On February 28, the DGCA extended the ban on regular international flights, until further orders
Rajiv Mehra
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IATO urges govt to restore Service Exports from India Scheme to 7%
The trade body noted that reducing it to 5% will impact the small and medium tour operators, while capping of INR 5 crore will affect large tour operators
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IATO representatives meet Finance Minister seeking relief measures for revival of tourism
The delegation also discussed about the cascading effect of multiple GST on the tour operators and requested her to remove this anomaly by charging GST on the deemed total value which could be 10% of gross billing of the tour operators.
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Industry hails Finance Ministry’s loan guarantee scheme, free tourist visas
Free visa to first 5 lakh tourists will aid in faster recovery of inbound tourism
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Industry stakeholders hail RBI’s INR 15,000 crore liquidity window to help hotels, tourism
RBI has doubled the maximum aggregate exposure to INR 50 crore, enabling a larger set of borrowers to avail of the benefits under Resolution Framework 2.0
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IATO President appeals all its members and tourism professionals to get themselves vaccinated
it is very important for the tourism and hospitality industry to get themselves and staff vaccinated at the earliest possible and once the vaccinations is done, same should be conveyed to their counterparts/foreign tour operators to create confidence amongst them
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IATO initiates Special Membership Drive
Rajiv Mehra, President, Indian Association of Tour Operators apprised about the decisions taken by the Executive Committee in taking forward the task, EC has taken in hand.
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Rajiv Mehra to helm FAITH as Secretary
Subhash Goyal recently resigned as the FAITH secretary, following which the IATO EC nominated Rajiv Mehra for the position