explorerkerala.com: December 2013

Friday 27 December 2013

Napier radio hall - Napier Art Museum & Gallery, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Wednesday 25 December 2013

Museum and Zoo, Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), Kerala, India

Museum and Zoo, Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum),

Kerala, India

The museum houses a rare collection of archaeological and historic artifacts, bronze idols, ancient ornaments, a temple chariot and ivory carvings. It also contains the Sri Chitra Art Gallery, which contains works from Raja Ravi Varma and Nicholas Roerich, as well as examples of Mughal and Tanjore art.

The Museum grounds also hold a Zoological garden, which is one of the oldest in India. This Zoo was established in 1857 and is spread over 55 acres (220,000 m²) of land.

Tuesday 17 December 2013

Kerala Tourism Partnership Meet 2013-2014

Kerala Tourism Partnership Meet 2013-2014

Partnership Meets - Tier I Cities

Partnership Meets are effective B2B platforms where the travel and Hospitality Trade from Kerala including Hoteliers, Tour operators, House boat operators, Home stays and Ayurveda centres meet tour operators & travel agents in selected cities in India which are the potential markets for Kerala. It is a full day business event which envisages the promotion of Kerala Tourism via public privatepartnership and enables buyers from target cities to understand and explore Kerala.

The show will be held in the best available venue in that destination preferably in a premium banquet space. Table spaces with the provision of seating for two persons on each side will be allotted to the participants from Kerala who register and pay the required participation fee to Kerala Tourism. Kerala Tourism will be inviting the tour operators and travel agents of the source market to the Partnership Meets to attend as buyers.

The sellers, ie., the Kerala trade members will have to make their own arrangements for their travel, accommodation etc... at their own cost.

Programme Flow and Timings

Kerala Trade registration and table allotment starts at 9.30 am
Buyers are invited for business session from 10 am to 5.30 pm
Media registration starts at 12.30 noon
Cultural Show and Press Meet from 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm
Lunch for Media and trade at 2.00 pm
Business session resumes at 3.00 pm & continues till 5.30 pm
Business session ends at 5.30 pm
Cultural show starts at 5.40 pm and ends at 6.15 pm

PS: In Coimbatore and Guwahati Business hours starts at 4pm and continues till 8pm.

Highlights of the Meets

Effective one-to-one interactions
Comprehensive business hours
Hot deals and prizes for buyers
Theme based venue branding
Lunch & hi-tea for the trade

Hot Deals

Hot deals are the best offers/schemes provided by the sellers (Kerala Trade, comprising of hoteliers, resorts, tour operators and travel partners) participating in the coming domestic tier-1 city partnership meets. The deals would be offered exclusively for 6 - 8 hours of business session in the particular city. The objective is to further induce the buyers to visit more sellers and conduct business spontaneously. The buyer would be tempted to buy these deals as they are exciting, only available during the meet and also will win gifts for every 5, 10 or 15 deals he buys.

Special discount

For all properties with 10 rooms and below, an additional discount of 15 % will be given on the actual rates shown above.

Last date for registration: 10^th December 2013

Please feel free to contact Smt. D. Kamalamma, Tourist Information Officer, Directorate of Tourism for any assistance in this regard. Contact No: 0471 - 25 60 426, 427; 09446128948

Partnership Meets - Tier I 2014 Schedule

Sl. No.	Cities	Dates
1.	Bangalore	Tuesday, 7^th Januray
2.	Chennai	Thursday, 9^th January
3.	Coimbatore	Tuesday, 21^st January
4.	Mumbai	Thursday, 6^th February
5.	Delhi	Wednesday, 12^th February
6.	Guwahati	Tuesday, 18^th February
7.	Kolkota	Friday, 21^st February
8.	Hyderabad	Tuesday, 25^th February

Participation fee

Register

Sl. No.	No. of shows	Current year proposed rate (per city @ Rs. 9000)	Discount for Current Year In Rs	Final rate after discount
1.	1 city	9,000	0	9,000
2.	2 cities	18,000	2,000	16,000
3.	3 cities	27,000	3,000	24,000
4.	4 cities	36,000	4,000	32,000
5.	5 cities	45,000	7,000	38,000
6.	6 cities	54,000	12,000	42,000
7.	7 cities	63,000	17,000	46,000
8.	8 cities	72,000	22,000	50,000

National Travel Trade Fairs 2013 - 2014, Kerala tourism

National Travel Trade Fairs 2013 - 2014

Kerala Tourism will be participating in the National Travel Trade Fairs to be held in various metropolitan cities in the country during 2013-14.

Special subsidised rates are offered by Kerala Tourism for hotels with less than 15 rooms, tour operators, Ayurveda centres, houseboat owners, classified homestays and Serviced Villas for using the Kerala Pavilion in the fairs.

Allotment of space will be on a first come, first served basis.

Who all can participate?

Hotels

Any Hotel with less than 15 rooms come under the categories of 3, 2 and 1 Star .
Any small properties recommended by DTPC or District Officer or Department of Tourism.
All the above properties must be a provider of Tourist Arrival Statistics of Department of Tourism via online.

Tour Operators

Any Tour Operator having approval of the Government of India/ Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala.

Ayurveda Centres

Any Ayurveda Centres approved by Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala.

Houseboat

Any Houseboats approved by Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala.

Homestays /Serviced villas

Any Homestays /Serviced villas approved by Department of Tourism Government of Kerala.

Participation fees

Department of tourism will hire and set up the stand in appropriate manner and a table space will be provided to each participant including Homestays / Serviced villas at a rate of Rs.10000/- per fair.

Selection will be on the basis of first pay first served basis. Closing date of Registration will be 27th June-2013.

Director, Department of Tourism reserves the rights to finalise the participants list of each event.

Terms and conditions

Participants can reserve their space by clicking the REGISTER button.

Please send the required amount as DD in favour of Director, Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala payable at Thiruvananthapuram.

A maximum of 10 participants can participate in one fair. Hence only the first 10 registered users will be entitled to participate.

Booking will be confirmed only after the receipt of payment by Kerala Tourism.

For any clarifications, please feel free to contact

Ms. Kamalamma D.
Tourist Information Officer
Marketing Division-Kerala Tourism
Park View, Thiruvananthapuram-33
Ph: +91 471 2560427
Mob: +91 94461 28948
Email: tradefair@keralatourism.org

Sl No.	Cities	Event
1	TTF Kolkata	July 05-07, 2013
2	TTF Hyderabad	July 12-14, 2013
3	IITM Bangalore	July 19-21, 2013
4	TTF Ahmedabad	August 16-18, 2013
5	TTF Mumbai	August 30-September 1, 2013
6	IITM Pune	November 22-24, 2013
7	TTF Bangalore	January 3-5, 2014
8	TTF Chennai	January 10-12, 2014
9	SATTE New Delhi	January 29-31, 2014
10	SATTE Mumbai	February 3-4, 2014
11	TTF New Delhi	February 13-15, 2014