With us, THE ODYSSEY REGALIA, your visit to India is not a ONE-TIME affair. You would want to be with us time and again, as much as we would like to welcome you to be with us. We endeavour to make your visit to India, as A DATE TO REMEMBER !! For us, our guests are Angels … ATITHI DEVO BHAVA !!!

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

We work on the principle “ PERFECTION TO SATISFACTION “ .. We do not leave anything to chance and our meticulous planning, devoted and personalized execution of all jobs entrusted to us has won us name and fame. We have been successful in having been the sole authorized Tour / Travel Agents for various Foreign Missions which include Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria. Greece, Cyprus, Australia, Iraq, Poland besides Corporate names like the N.I.I.T., The National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Indian Army Headquarters, Government of India’s Ashoka Tours and Travels Co Ltd., Prime Minister of India’s Secretariat Office, to name a few.

We have handled tourists from U.K,, Canada, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Australia, New Zealand, U.K., Germany,Poland, Iraq, Argentina to various destinations in India and also have handled domestic tourism in India.

The evident result of all the inbound tourists comiing to India has been that they have been accommodated in Indian Hotels of various star categories and they have’d increased business manifold through our direct bookings with the Hotels as well as bookings through our agents for the Hotel at various destinations in India.

2) What can the readers expect from you when they approach you. What are your promises to them?

Your readers can expect us courtesies, the typical Indian hospitality and unsurpassed feelings one ONE-NESS and all courtesies as well as assuredly most competitive rates, in any kind of tourism related services, to its perfection, precision, while not ignoring flexibility, to their entire satisfaction, commencing right from their arrival in India to a great Indian Welcome, during their entire stay and tourism in India right upto the time of the departure back to their countries.

Our promises to them are as follows :

1. Typical Indian hospitality coupled with the precise, meticulous planning and execution, coupled with the world-known precision and personalized services expected of an Indian Army Officer.

2. Planning of the entire tour bearing in mind the number of days available to the clients, their budget, their requirements, their special and specific interests to be discussed before hand to make the tour a memorable one and yet not losing sight of flexibility, should that be so required.

3. All tours and minor details are finalized in consultation with the clients and executed after their approval and yet requirements of flexibility are also kept in mind, should there be any such eventuality due to some unforeseen circumstances.

4. Comfortable sojourn while in India.

5. Due to our personalized knowledge of the Indian scene, keep our clients informed and also ensure that they get value for their money in all their purchases and also advise them about the products, quality and price.

6. Being organization of an Army Officer, safety and honour of the clients is always ensured.

3) How has economy downturn affected your business? What steps you are doing to help hoteliers in this economy? Any special deal, discount, offer.

The down turn in economy has surely affected our business adversely but that has not affected our will power. However, it must be understood that situation in India is different as compared to other countries. Here we only can offer larger influx of tourists to the Hoteliers but so far as discounts are concerned, it is the Hoteliers who have to offer discounts to us, to ensure some flow of tourists to the Hotels to make it attractive to them.

Tourist organizations and Hoteliers are a two way traffic … To run it smoothly, both have to consider pros and cons of economy. The economy downtrend has adversely affected the ENTIRE WORLD. Thus, whereas the purchasing power and availability of money power to the foreigners may have been affected, the same is equally true for the Indian scene also. Therefore, if the foreigners have been brought down to spend less; Hoteliers cannot EXPECT more money by way of tariff. Same way, in such a scenario, we, as tourist operators/Travel Agents also have to appreciate and act as intermediaries and the most prominent link between the Tourists and the Hoteliers to effect a balancing act so that while the Hoteliers do not lose, the Tourists get the best value for their money.

The Hoteliers have to understand the economic trends and settings. It is better to sell the Hotel rooms slightly cheaper, so that room occupancy increases. It is better to have the hotel rooms packed to full capacity even at 75% of the normal rates rather than have 40 to 60 percent occupancy at normal, high rates. Because with vacant rooms or fully occupied rooms, cost of maintenance will almost be the same but with increased occupancy or full occupancy, income will surely be much more.

Special deals can be envisaged only during the blooming economy.

Inspite of the situation all over the World, it is a silver lining that Indian economy seems to be comparatively buoyant.

4) Do you any online website section specifically for Hoteliers? Can NRI post their requirements, comments, complaints and grievances online?

We have an online website (www.theodysseyregalia.com) common for all purposes. All NRIs and others can post their requirements, comments, complaints and grievances online, which we expect them to put on our website really realistically.

Regarding our achievements, or our good satisfactory services and any other good point noted by the NRIs and others we may not want them to record the same on our website as much as we wish that they tell their good experiences about our services, our courtesies, our methodology, our innovative dealings to their friends and relatives

5) What do you see as the future of Hotel industry? What major trends will impact hotel business in coming 20 years?

The future of the Hotel Industry in India at least is very bright. It is a known fact that small countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia are doing roaring business due to many factors and the business of any one country is far larger than the whole of India. India has a potential to lure 100% more tourists in the coming 5 years. 20 years is too long a period. If proper thought process is put into action, the tourist industry in India will rise to great heights and so will the business of the Hoteliers.

The following major trends will impact the Hotel business in the coming 20 years :

(a) Boost to economy and economic stability in the whole World.

(b) Better, economical and efficient services in the Hotels in India.

(c) Creating an awareness in the World of the vast potential of India’s heritage, its rich ancient heritage and glorious monuments.

(d) An image of the Hotels to be created realistically all over.

(e) We have already planned in innovative ways to boost IN-bound tourism to India as well as OUT-bound tourism to foreign countries Our program is in almost final stages of coordination before it is implemented.