{"id":173551,"date":"2020-05-29T19:19:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T19:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=173551"},"modified":"2020-05-29T19:19:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T19:19:31","slug":"delegation-of-leading-online-travel-agents-otas-meets-union-minister-of-state-i-c-for-tourism-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/173551","title":{"rendered":"Delegation of leading Online Travel Agents (OTAs) meets Union Minister of State (I\/C) for Tourism &#038; Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Discussions center around calibrated opening up of hotels and hygiene\/safety issues<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amritsar, May 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; A delegation of leading Online Travel Agents (OTAs) of India called upon <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-173552 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PPNJ2905202008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PPNJ2905202008.jpg 621w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PPNJ2905202008-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/>Union Minister of State (I\/C) Tourism &amp; Culture Shri Prahlad Singh Patel today in New Delhi. The discussion centered around calibrated opening up of the hotels and accommodation units, issuing post lockdown protocols for safety and hygiene for accommodation units and travel related activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Union Minister shared the plan of Ministry for rebooting the travel sector starting with Domestic Tourism and also listened to the inputs and ideas put forward by the OTAs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The delegation further discussed matters relating to partnership with Ministry of Tourism on ways to leverage the Incredible India digital platform to provide better access to various tourist services. The other areas of cooperation included creating an e-market place for tourist guides and reform in Tax Collected at Source (TCS) and Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) for the OTA Sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The delegation also requested the MoS (I\/C) Tourism &amp; Culture to liberalise the Ministry of Tourism\u2019s OTA 2018 guidelines by making it simple and based on principle of self certification powered with industry driven quality assurance and grievance redressal system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Senior Officials from Ministry of Tourism were also presented in the meeting and OTAs were represented by Ritesh from OYO, Deep Kalra from Make my trip, yatra.com founder CEO Dhruv shringi and Rikant Pittie From EaseMyTrip.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussions center around calibrated opening up of hotels and hygiene\/safety issues Amritsar, May 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; A delegation of leading Online Travel Agents (OTAs) of India called upon Union Minister of State (I\/C) Tourism &amp; Culture Shri Prahlad Singh Patel today in New Delhi. 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