43>> Dubai Cruise Tourism organizes four-city roadshow D ubai Cruise Tourism, part of Dubai Tourism, commenced a four-city roadshow beginning in New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai from 16 - 19 December, 2014. Dubai tourism delegation members networked with 700 key Indian travel trade partners and media alongside noted companies operating in the cruise industry worldwide - MSC, Costa Crociere and Royal Caribbean International (RCI). The Indian travel trade fraternity comprising cruise promotion professionals also had the opportunity to learn more of the recently launched UAE multiple-entry cruise tourism visa. Investment in new infrastructure – including a new state-of-the-art cruise terminal at Mina Rashid, Dubai’s major cruise port, which opened earlier this month - combined with guaranteed sunshine and warm weather, as well as attractions make Dubai an ideal cruise destination. Hamad bin Mejrin, Executive Director, Dubai Tourism, said: “Dubai has long and very strong links with India and its people, and from a tourism perspective, the country is one of our top three source markets for visitors to our city. With the announcement of a new multiple-entry visa for cruise passengers we expect to see a further increase of our share of the Indian outbound travellers including those within the cruise segment, as this will be an added attraction to visiting the city of Dubai.” ITDC gives Rs 3.73 Crore dividend to Ministry Travel to film locations with Maps.me ACTE, travel trade convene for CSR activity T M T he Chairman & Managing Director of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Girish Shankar, on behalf of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), handed over a cheque for Rs 3.73 crore to Union Tourism Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma recently, towards 5% interim dividend payment to the Government of India for 2013-14. Present on the occasion were Secretary – Ministry of Tourism – Dr. Lalit K. Panwar, Director (Commercial & Marketing) Cmde (Retd.) R.K. Okhandiar, and Director (Finance) Trinath Behera along with other Sr. officials of MOT & ITDC. aps.me announced a new offline map service to favorite film destinations and users can access routes to these places without any roaming fees. The famous Game of Thrones, which was shot all over the world, includes destinations like Dubrovnik, located in the heart of Croatia. Gučetić Gozze villa, located close to the city of Dubrovnik lets people walk through the lanes of the villa. The Arboretum offers fountains, a small chapel, oil farm, and a gazebo on a cliff Address. The Speedy Café in London where Sherlock Holmes was shot offers special menu for Sherlock fans. he Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) hosted a corporate social responsibility event, engaging students from St Joseph’s College of Commerce specializing in travel and tourism along with veterans from the travel trade for Wake the Lake Campaign at the Munnekolala Lake in Bangalore. 45 students joined 23 participants representing corporation, TMC, and travel vendors including Accenture, Northern Trust, Altisource, HRG dnata, Via.com, Vivanta by Taj, Eco rent a car, Jet Airways, Discover the World, Corporate Outbound, Voyagers. www.voyagersworld.in