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Ahmedabad, October 13, 2006: reachgujarat.com launches one stop travel and
tourism
solution for national / international business or leisure Travelers either
through Internet
or Mobile Media for APNU GUJARAT in association with Tourism Corporation
of Gujarat
Limited. It is Gujarat’s 1st online booking Travel-n-Tourism portal that
would provide
real time 24x7 centralized reservations for airlines, hotels, railway,
buses, tour
packages and car rentals in Gujarat across the world through mobile or 24x7 call centre
or internet with payment gateway or M Commerce. Reachgujarat.com provides
exhaustive information on Gujarati culture, exotic travel and shopping
destinations in Gujarat and other travel related information for Gujarat.
Reachgujarat.com has very exciting and involving feature
like last minute deals, online shopping of ethnic Gujarati
wares, reverse auction, blogging, hotel/destination rating
by travelers themselves.
Announcing launch of reachgujarat.com and its tie-up
with Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd., Ms. Ruzan
Khambatta, Chairperson & Managing Director of
reachgujarat.com, said "Globally, for travel and tourism,
people spend more money online than offline and
reachgujarat.com is dynamic answer of Gujarat tourism and
travel industry to this paradigm shift. With our tie-up with
Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd., we are offering 24x7
real time booking for all Gujarat's hotels, tourist spots,
destinations, retail establishments through integrated
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Key Features
- Centralized and real time
booking of hotel rooms,
tour packages and taxies
from any part of world
through Internet Payment
gateway or M Commerce.
- Real time reservations
either through Internet or
Mobile or 24x7 call centre
and chat facility.
- Provides exhaustive infor mation
on Gujarati culture,
exotic travel and
shopping destinations in
Gujarat
- Will provide feed to national
and international
travel, tourism sites and
also to global distribution
system companies thus
portal and mobile media. I am sure that this portal would open up new and
exciting
opportunities for stake holders in Gujarat travel-tourism industry as well
as it would be
very beneficial to tourist wanting to come to Gujarat to get the best
rates, best deals and
all the info they want about Gujarat in a single portal.
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Commenting on need of real time booking in promoting tourism in Gujarat
Shri. R.M. Patel, Principal Secretary Tourism, said "Gujarat Tourism is on
threshold of huge
success in terms of tourist arrival to Gujarat. Online booking is the need
of the hour and
would greatly facilitate and contribute to the promotion of travel and
tourism in Gujarat.
We are very happy to be associated with Gujarat's 1st online booking
Travel n Tourism
portal, reachgujarat.com. Now by a simple click on their computer or
mobile phones,
people would be able to book tickets, rooms, tour packages and even shop
at best
prices.
Commenting on TCGL association with reachgujarat.com Shri. P. D Vaghela,
Managing Director, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited, said "it is a
great
beginning and I am pleased that this kind of global online booking is
being started for
our Gujarat state in the tourism year by reachgujarat.com. I am sure this
will further add
to tourism growth in Gujarat. This will also provide an opportunity to all
the hoteliers,
travel agents and retail establishments to reach out to the global tourist".
Key players in travel, tourism and retail industry in Gujarat such as Taj,
Le Meridien,
Fortune Landmark, Comfort Inn, Nalanda, President, Grand Bhagwati, Kutch
Safari Lodge,
Mandvi Beach Resort and various Heritage hotels, travel Cos. like Unicorn
Travels, Daqad
travels, Club7holidays and even car rental co. Hertz are quiet excited and
have shown
their inclination to get associated with reachgujarat.com.
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