? Listen to this Los Angeles is an ever-evolving city full of fresh concepts and new experiences to discover. Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a returning friend, the City of Angels has seen countless exciting new offerings emerge in recent years. Across the region, new places to stay, award-winning dining experiences, vibrant attractions, advanced infrastructure and more make up “LA 2.0” offering all-new places to explore. The Hollywood Sign’s Centennial Throughout this year, the iconic Hollywood Sign will celebrate 100 years of larger-than-life lettering perched atop the Santa Monica M ..read more

? Listen to this The ITB Responsible Tourism track at the ITB Berlin Convention features climate change action, resilience and regeneration as key topics – Responsible tourism as a topic concerning all sectors – Commitment to environmentally friendly and socially responsible tourism – A special event celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March. Socially responsible tourism has long been on the agenda of the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show. This year’s ITB Berlin, which is taking place from 7 to 9 March 2023, is again raising awareness for social responsibility in tourism with a wide rang ..read more

? Listen to this Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach recently appointed Nitin Gosain as the new front office manager. Nitin Gosain brings a decade’s worth of experience in front office operations and has accomplished many milestones, such as being an ACDC Champion and being awarded Manager of the Year 2014–15, along with undergoing service excellence workshops and many more. In his new role, Mr. Gosain will be responsible for cultivating professional connections with guests in order to encourage customer retention, alongside developing strategies to achieve goals and budget targets in full compl ..read more

? Listen to this The Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach hotel recently appointed Mohammad Imran Khan as their Cluster Revenue Manager. Mohammed Imran brings over more than a decade of knowledge in E-Commerce, Branding, Distribution Strategy, and Channel Marketing, among other things. As the Cluster Revenue Manager, Mohammad Imran Khan will be responsible for managing and optimizing revenue for Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach, Novotel Vijayawada Varun, and The Bheemili Resort managed by Accor within the hotel group, developing and implementing strategies to increase revenue, and providing guid ..read more

? Listen to this With an objective of introducing Hello Hong Kong campaign, The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) successfully staged large scale trade outreach in India through a 2-city MICE roadshow and at the Hong Kong Pavilion at SATTE 2023. HKTB led a delegation of 18 Hong Kong trade partners that included Cathay Pacific Airways, iconic attractions such as Hong Kong Disneyland Resorts, Ocean Park Hong Kong, Ngong Ping 360, key hotels and leading destination management companies (DMCs) on a 2-city MICE roadshow that saw enthusiastic participation from over 140 key India MICE travel trade part ..read more

? Listen to this The HOME OF LUXURY by ITB offers luxury tourism buyers and providers a unique environment and features networking events and meetings in a special atmosphere as well as panels and lectures at the ITB Berlin Convention. Exhibitors in this segment include Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, Severin*s Resort & Spa, FUORITINERARIO, and Quark Expeditions. At the HOME OF LUXURY by ITB at Marshall Haus, luxury tourism providers and buyers from around the world can look forward to an exclusive environment where they can experience the world of luxury tourism in completely new ways. Th ..read more

? Listen to this Kerala is all set to host a four-day global Responsible Tourism (RT) summit from February 25, showcasing the state’s remarkable achievements in evolving an internationally-acclaimed sustainable tourism model over the last one-and-a-half decade and strengthening it further by coalescing the emerging trends and demands. Mr. P A Mohamed Riyas, Tourism Minister, Government of Kerala will formally inaugurate the conclave, being organised by Kerala Tourism in association with State RT Mission, on February 26 at Lake Song Resort, Kumarakom, at 9 am. The deliberations of the summit wi ..read more

? Listen to this The Annual General Meeting of the Tourism Professionals club selected a new vibrant team of passionate tourism professionals to the executive committee to take over the reins of the Tourism Professionals Club. The new executive committee unanimously selected Mr. Shaik Ismail as the President. Mr. Shaik Ismail is a seasoned professional who has been leading TPC to greater levels in the past too. Mr. Shaik Ismail’s undisputed personality has always been a boon to TPC.  Mr. Shaik is a great visionary, whose thoughts lead to the forming of TPC in 2003. Mr. Ratheesh R Nath is ..read more

? Listen to this  Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia is set to launch a breathtaking, fully-immersive light and sound show at Ayers Rock Resort in May, the likes of which have not been seen before, combining ancient Anangu storytelling with state-of-the-art, drone and laser light technology. To bring the Mala story to life on an impressive and visual scale, Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia is consulting with Anangu who hold the Mala story from Kaltukatjara to Uluru. Called Wintjiri Wiru – which suggests a ‘beautiful view out to the horizon’ in the local Anangu language – this will b ..read more

? Listen to this The Department of Tourism, Government of  Karnataka has signed a concession agreement for the development of a Passenger  Ropeway at Nandi Hills with Dyanamicx Ropeway Pvt Ltd., for a project cost of  Rs. 93.40 Crores. The much-awaited project with an alignment of approximately  2.93 KM will be developed on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. Dyanamicx  Ropeway Pvt Ltd. will develop the project on the Design, Build, Finance, Operate &  Transfer (DBFOT) framework with a concession period of 30 years. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kapil Moha ..read more