AIRDA celebrates 25 years in India’s timeshare and tourism industry

In 1997, a visionary group of resort developers and RCI inked a blueprint for an independent body – an association with a purpose and an agenda – keeping in mind the nascent profile of timeshare in the country and the constructive role that could be played by developers to grow the industry.

Importantly, to work hand-in-hand with both promoters and consumers in the industry. This was how the foundation was laid for the All India Resort Development Association (AIRDA).

Today we have 26 committed members under the AIRDA banner – who are united in the cause of promoting a body that believes in ethics, transparency, and fair value to the customer.

Our member committee represents a cross-section of players in the timeshare industry – small, medium, and large – some of them with one resort location and others with over 4000 resorts. And irrespective of the size of operations, each one of them stands united behind the core objectives of AIRDA.
An association that is re-defining the organized sector of timeshare in the country.

It’s your gateway to timeshare in India.

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Sterling Holiday Unveils New Wildlife Resort in Pench National Park

Sterling Padam Pench, spread out across 5 acres, is strategically located near the Turiya Gate which is at the entrance of the tiger reserve of Pench National Park. The resort boasts of a variety of stay experiences with 22 premier rooms, cottages, mud houses, wooden chalets and tree houses, all inspired by the local art and architecture, coupled with chic and contemporary amenities. As a part of this inspired living feature, experiences that are symbolic to the native Bhil and Gond tribes such as the rooms with thatched roofs, exclusive areas with chaupal setting in the center, earthen chulas, tribal art on the walls, and true jungle living with high rise machans adorn the resort. The resort also boasts of a swank 4-Bedroom, 2 storey Pool Villa with an exclusive swimming pool, private courtyard and personalised butler service.

There’s more on this story at this link on the TourismQuest website

(Feature shared from above link. Sterling Holidays is a member of the All India Resort Development Association. http://www.airda.org)

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Airda member achieves 5-star status

In this interview, Suresh S. Patel talks about Neonz Club entering the world of 5-star hospitality and giving its members and customers a whole new experience. Suresh is the Chairman & Managing Director of Charotar Resort Private Limited.

Do tell us more about the 5-star classification for the resort.

In India, hotels are rated by The Hotel & Restaurant Approval & Classification Committee (HRACC), working under the Ministry of Tourism. Hotel ratings or classifications are systems that rank hotels based on a wide range of qualifying parameters. The objective behind star ratings is to give potential guests or customers a useful industry marker on the standard of facilities and service they can expect at the hotel or resort.

The 5-Star rating is one such milestone in our achievements. At NEONZ we have always given our projects the best in terms of investments, time, talent, and support – to reach new heights and cross new milestones. I am proud to say that we have a sense of pride in whatever we do.

There’s more on this story at this link > World of Airda / November 2022

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When your vacation resort does not allow pets…

This month we’re starting a conversation on a topic that we’ve been trying to feature for a long, long time. It’s about being able to take your pets (largely dogs) along with you on vacation. And the moment you say “pets” and “vacations” in the same sentence, two things come to mind: (1) Is the resort pet friendly? (2) If it is not, can you find someone to look after your pets?

To find out more, we reached out to a group of professionals who are roughly between 30 and 40 years old – these are people who are active on the travel and vacation front. And as we have mentioned in our previous interviews, this demographic is useful to us – and relevant, in terms of vacation interests and feedback. (Where they go, what they do, and what they look for at a vacation resort.)

For this feature, we asked them about “pets and vacations” and here’s what some of them had to say.

Veena Bhaskaran – interior designer

We have a friendly dog, who loves a change of scene as often as we can manage that. Long drives, walks in the park, and vacations in country-home settings – these are some of the things he loves to be part of. But taking him to a resort at our timeshare location is not an option, because our home resort does not allow pets as part of the family. So that’s a NO even before we get there.

There’s more on this story at this link > World of Travel / November 2022

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