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Dear Industry Colleagues |
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Welcome to another edition
of award winning 'Creatively
Yours'.
Happy to say that the
monsoons are doing well
across most of India. It
seems we will have a healthy
rainy season, which is very
important for our economy.
Good rains mean a good year
for the Indian economy.
The highly successful e-Visa
system is to be expanded
again to include another 36
countries. This will take
the coverage to 186, a great
move for Indian tourism. The
Monsoon session of the
Indian parliament is on.
This time there is great
hope they may pass the path
breaking GST tax bill. This
will change the face of the
Indian economy and we hope
for some benefits for
tourism.
We in Team Creative
are also very proud to have
been nominated again for
FOUR World Travel Awards for
a sixth year running. This
is a tremendous honour. We
are also delighted that our
specialist wildlife brand ‘JungleSutra
Wildlife Journeys’ has
been nominated in the
category of India’s Leading
Experiential Holiday
Company. This is a great
recognition to the
specialist services this
team provides to our guests.
With our previous wins, we
hope you will support us
this year as well. Every
vote helps count towards our
success, for it is only the
support from our friends and
partners across the world
that make us what we are
today. Details on how to
vote are below.
Have you been
signing up to hear our
webinars? We
have all the sessions
recorded for sharing with
anyone who missed them. The
response has been great and
we intend to extend the
subjects and countries
covered over the next few
weeks.
You shall see some new and
exciting initiatives in the
next season from Team
Creative. New experiential
inclusions, new circuits,
new concepts... We take
pride in our ability to make
a trip to the Indian
sub-continent something very
different.
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Take care, |
Rajeev Kohli
Joint Managing Director |
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Where You Can Find Us Next |
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Special News |
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Soon, e-visa for another
36 countries
Riding high on the success of
the e-tourist visa scheme, the
Union tourism ministry plans to
extend online visas to 36
countries including Iran, Italy,
Egypt and Nigeria among others.
According to sources, the
proposal has been sent for
approval to the ministry of home
affairs. If accepted, 186
countries will now be able to
access online visa to travel to
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Creative News |
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Please help us re-create
history!!
It’s about trust, continuity
and reliability...... for 39
years we have honoured the
trust our clients & partners
have placed in us across
India and the subcontinent.
We have never let a partner
down and never will.
Our nominations this year
are for: (You will have to
click on individual
nomination links in each
category to vote for us.)
We are also delighted that
our specialist wildlife
brand ‘JungleSutra Wildlife
Journeys’ has been nominated
in the category of India’s
Leading Experiential Holiday
Company. This is a great
recognition to the
specialist services this
team provides to our guests.
We hope to have your support
through your vote. It means
a lot to us.
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What People Say About Us |
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An excellent tour which
exceeded our expectations.
Nihal was very helpful
throughout the trip. He
looked after us and was
always efficient. A great
asset to the company which
we hope you value. Having
one driver for the whole
tour is a major selling
point for Creative Travel /
Flight Centre.
Regards
James Christine Copeland
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Festival News |
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Teej Festival –
5-6 August 2016 |
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The Hindu
festival of Teej
is organized on
July / August
and symbolized
the union of
Shiva and
Parvati. It is a
three day
festival, where
women pray for
blessings their
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Food: Kerala
tourism to hold
spice route
culinary
festival - 23-26
September 2016 |
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As part of the
upcoming Kerala
Travel Mart
2016, a Spice
Route Culinary
Festival will be
held in Kerala
between
September 23 and
26. |
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News From The Jungle |
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Periyar Tiger
Reserve |
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Formed by a
set of
islands in a
water
reservoir
created when
the River
Periyar was
dammed,
making this
a unique
wildlife
reserve.
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Tigers roar loud
in Manas,
population up
50% in 3 years |
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Tigers have
made a
roaring
comeback in
the Manas
landscape
which
straddles
both Assam's
Bodoland
Territorial
Areas
District (BTAD)
and Bhutan.
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Destination News |
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Ramayana
circuit: 11
destinations
proposed, 4 in
poll-bound Uttar
Pradesh |
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The twin
proposals
came up
during the
first
meeting of
the National
Committees
on Ramayana
and Krishna
circuits
held under
the
chairmanship
of Tourism
Minister
Mahesh
Sharma.
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Rajasthan all
set to offer its
luxury trains
for lavish
weddings |
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With bookings on
the wane,
Rajasthan
tourism now
plans to open up
its iconic
luxury
locomotives like
the ‘Palace on
Wheels’ and
‘Royal Rajasthan
on Wheels’ for
lavish weddings. |
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Aviation News |
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Direct flight
between India
and Laos soon |
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To enhance
people to people
contact between
two South East
Asian
neighbours,
India and Laos
will soon have a
direct flight
connectivity as
part the
initiatives to
increase
cultural
exchange and
bilateral trade
between two
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Air India to
connect
Ahmedabad &
London from
August 15 |
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Speaking at the
Indo-American
Chamber of
Commerce (IACC)
Conference
recently,
Ashwani Lohani,
CMD, Air India
Ltd said that
air travel is
the key to
increase visitor
arrivals between
countries, and
therefore from
August 15, the
flag carrier
will be
inaugurating
thrice-a-week
flights
connecting
Ahmedabad and
London. |
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Vistara adds
Port Blair to
its fast growing
network |
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Vistara, India’s
fastest growing
full service
carrier that is
setting new
service and
customer
experience
standards,
announced the
addition of Port
Blair, Andaman &
Nicobar Islands,
as its 18th
destination,
effective
September 30,
2016. |
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Coimbatore-based
Air Carnival
commences
operations |
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Low cost carrier
Air Carnival
today launched
operations with
its maiden
flight from
Coimbatore to
Chennai. |
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Recipe of
the Month |
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Masala Bhindi (ladies
finger/Okra) |
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Connect with Us |
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Contact Us |
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Creative Plaza, Nanakpura, Moti
Bagh, New Delhi 110021. India. |
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Tel: 24679192,
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Fax: +91-11-26885886
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