{"id":13724,"date":"2022-05-30T06:33:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T06:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=13724"},"modified":"2022-05-30T06:33:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T06:33:24","slug":"sotc-travel-sets-its-sights-on-the-odisha-market-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/sotc-travel-sets-its-sights-on-the-odisha-market-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"SOTC Travel Sets its Sights on the Odisha Market Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Opens its first franchise outlet\/store in Bhubaneswar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Bhubneshwar-opening3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13858\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Bhubneshwar-opening3-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bhubneshwar opening3\" width=\"332\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Bhubneshwar-opening3-254x300.jpg 254w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Bhubneshwar-opening3.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S<span style=\"color: #000000;\">OTC Travel recently inaugurated its new franchise outlet in Bhubaneswar. With a focus to leverage the growth market of Odisha, this expansion augments the company\u2019s footprint in Eastern India<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the new age of travel (Covid-era), customers are understandably seeking the guidance and reassurance of holiday experts to navigate through the complexities and changes in travel and health protocols. As per <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sotc.in\/export\/sites\/SOTCSite\/downloads\/Infographics-Thomas-Cook-India-SOTC-Third-Holiday-Readiness-Report-survey-June-23-2021.pdf\">SOTC Travel\u2019s Third Holiday Readiness Report<\/a> (June 2021), a significant 77% respondents stated that they seek expert guidance of a holiday specialist. To assist and support Odisha customers with their travel requirements, SOTC Travel has set up a new outlet in Bhubaneswar. Additionally, to build consumer confidence in travel, all SOTC Travel itineraries are covered by the\u00a0<strong>\u201cAssured\u201d Safe Travel Program<\/strong> &#8211; developed in association with Apollo Clinics, ensures best in class travel safety protocols covering every distribution, delivery and partner touch point in the travel ecosystem. <strong>\u201cTravShield\u201d<\/strong> an upgraded safety commitment of only vaccinated staff and co-passengers among many other precautions, ensure traveller safety in the pandemic era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bhubneshwar-opening2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13857 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bhubneshwar-opening2-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"bhubneshwar opening2\" width=\"343\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bhubneshwar-opening2-268x300.jpg 268w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bhubneshwar-opening2-916x1024.jpg 916w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bhubneshwar-opening2.jpg 1115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/a>Lockdown fatigue and pent-up demand coupled with easing of restrictions, vaccine acceptancy and re-opening of borders has encouraged customers from Odisha to plan their travels once again. Consumers from Bhubaneswar are displaying a strong travel desire to explore international favourites like Maldives, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Switzerland, France, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Turkey, and Egypt; also domestic locales like Goa, Andamans, Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, etc. Odisha\u2019s key segments driving growth include multigenerational families, honeymooners, group of friends, millennials\/young professionals, businesses and b-leisure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SOTC Travel\u2019s outlet in Bhubaneshwar offers end-to-end travel solutions with an array of offerings and services, including: International &amp; Domestic Holidays (Group tours, Personalised Holidays, Cruises, etc.), Value Added Services like Travel Insurance; Visa Services, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Contact Details<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SOTC Holiday World<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DLF Cyber City, 220<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2nd floor, Infocity Patia \u2013 751 024<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Email: Sahid.laskar@sotc.in<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Daniel D\u2019souza President &amp; Country Head, SOTC Travel<\/strong>\u00a0said, <em>\u201cOdisha has always been an important market for us, and we are witnessing a strong travel desire from the region. To aid the travel requirements of our customers and offer end-to-end services, we are delighted to announce the opening of our new outlet in Bhubaneshwar. We intend to accelerate demand while supporting our customers as we tap the significant potential of this growing market.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He further added,<em> \u201cWe are delighted to associate with Alok Maharana as our franchise partner for our first outlet in Odisha. Being a travel &amp; hospitality industry veteran,\u00a0Alok brings with him years of industry expertise to assist SOTC and strengthen our presence in Odisha.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opens its first franchise outlet\/store in Bhubaneswar SOTC Travel recently inaugurated its new franchise outlet in Bhubaneswar. With a focus to leverage the growth market of Odisha, this expansion augments the company\u2019s footprint in Eastern India In the new age of travel (Covid-era), customers are understandably seeking the guidance and reassurance of holiday experts to&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/sotc-travel-sets-its-sights-on-the-odisha-market-opportunity\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13724"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13724"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13859,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13724\/revisions\/13859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}