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Airbus opens BizLab in have been belied, according to Thomas be folk songs, dances to local delicacies
Bengaluru Cook. "Paris is an all time favourite amongst many more.
with Indian consumers and continues
Airbus has inaugurated a BizLab in to feature strongly on our programmes Snow or no snow, tourists are going to
Bengaluru, its third after Toulouse, enjoying favoured-destination status enjoy the Christmas and New Year in
France and Hamburg, Germany, as across both group and the individual Shimla in 2015 as for the first tourism
part of its strategy to establish a glo- traveler segments," said Jatinder Paul department is going to organize Win-
bal network of aerospace business ac- Singh, Senior Vice President & Head - ter Carnival to make yearend celebra-
celerators. Airbus has opened a first Sales & Distribution, Leisure Travel tions a memorable affair. So far Win-
round of applications for start-ups seek- (Outbound), Thomas Cook. ter Carnival is only held in Manali but
ing support in the region. that too in the month of January. With
"Of course travel has become a non- folk songs, dances to local delicacies,
"Airbus has always been at the fore- negotiable, but it is the Indian consum- tourists are going to enjoy their stay
front of innovation to create more ers' maturity that has been truly en- this time.
value for our customers. With the Air- couraging for us. We have made no
bus BizLab Bangalore we are broaden- changes in the Paris elements," Singh In 2015 those who are coming to
ing our horizons and we aim to accel- said in an interview. Shimla would get a treat as Winter
erate the rise of an Indian aeronauti- Carnival would keep them entertained
cal entrepreneurship," said Bruno Asia accounts for a growing number of from December 25 to 31.
Gutierres, head, Airbus BizLab. tourists in France, with an estimated
300,000 Indians visiting Paris every Himachal Pradesh Tourism Develop-
Indian tourists head for year and this number is increasing, ment Board (HPTDB) vice chairman
France defying terror according to a statement on the Vijay Singh Mankotia said, "We also
website of the French Embassy. plan to organize a beauty pageant to
A majority of Indian tourists, who had select the winter queen. Earlier tour-
booked their France itinerary, don't Winter carnival to add to ists used to come only for Snow but
intend to cancel their bookings after Shimla's tourism want that from 2016 they should also
the Paris terror attacks even as tour come for winter carnival" he shared.
operators eye other European and Himachal Pradesh tourism department
Asian markets to provide alternative will organize a week long "Winter Car- So far Shimla only used to organize
destinations to sustain their business nival" starting December 25 in Shimla Summer Festival in June each year but
next year. to make yearend celebrations a memo- now it is going to add another attrac-
rable affair in the township. There will tion in the winters.
The fears of apprehensive customers
“Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”
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