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November 2015

Rajeev Kohli
Joint Managing Director

Dear Industry Colleagues

For ten years, "Creatively Yours" has been going out to over 30,000 travel industry professionals around the world with the objective to keep you informed of the happenings in the world of Incredible India and its neighbours.

Welcome to the Celebration Issue of "Creatively Yours". Today, I write this edition of Creatively Yours with a heart & head swollen with pride.

As we enter the festival period of Diwali (see below), the entire Creative family does so with great joy and satisfaction of being the best of the best. It has been a tremendous start of the month for Team Creative. We won, not one, not two but Five global awards this month for our excellence in service delivery across the region.

  • 2015 Asia's Leading Destination Management Company
  • 2015 India's Leading Destination Management Company
  • 2015 India's Leading Luxury Travel Agency
  • 2015 TTG Asia Best Travel Agency in India
  • 2015 SITE Crystal Award

You can read more on these below.

We are also proud to have formally launched our Vision, Mission and Values statement. These exemplify what we as a company and team stand for to our partners and guests.

As a company, we are many things to many people. Some like us for our work in the premium travel market, others for our work on incentives. Some appreciate our handling of difficult clients while others our simplicity and grace. But the one common thread that holds us together is our heritage, our ideals and the foundations on which we stand that we are so very proud of......

What our team has achieved is due to its hard work and dedicated focus on bringing our partners the best the Indian sub-continent has to offer. We may be a company, we may have our corporate policies & strategies, but at the end of the day we are one thing that will never change.....we are a family. A family of the Kohlis, a family of our employees, a family of our partners & well wishers around the world.

We are what we are today because of the support of all of you. We dedicate this issue of "Creatively Yours" to you, whether you work with us or not, for we all have one thing in common, we work in an industry that is driven with a passion to creating memories and spreading smiles.

Thank you :-)


Take care


Have a Creative Day! Rajeev

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SpiceJet announces direct flights to Dubai from Amritsar and Kozhikode from Nov 2015
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In this Edition....
  • Where you can find us next - IBTM World Bracelona, 17-19 November, Stand # H182; PURE Marrakech, 9-12 November, Stand # H05; ILTM Cannes, November 30 - December 3, Stand # F141

  • Creative News  - We are proud to have been awarded 5 global awards this month....and more

  • What People are saying about us  - Janette Herok

  • Festival Alert - Diwali festival – 11th November 2015, Hornbill Festival

  • News from the Jungle - The Forsyth Trail

  • Destination News - Aerial joy ride begins to boost tourism, Major airports of Rajasthan to have solar power....and more

  • Hotel News - Le Meridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa unveiled in Western India, Starwood to expand its footprint by 50% in Africa and Indian Ocean region in next 5 years....and more

  • Aviation News - SpiceJet announces direct flights to Dubai from Amritsar and Kozhikode from Nov 2015....and more

  • Indian Recipe of the month - Dal Makhani




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Where you can find us next...
 
 
 



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Creative News.....
         
 
 








  Creative wins 5 prestigious global awards in October 2015 !

  • 2015 Asia's Leading Destination Management Company
  • 2015 India's Leading Destination Management Company
  • 2015 India's Leading Luxury Travel Agency
  • 2015 TTG Asia Best Travel Agency in India
  • 2015 SITE Crystal Award
2015 World Travel Awards

On October 30, at a glittering presentation at the World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia 2015 Gala Ceremony in Hong Kong, Creative Travel is proud to have been awarded as "Asia's Leading Destination Management Company" (our 4th win), "India's Leading Destination Management Company" (our 5th win) and "India's Leading Luxury Travel Agency" (our 2nd win) at the 2014 World Travel Awards Ceremony. Hailed as "The Oscars of the Travel Industry, World Travel Awards celebrates its 22nd Anniversary this year and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel accolade, and aims to celebrate those brands that are pushing the boundaries of industry excellence. The award ceremony was attended by over 300 industry leaders and dignitaries from all over Asia and the Pacific.

