valsa Nair Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary Tourism and Culture, Government of Maharashtra at the Sensizaon Session on Aurangabad Tourism Development Program organized by the State Government, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporaon (MTDC) and the Confederaon of Indian Industry in Aurangabad on Monday 4th July, 2016. SriLankan Airlines hosts TAAI's North India Chapter SriLankan Airlines recently hosted the vising delegates of the Travel Agents Associaon of India (TAAI) in Colombo when the laer aended the annual conference of its North India chapter. The grand evening, which witnessed a number of dance performances and unique cultural acvies, was graced by a host of disnguished guests, including H. E. Y. K. Sinha – High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Arindam Bagchi – Deputy High Commissioner, Esha Srivastava – First Secretary (Press, Informaon & Culture), Siva Ramachandran, Chief Commercial Officer of SriLankan Airlines, Saminda Perera, General Manager Markeng of SriLankan Airlines, Dimuthu Tennakoon, General Manager Commercial Operaons of SriLankan Airlines, Lalith De Silva, Regional Manager Indian Sub-Connent of SriLankan Airlines, Rajan Sehgal –Chairman TAAI and Members of TAAI Northern India chapter. Sri Lanka's potenal as a strong leisure and MICE desnaon among Indian travellers was widely discussed among the dignitaries. The delegates expressed their enthusiasm to promote Sri Lanka for heritage, pilgrimages and desnaon weddings. Travel restricons eased in Ladakh The relaxaon of the Protected Area Permit regions, which restricts travel in certain areas, means that foreign tourists can now access areas including the Nubra Valley – a scenic area that lies more than 3,000 metres above sea-level. “At the intervenon of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mui, Union Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to relax the Protected Area Permit for foreigners vising various parts of Ladakh and as a consequence foreign tourists will be now able to visit various parts of Nubra Valley,” an official spokesperson was quoted saying by the Deccan Herald. The Chief Minister added that she was commied to improving tourism infrastructure in Jammu & Kashmir, and opening up new tourist desnaons in the state. As well as popular desnaons such as Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonamarg, the Ms Mehbooba said that places including Yusmarg, Doodpathri, Khilanmarg, Kokernag and Tosamaidan have the potenal to aract more visitors. Maharashtra Tourism launches monsoon season deals Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporaon (MTDC) has launched a campaign encing tourists to experience the monsoon beauty of Maharashtra. The tourism board is offering a series of special offers to promote famous monsoon desnaons like Lonavla, Bhandardara, Malshej, Nashik and Shirdi during the rainy season, which runs from August to September. The cost-effecve packages include round trips like Mumbai- Lonavla Mumbai (2N 3D), Mumbai-Bhandardara-Mumbai (1N 2D), Mumbai Nashik-Shirdi-Bhandardara-Mumbai (2N 3D) and a one-day tour of Mumbai-Malshej-Mumbai along with transportaon, overnight stays at hotel, breakfast and dinner.