INDIA
INDIA Top Selling Tips...
• Divide and conquer... “India has diverse cultures, cuisines and landscapes. First- timers should not try to cover it in one go"
LYDIA NAZARETH General Manager UK & Ireland, Jet Airways
What’s New Virgin Atlantic will launch a daily Heathrow-Mumbai service on October 28. However troubled Kingfisher cut its London routes in April and British Airways has suspended its codeshare with the struggling Indian airline. Jet Airways has brought low-cost subsidiaries JetLite and Jet Konnect into single brand JetKonnect. TransIndus’s eight night Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel-themed private tour embraces the Golden Triangle and Udaipur. At Udaipur guests stay at the ‘Marigold’ hotel (Ravla Khempur) or upgrade to Oberoi Udaivilas where the stars stayed during filming. Also first- timer friendly is Cosmos’s new 11-day Spirit of Kerala tour including an overnight houseboat cruise, from £1,599pp. A new joint venture called Ayana has been launched by luxury operator Mantis
Group and Mumbai-based ICS group focusing on the design and operation of eight iconic hotels in what are, primarily, nature destinations. The first project is a ten-room safari
lodge at Pench National Park, which is expected to be operational by 2013. In developing the lodge, Ayana intends on establishing a successful model for ecotourism by providing a unique experience to its guests while ensuring the protection of India's spectacular wildlife and natural heritage. The luxury boutique market in India is relatively untapped, offering huge potential. In Goa, Centara Hotels & Resorts
is opening a stand-alone Spa Cenvaree and three restaurants at Acron Place at Candolim. Alila Bangalore is launching a spa
and new excursion programme while Swissotel is to manage the 300-room Grand Mumbai, opening 2014.
From The Front Line JULIANNE HOWARTH
Senior Product Manager Seasons “The main challenges for
booking India are the visa process and new increased taxes, however, hotels are mostly very willing to help entice people to book, more so via a tour operator which has good relationships with people on the ground and can help make the whole process an ‘easy’ transaction. A good first time itinerary would be the Golden Triangle with Udaipur. People also like fly-and-flops like Goa.”
RAJEEV MANRAL Manager of India, Nepal & Bhutan tours, Indus Tours “We have two new very
interesting programmes for the Golden Triangle and Kerala, where first-timers can stay in India homes and have an
• Get guided… “Pre-booking a sightseeing tour for the first day is a great way for first-timers to get to grips with India’s daunting cities”
GAIL DUNWOODIE Head of Product and Marketing Attraction World
• Suggest spa… “Kerala is the home of Ayurveda. Suggest clients book a spa hotel to experience an authentic treatment”
DEBBIE WARD Travel Journalist
• Temperatures v tigers… “October to March is cool with minimal rainfall and includes India's main festivals. May/June high temperatures increase tiger sightings at waterholes”
KAY DURDEN Abercrombie & Kent
Tamaind Tours, one of India’s premier Destination Management Companies has further developed its support for the UK market by appointing Ocean Marketing as its representative office. Focusing on individually crafted holiday concepts, Tamarind Tours uses its extensive knowledge and experitise
to present the rich repertoire India has to offer. Tailor made packages are constructed with each clients specific requirements in mind - their choice of destination, tour duration, budget and personal preferences. Every experience which Tamarind designs is one of a kind, because every client is one of a kind.
For more information contact: Ian Griffiths
OCEAN MARKETING T: +44 23 9238 6401
E:
ian@oceanmarketing.co.uk www.oceanmarketing.co.uk www.tamarindtours.in
INDUS TOURS
DANIELLE NOTMAN
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