The award was accepted by Creative COO, Sandeep Kapur.

Creative Travel India wins its 6th prestigious SITE Crystal Award for Excellence in the Incentive Industry

We wanted to share some great news. On October 24th in New Delhi, we received Creative's 6th SITE Crystal Award at the 2015 SITE Global Conference (Society for Incentive Travel Excellence). This is truly a great honour for us as this is the highest global award in the incentive industry and we are proud to have brought the honour yet again to India.

In 1980, Site created the Crystal Awards Recognition Program as a way to honor top professionals who deliver programs that connect motivational experiences to solid business results. Today, the Crystal Award serves as a benchmark for industry programs and is regarded as the highest honor in the industry. Site encourages entries from all industry leaders and disciplines who are involved in the development and delivery of performance improvement programs.

To read more about this award winning program, visit this link

The award was accepted by Afzal Saghir and Swapnil Jha from our incentives team along with our partner from Mexico.

2015 TTG Asia Travel Award

At the 26th Annual TTG Asia Travel Award, Creative Travel was honoured with its 5th ‘Best Travel Agency’ India Award.

On October 1, in Bangkok, before an illustrious audience of tourism leaders from across Asia-Pacific, for the 5th time we were voted by the readers of TTG publications as the "Best Travel Agency in India" at the 26th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2015. The TTG Travel Awards has been recognising the best of Asia-Pacific's travel industry since 1989. TTG Travel Awards not only serves a benchmark for high standards across the industry but also as a trajectory for the travel industry's advancements. The TTG Travel Agent Awards recognizes the Best Travel Agent in its respective category in terms of Professionalism and excellence in staff and Best value-added services to client. This prestigious annual event honours stellar organisations and individuals in 4 categories: Travel Supplier, Travel Agency, Outstanding Achievement and Travel Hall of Fame. This TTG Travel Trade Publishing event is proudly organised by TTG Asia, with the support of TTG India, TTG China, TTGmice, TTG-BTmiceChina and TTG Asia Luxury.

The award was accepted by Creative COO, Sandeep Kapur.
 
         
    Creative Travel unveils its Vision, Mission and Values statement

A Mission Statement defines the company's business, its objectives and its approach to reach those objectives. A Vision Statement describes the desired future position of the company. Elements of Mission and Vision Statements are often combined to provide a statement of the company's purposes, goals and values.

Our entire team is proud to have formally unveiled our values, vision and mission statement.
This reaffirms how we deliver and support the objectives of our partners and guests form around the world.  The launch event held at our office with our entire team present. The high levels of engagement shown by our team members demonstrates their pride and commitment.

It is a truly shared vision and was born out of talking together to take a fresh look at our service delivery and commitment towards our work. We engaged with leaders at every level, met with the staff members for discussions, and conducted The Great Mission Conversation — and from the responses identified the priorities for mission.  See our statement here. 
 
         
 

  Creative Daycation!

On 10th of October, Creative Travel celebrated the Daycation, an annual regime, where the entire staff of Creative, indulges in a  of amazingambitg team building activities organised by an external agency, TAB (Take a break)!

From the extremely simple rope courses and rigorous full day outbound learning sessions to the highly specialized and custom created business simulations that was what the Creative Daycation was full of! Here are some of the glimpses from our fun filled day!!
 



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What they think about us ....
     
 

We at Creative track guest feedback very carefully. Each evaluation form gives us an insight on our operations and allows us to constantly refine our service delivery process. Now and then we get a few letters that brighten up our days. This is an excerpt from one of the lovely messages we get :

I loved India, it definitely is a magical place. I have been recommending your beautiful country to everyone. This was my first time with Insight and I must say that the tour, the service and the good company were excellent. It was such a wonderful experience.

Our last two days in India were just as memorable. The Leela Palace was unbelievable. It was very hard to leave the pool, Vicki and I felt very spoilt!

