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 The
website and newsletter of Travel Media Forum (TMF) was recently
launched by secretary tourism, government of India, Rathi
Vinay Jha at a function organised at Le Meridien New Delhi.
The secretary did the honours by bestowing the ‘Tourism
Promotion Awards’ to Indian Airlines, Ram Kohli, Lalit
Suri, Tarun Thakral, Ramesh Kakkar and Ashish Kumar Singh,
MD, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation.
TMF is a body of travel writers, photo journalists, editors
and publishers of travel-related magazines contributing to
the cause of tourism promotion in the country. Travel Industry
Association of America has provided the TMF website www.travelmediaforum.com,
a link in the travel media and public relations section of
their website.
Aimed at securing global travel media association, the website
highlights information about TMF and contains a monthly electronic
newsletter and international media links. ‘TMF Impressions’
the hard copy of the newsletter will also be widely circulated.
Commenting on the initiative, S K Bakhshi president of TMF
informed that, TMF will conduct a survey of foreign tourists
in October 2002 with regard to their safety and security perceptions
in India. The programme will follow other events such as a
tourism quiz and tourism essay competition etc. TMF will enroll
members of hospitality and travel trade as allied members
for better interaction with the industry. The chapters of
Kerala and Goa will also be opened shortly.
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