Voyager’s World | October 2019 | P1 India's Premier Travel & Tourism Exhibition HYDERABAD 06, 07, 08 DECEMBER 2019 PUNE 29, 30 NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 01 2019 KOCHI 23, 24, 25 JANUARY 2020 KOLKATA 21, 22, 23 FEB 2020 Vol XVII Issue VII Pages 40 October 2019 Rs 60 SOCIAL EVENTS IN INDIA UNIQUE INDIAN OPPORTUNITY Voyager’s World @VoyagersWorld 23170 WTM London Print Advert 240x350mm.qxp_Layout 1 16/10/2019 09:10 Page 1 A world you won’t find online Get ready to be inspired and watch your business grow Register now london.wtm.com Follow us #IdeasArriveHere A CTRIPR Invested Company Travstarz DMC Canada East Canada Fall Foliage Tour from Toronto Kingston - Ottawa - Montreal - Quebec - Toronto - Niagara Falls * Package Includes CA$ 1211 • Complimentary Toronto Pearson Airport pick-up and drop-off Per Person Twin Sharing • 9-night hotel accommodations • Free 2 Guest breakfasts each room Hotels Stay :- (Toronto Hotel only, Day 2, Day 5, Day 8 and Day 9) • Free 1 day breakfast for EVERY GUEST Ambassador Hotel ( Sault Ste. 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Fax No 245, Amar Jyothi Layout, Domlur, Bangalore - 560071 E mail Phone: 080- 4083 4100 [email protected] www.voyagersworld.in INDUSTRYBUZZ Voyager’s World | October 2019 | P8 Bluemont Beacon Hotel opens at Kapashera he Fern Hotels & Resorts has opened TBluemont Beacon Hotel at Kapashera, New Delhi, taking the tally to 14 hotels managed under the Beacon brand by the company. Overall, this is the 67th hotel managed by the company. On the overall growth of the company, the brand’s CEO Suhail Kannampilly said, “It is a matter of great satisfaction that all our brands, be it The Fern, The Fern Residency and Beacon Hotels have all been well received by our guests. We are looking forward to serving our clientele in New Delhi with this hotel.” Bluemont Beacon Hotel is a 45-room hotel offering contemporary accommodations, Reni Pani completes 10 years of conscious luxury a finely-designed multi-cuisine restaurant, and eni Pani Jungle Lodge, which is a part of the RARE India Community of hotels that believe in conscious three state-of-art banquet halls and meeting Rluxury, has successfully completed a decade of offering a contemporary wildlife and conservation- rooms. focused luxury hospitality experience in Satpura. Reni Pani Jungle Lodge’s Owner and Head Naturalist Aly Rashid said, “The journey of Reni Pani has been a journey of Satpura as we know it. For the last decade, since Anurak wins Sustainable tourism opened in Satpura, Reni Pani has been a pioneer and at the forefront of promoting responsible Tourism award nature-based tourism. It has been a great journey full of memorable experiences with exceptionally interesting people who we have been privileged to host.” Located in the Satpura National Park and Tiger nurak Community Lodge in southern Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, the Jungle Lodge offers twelve rooms and four luxury tents nestled in forested AThailand has won the global 2019 SKAL nooks with each accommodation unit having its own private butler. Sustainable Tourism Award in the Rural Accommodation category. The award was presented during the opening ceremony of the Stay at Four Seasons, 80th SKAL World Congress held onboard the Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas cruise discover St Petersburg ship 15 September in the waters off Florida. ow, Indian citizens can visit Russia’s cultural The 20-key Anurak Community Lodge, which Ncapital St. Petersburg and the surrounding opened in 2016 in a forest setting on the edge region via e-visa. Applicants need to simply of Khao Sok National Park, was one of nine fill out a form on the web site of the Consular winners. The other awards were for community Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry and and government projects, countryside and upload a photograph, and pay the consular fee. biodiversity; educational institutions/programs With the hassle of a visa out of the way, the only and media; major tourist attractions; marine and coastal; tour operators and travel agents; thing left to do is plan a spectacular itinerary. tourism transport; and urban accommodation. Those who choose to discover St. Petersburg can do so via a stay at the iconic Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace St. Petersburg. Guarded by Ixigo launches travel two marble lions at the entrance, this historic cleanliness campaign Hotel sits within the walls of a 19th-century royal palace in the Admiralteysky district, where the ravel platform ixigo has launched a new opulent stylings of imperial Russia are alive and Ttravel cleanliness campaign ‘Jaisa Ghar Waisa Desh’ to address the growing concern well – and every bit as inspiring as they were around lack of hygiene and cleanliness at centuries ago. The hotel is ideal for intimate tourist destinations. The campaign, in the form getaways as well as get-togethers. of a counter-intuitive video, aims to sensitize travelers on the impact of littering and how it transforms beautiful tourist destinations into unpleasant spots. The campaign sheds light on the double standards that citizens have when it comes to maintaining cleanliness at home and in public places. The short video shows a family dirtying their house making it unlivable. The concept draws a parallel between maintaining hygiene and cleanliness in all public places as one would do in their homes. RCI India launches ‘ALL SET’ campaign n World Tourism Day, RCI has unveiled a Obrand campaign – ‘ALL SET,’ in line with RCI’s core values of keeping customer in the centre and providing informed choices to customers towards fulfilled holidays. RCI’s objective Suiran grabs Japan’s top spot behind the campaign is to engage with existing uiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto, has bagged the first place in the “Top 10 Hotels in Japan” category and prospective travelers, communicating Sin the 2019 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. This is the second consecutive year that the RCI’s key offerings and delivering on providing hotel has won the coveted award.