My husband and I are in Adelaide for a few days, it's a delightful quiet city, nothing like vibrant, bustling New Delhi. Unbelievably our taxi driver in Adelaide was from the Punjab. So we had a great chat about India, Agra and the Taj Mahal.

Anyway thank you again for the emails, Elaine wants my pics of the goats in Old Delhi, so will pass them on. Wishing you every success for the future. Many thanks to you and the crew for such a wonderful time.

Cheers
Janette Herok

 



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Festival Alert.....
         
    Diwali festival – 11th November 2015

A Hindu festival rooted in deep human values, strong mythical beliefs and legends, Diwali signifies the true essence of life where good overcomes evil. Celebrated with much gaiety, grandeur and festivity, the festival of Diwali transcends caste, creed and community to become all-inclusive and encompassing. In man's eternal quest for both spiritual enlightenment and worldly prosperity, Diwali marks the most auspicious day when family bonds and human relations become stronger while business ventures gain a promising head start.

Diwali is celebrated on the 'new moon day' in the month of Kartik which falls in October/ November. The boisterous fervor of Diwali is manifested in busy markets much ahead of celebration, illuminated public places and homes lit with earthen 'diyas' , candles and decorative lighting and people decked up in bright, new clothes. Men and women partake of the rituals which involves doing 'pujas' and offering 'prasad' to Gods and Goddesses. Perhaps as old as the tradition of celebrating Diwali is, equally age-old is the ritual of offering sweets and gifts to families and friends. The most common scene synonymous with Diwali is that of children and adults burning firecrackers and sparkles. A noticeable trend around Diwali celebrations is a Diwali party, where friends and family gather to celebrate this day.
 
         
    Hornbill Festival

The Hornbill Festival that takes place between the 1st and 10th December each year. NAGALAND, with its diverse tribal culture, is a land of festivals. A narrow strip of mountainous territory with rugged hills, emerald valleys, sparkling streams and a rich variety of flora and fauna, the 16th State of the Indian Union has salubrious climate throughout the year. This event is a photographer’s delight where 16 tribes of Nagaland come together to perform in their traditional attire with feathers in their hair and spears & swords in their hands. The head hunters of yester years make for a perfect photo & art subjects.
 



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News from the Jungle.....
         
 



  The Forsyth Trail

Captain James Forsyth was an officer under the Bengal Corps, with a keen interest in Wildlife. This was brought to life when he was posted in the unexplored forests of Satpura and it is his journal “Highlands of Central India”, based on his walks through the dense jungles of Pachmarhi Wildlife Sanctuary and Satpura National Park that has brought attention to this unique Central Indian Jungle.

A Popular trail that was traversed by him on many occasions has inspired a wonderful wilderness experience in Satpura to retrace the steps of this explorer and take in Satpura’s Landscape and wildlife, the way he saw it… a hundred odd years ago!

A wonderful trek led by naturalists and forest guards. The aim of this trek is to appreciate the landscape and flora fauna of the region with an emphasis on lesser fauna and is not to be considered a strenuous trek. The experience covers 34 km taking you from an elevation of 990m to 345m or the other way around and the walk is spread over 2 nights and 3 days giving you ample time to explore the forests, appreciate and do some photography and even sketches or quick artwork. Nights are spent camping under brilliant skies. A truly exciting way to explore undisturbed jungles of Central India. If camping and the outdoors interest you this experience should definitely be on your must do lists when visiting India.

For more details write to us at engage@junglesutra.com.
 



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Destination News.....
  India      
         
    Aerial joy ride begins to boost tourism

Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria flagged off a chopper carrying a group of people, from Dabok airport on Tuesday, marking the commencement of aerial joyrides in the city. The move is seen as a significant step to boost tourism in the state as Udaipur is the second most-sought-after tourist destination after Jaipur. The flyers enjoyed the 15-minute joy ride during which they had a glimpse of the picturesque environs of the lake city. read more...
 
         
    Major airports of Rajasthan to have solar power

Major airports of Rajasthan will go green soon with solar power catering to most of their electricity needs, a senior official of Airports Authority of India (AAI) said on Tuesday.

