{"id":286,"date":"2016-11-21T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T10:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/pulse2\/?page_id=286"},"modified":"2017-03-10T05:38:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T05:38:50","slug":"col-signs-mou-with-madhya-pradesh-tourism-for-destination-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/col-signs-mou-with-madhya-pradesh-tourism-for-destination-training\/","title":{"rendered":"COL signs MOU with Madhya Pradesh Tourism for Destination Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-223 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pulseonlineco.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/col-logo.jpg\" alt=\"col-logo\" width=\"133\" height=\"68\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-224\" src=\"https:\/\/pulseonlineco.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/madhya-pradesh-destination-training.jpg\" alt=\"madhya-pradesh-destination-training\" width=\"2452\" height=\"1529\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/madhya-pradesh-destination-training.jpg 2452w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/madhya-pradesh-destination-training-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/madhya-pradesh-destination-training-1024x639.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2452px) 100vw, 2452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">COL has been awarded Madhya Pradesh destination training by the MP StateTourism Development Corporation Ltd. Trainings were conducted in August \/ September in 20 cities across India to \u00a0627 travel agents. This is the first \u00a0of its kind tie-up with a domestic state tourism body for COL. The training was implemented in the following cities: Kolkatta, \u00a0Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Nagpur, Pune, Nasik, Goa, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Noida, Gurgaon, New Delhi, Lucknow ,Varanasi, Raipur and Mumbai. \u201cExplore Madhya Pradesh\u2019\u2019 is a half day \u00a0focussed training on the UNESCO \u00a0World Heritage sites, wildlife sanctuaries, tourist circuits besides the pilgrimage centres that MP has to offer. At the end of the training, the participants had an evaluation, and the top 2 lucky winners\u00a0in each city were hosted for a 2 nights\/ 3 days hotel stay by MP State Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Commenting on the pact, <strong>Mona Cheriyan \u2013 President &amp; Group Head &#8211; Human Resources, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd said<\/strong>, \u201cIt is truly an honour to collaborate with Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation to provide vocational training to so many travel agents covering 20 cities, pan India. Thomas Cook India\u2019s Centre of Learning (COL) has sustained its delivery in nurturing the skill sets of the industry through specialised travel &amp; tourism education &amp; training. Madhya Pradesh \u2013 the heart of India, has a host of delightful experiences that can satiate the hunger for experiential travel across travel segments and we look forward to this unique engagement with the travel agents to promote tourism products for the destination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong>Sharad Nautiyal, General Manager Training, Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation<\/strong> said, \u201cWe are delighted to associate with Thomas Cook India\u2019s Centre of Learning \u2013 a renowned institution in India given the honor of the prestigious 10 Top Performing South Asia IATA Authorized Training Centres. While the government is taking efforts to harness Madhya Pradesh\u2019s tourism potential, it is imperative to create an awareness programme on diversified tourism products available within the destination. Madhya Pradesh is full of natural beauty with 3 World Heritage sites, its\u00a0\u00a0 Pilgrimage, Wildlife and Heritage. The idea of this training is to spread awareness about the tourism Product of MP to travel agents across India. Our collaboration with Thomas Cook India\u2019s COL is one such initiative via \u2018Explore Madhya Pradesh\u2019 which we are very excited about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/2016\/11\/23\/tcil\/\">Back<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/edition-12016\/\">Home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COL has been awarded Madhya Pradesh destination training by the MP StateTourism Development Corporation Ltd. Trainings were conducted in August \/ September in 20 cities across India to \u00a0627 travel agents. This is the first \u00a0of its kind tie-up with a domestic state tourism body for COL. 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