It has been found that Hospitality industry is making great business nowadays  and they are the ones who are getting huge benefits by providing cutting edge technologies to their customers. 

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It took Columbus and his men months of ever looming uncertainty floating over their ship’s mast and barrages of troubles jostling through the magnificent deep blue ocean, to discover America! He was not privileged to have a brush with the hi-fi technology in navigation and communication that time.

Sapna Ramachandran – smart, confident, vibrant and full of energy, is the proprietress of her own travel agency Verdant Travels at Ernakulam. Any holiday package anywhere in India, at affordable prices and the right person to turn to is Sapna. She shares with Small Enterprise India how she gave up her  job with the  Le Meridian  group to start out on her own.

Now as we entered into the post slowdown phase, we could find out that things in the business scenario have started taking their own shape.  New business models, and new business propositions are now started showing their presence.The travel industry especially the business travel industry is no different from it. Business travel has already started making its presence felt when the concept of budget hotels entered into Indian market.

Be it due to customer’s maturity, business maturity, newer business dynamics keeps on coming in. The biggest change in the travel business has been witnessed due to the advent of Internet.

Internet has registered a great success story in the travel business. Considering the present market trends, Internet will play even more important role in bringing the seller and buyer together in the travel business. It will also act proactively in managing the entire market dynamics.Different segments such as high profile individuals, small businesses etc have   different needs such as quality holiday, travel experiences, value for money or personalized service and exclusivity. This is driving the growth of innovative and flexible shared ownership products that cater to individual needs.

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Business and travel can be termed the two sides of the same coin. For any business, time is money and the more time is saved, the more profit the business generates. Business fraternity all over the globe wants to cut short the time and expenses they spend on business travel.
 
The current business travel segment in India is poised as a result of India’s strong and balanced economy. Besides India is fast becoming one of the most preferred destination for investment opportunities. According to a report by the World Economic Forum, the contribution of travel and tourism to gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to be at US$ 187.3 billion by 2019 globally. The Indian government Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policies and incentives attract overseas investors, particularly for capital-intensive industries in India. This has further boosted the growth potential of travel segment in India tremendously.

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Technology has  made inroads into the day to day affairs of individuals in an incredible manner. Today our life is much depended on technology and its various applications. Things which were considered or viewed upon as ‘impossible’, have now become ‘Impossible is nothing’- a smart tag line one of the famous shoes manufacturers has put across.

The technological advancements transcend the barriers of time and place and one can connect with the people trans globe, just with the press of a button.