At Jaipur airport in the state's capital, a solar plant with the capacity of 100 kws was  set up oninitially the rooftop and another plant with the capacity of 1800 kws would come up on the ground, beyond safety area and close to boundary wall, AAI's Regional Executive Director-North Rakesh Kalra said. read more...
 
         
    Devshree – Rajasthan

Devshree lies on the edge of the lovely village of Deograh, in the Aravalli Hills. It has a glorious position and is almost equidistant between Jodhpur and Udaipur so it makes the most ideal break in a hectic, city based itinerary. Surrounded by stunning granite hills, lakes and woodland, the utterly charming owners have created an incredibly warm, inviting, ‘home’ with immense style, taste and character. Built in the traditional ‘haveli’ style, with deep verandhas, verdant lawns and pretty courtyards, it has many Rajput influences. The interiors are large and airy with lofty ceilings, and the décor is Rajasthani but with a contemporary twist. read more...
 



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Hotel News.....
  India      
         
    Le Meridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa unveiled in Western India

Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, announced the opening of Le Méridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa in Western India. Marking the first Le Méridien resort in India, Le Méridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa is the brand’s ninth property in the country, further strengthening the Paris-born brand’s presence throughout India. Nestled in the scenic Western Ghats, the resort is a few hours’ drive from the cosmopolitan centers of Mumbai and Pune, and offers guests an ideal getaway from the hustle and bustle of the city, a release has stated. read more...
 
         
    Starwood to expand its footprint by 50% in Africa and Indian Ocean region in next 5 years

With the expansion of its luxury, upscale and mid-market brands, Starwood will grow its portfolio by over 50% in Africa and Indian Ocean region over the next five years. The hotel group has announced their aggressive expansion plans at the recently concluded Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Currently, Starwood has a strong footprint with 34 operating hotels and a robust pipeline of 20 hotels under development. read more...
 
         
    Shangri-La opens in Bangalore

Shangri-La Hotel has announced the opening of its hotel in Bengaluru. Located 30 minutes from the international airport, the 397-room Shangri-La Bengaluru stands 19-storeys tall in a leafy blue ribbon suburb on Palace Road. read more...

 
 



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Aviation News......
         
    SpiceJet announces direct flights to Dubai from Amritsar and Kozhikode from Nov 2015

SpiceJet has announced the launch of direct flights to Dubai from the cities of Amritsar and Kozhikode (Calicut), services of which will commence from November 15, 2015. To celebrate the launch, the low-cost carrier (LCC) is offering tickets at an introductory fare of INR 4999 all-in one way between Kozhikode-Dubai and Amritsar–Dubai.

While SpiceJet will operate daily flights on the Kozhikode–Dubai route, flights on the Amritsar–Dubai route will operate on all days except Saturday. The LCC will be deploying its Boeing 737NG aircraft on the newly launched routes. With the launch of these flights, SpiceJet will now serve Dubai direct from eight Indian cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kochi, Madurai, Amritsar, and Kozhikode, with connections from more cities including Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru.
 
         
    SriLankan Airlines adds three new frequencies on Chennai-Colombo route

SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, in a time span of four months has increased three new frequencies on the Chennai – Colombo route. Chennai is one of the fastest growing markets for SriLankan and enhancement of frequencies will help the airline to capitalise on the increase in passenger traffic from the region. With these additions, the total frequency of flights between Sri Lanka and India went up to 89 flights per week. The additional frequencies will operate on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from Chennai.

Each flight will feature an array of bespoke services, world-class in-flight entertainment including a combination of Tamil language programmes and signature SriLankan Airlines hospitality services. The purpose of re-launching these flights is to increase the frequency of the airline, providing passengers with added convenience.
 
 


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Indian Recipe of the month......
         



Dal Makhani

This famous Indian lentil delicacy is tossed with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, cream, and spices. Click here to read the recipe.... 




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