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Business
Travel
India as a business
cum conference centre is rapidly gaining worldwide attention. The Indian
economy is fast opening up to an era of liberalisation and provides
numerous opportunities for foreign business to visit India.
As a business traveller, you can expect all the facilities you are used
to in your home country. Major hotels have business centres which provide
secretarial services, translation and interpretation facilities, telex
and telefax, and conference rooms to seat anywhere be tween six to six
hundred. In addition, specially designated floor of major hotels are
reserved for business visitors. On these exclusive floors are lounges
where guests can relax in a congenial atmosphere, or conduct a formal
business discussion in a board room, with all attendant facilities of
an office. Facilities in rooms include writing desks, direct dial facilities
of an office. Facilities in rooms include writing desks, direct dial
facilities to over a hundred countries worldwide, and subscription to
national and international financial newspapers and periodicals. The
range of services that deluxe hotels provide their business guests include
printing personalised stationary overnight, if required; confirming
business appointments and delivering a bouquet of flowers; offering,
in addition to numerous restaurants and bars, an exclusive lounge, where
business can be discussed in privacy over a drink or a meal.
Parties or banquets can be specially catered for the busy business traveller.
These can also be theme based, for a memorable launch function.
Many hotels offer a personal fax in rooms. At others, you can use word-processors
to plan out your strategies. The back-up services are efficient and
you can be sure that no matter what you want done, India's business
hotels will be able to help you all the way.
Rent-a-cars are available in the country. International credit cards
find easy acceptance in the country.
Business
Hotels
New
Delhi is the venue for a number of international trade fairs held round
the year. The India Trade Promotion Authority owns a permanent exhibition
ground in the heart of New Delhi which periodically hosts fairs that
encompass every branch of trade from leather to engineering.
Important conference centres have grown in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai,
Chennai (Madras), Goa, Srinagar and Bhubaneshwar.
Each of the primary cities have not only a large number of hotel rooms
in the deluxe category, but also, a choice of conference halls.
Arrangements can be made for seating from 500 to 2,500 persons, theatre
style in an auditorium. Back up facilities include smaller adjoining
rooms which can be used as offices or mini conference rooms; audio visual
equipment, special lighting effects, multiple screen projection, simultaneous
multi-lingual translation, and the use of telex, and telephones with
international direct dialing. Catering services include everything from
light refreshments, during sessions, to lavish lunch and dinner buffets.
The entire gamut of conference-handling can be competently undertaken
in principal cities. Delegates can be received at the airport, extended
a traditional welcome at the venue, and find themselves warmly greeted
(perhaps by elephants!) at the convention venue.
Every hotel offers car hire facilities. Much more convenient than constantly
hiring taxis, chauffeur driven hired cars range from indigenous models
to airconditioned limousines.
Spouses can be escorted on specially organised sightseeing, orientation
and shopping tours. Similar facilities may also be organised for delegates
who may like to study a project of their professional speciality.
Large banquets with an Indian theme can enhance the experience.
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