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With the liberalisation of the economy, business travel
has increased manifold in India. Most hotels and tour
operators offer special facilities for corporate
travellers and some even specialise in this form of
travel.
You may find that booking in the corporate sector in
your hotel (there are special packages as well) gets you
various advantages. A limousine pick-up at the airport,
corporate floor where the rooms are designed around a
business traveller with facilities such as writing
desks, two line phones, fax machines, computer ports,
direct dial facilities to over a hundred countries,
subscription to international financial newspapers and
journals may be some of the services.
In deluxe hotels, additional services may include
personal valet, overnight stationery printing, power
meals, cellphone rentals, travel assistance, confirming
appointments, delivering flowers, special business
lounge etc. Business Centres offer office rooms,
secretarial service, translation and interpretation,
fax, e-mail, internet, PCs, board rooms etc.
All metros offer elaborate conferencing facilities - in
hotels and in specialised convention centres. Hotels
will be adept at organising thematic banquets for a
product launch or smaller cocktails. important
conference centres in the country are New Delhi, Mumbai,
Agra, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kovalam, Chennai, Bangalore, Goa and
Bhubaneswar.
Car hire companies and hotel travel desks will provide
chauffeur-driver limousine service.
E-mail and internet services are available in most
hotels, but e-mail centres are not as popular in all
cities. Fax and
STD/ISD booths, of course, abound all over the country.
Telecommunications within the country have significantly
improved in the last few years and even remote villages
are new connected. AT&T call collect services are
available at some places, but not everywhere. Look out
for bright yellow boards displaying 'STD/ISD/FAX' if you
wish to avail of any of these services while on the
move. Calling cards are not used in India and you pay
cash by the meter.
Guides
Trained English-speaking guides are available at fixed
charges at all important tourist centres. The Government
of India Tourist Offices can be contacted by tourists
for these. French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian and
Japanese-speaking guides are available in some cities. |
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