Monday 28 November 2011

We are hiring!

We are looking for a Marketing & Sales Lead.

“Travel Another India is in the business of providing a unique experience to discerning clients exploring another India, rich in diversity, of cultures, cuisines and comforts, while enriching lives along roads less travelled.”

We promote Responsible Tourism with travellers and hosts through supporting village communities set up Responsible Tourism Ventures (RTV). We support on sensitising on Responsible Tourism, planning the experience, bringing in technical and financial resources, reaching out to guests, ensuring appropriate capacity building, facilitating learning across RTVs and identifying allied livelihoods that can be enhanced. (www.travelanotherindia.com)

Marketing & Sales Lead – Travel Another India

The position is based in one of the metros – Bangalore, Delhi or Mumbai reporting to the CEO.

Profile
-          Understands Responsible Tourism
-          Two years experience in marketing of services
-          Good understanding and experience of online marketing
-          Has travelled extensively in India beyond home state
-          Willing to travel 15 days in a month (not always comfortably)
-          Fluent in reading, writing and speaking English and Hindi and speaking in one other Indian language
-          Willing to think out of the box
-          Not afraid to dirty one’s hands

Job Description
-       Finalise the Marketing Strategy for next three years (keeping in mind that TAI is a start-up company with a limited budget) and implement it
-       Prepare a marketing strategy for each destination as it is set up
-       Work with the Destinations Managers to implement these strategies
-       Put together a network of green tour operators, travel agents and holiday planners across India
-       Develop online presence
-       Getting each destination on to various websites and guide books
-       Preparing a profile of guests by analysing existing data on guests and keeping this profile updated
-       Ensuring the newsletter goes out every two months
-       Co-ordinate with travel writers

Outputs will be mutually agreed upon within a month of joining and will be very specific related to the room nights sold.

There will be a fixed gross salary of Rs.30,000 per month and an incentive related to performance that will bring in a maximum of Rs.20,000 per month.

If interested, please go through our website and write back to me with a one-page note on how you see yourself marketing TAI and its destinations over the next year and what resources you would need for that.

Short-listed candidates will be informed within a week of receiving the application and a mutually accepted interview date will be set over the next week.

Gouthami


We are looking for a Destinations Manager.
The work will be upto 6 days per Responsible Tourism Venture per month.
Provide support to the Responsible Tourism Venture
·         Ensure maintenance of standards in accommodation
o   in food
·         Ensure high hygiene standards
·         Identify need for training and organise it
·         Constantly update the “experience”
·         Work out and implement marketing strategy (both online and offline)
·         Go over the accounts during each visit
·         Maintain guest database
·         Obtain and share guest feedback
·         Ensure participation of the Tourism Committee or principal owners
·         Represent Travel Another India at Venture
·         Other activities as they arise
Profile
  • Understands Responsible Tourism
  • Passionate about travel in all seasons
  • Has travelled extensively in India beyond home state
  • Has at least six months experience working with a rural community
  • Willing to travel 15 days in a month (not always comfortably)
  • Fluent in reading, writing and speaking English and in one other Indian language (excluding Hindi)
  • Can write well in English
  • Ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
  • Willing to think outside the box
  • Not afraid to dirty one’s hands

Outputs will be mutually agreed upon within two months of joining and will be very specific.

There will be a fixed gross salary of Rs.20,000 per month and an incentive related to performance that will bring in a maximum of Rs.10,000 per month.

If interested, please go through our website and write back to me with a one-page note on how you see yourself working with any one destination on the website over the next year and what resources you would need for that.

Short-listed candidates will be informed within a week of receiving the application and a mutually accepted interview date will be set over the next week.

Gouthami



Monday 21 November 2011

Chanderi Ka Chand

For the coming full moon weekend, Travel Another India invites you to Pranpur, a beautiful village with clean cobbled streets and colourful houses. The"click-clack" music from the weavers' loom will welcome you as you enter the village. You'll be amazed at the intricacy of the art. You'll visit Babu Da's place - to make some pots. It looks easy until you give it a try, but it's great fun to say the least!








Stay with us at the Amraee guest house in Pranpur, set beautifully amidst a mango orchard. Amraee, which stands for Am (mangoes) and Raee (Bundelkhandi folk dance), is owned and managed by the residents of Pranpur village. The guest house is built in traditional Bundelkhandi architectural style, but with no compromise on comfort.


Did we tell you we'll be driving up to Chanderi fort to see the full moon?

Chanderi and the sari are synonymous till you get there. Then you discover history in a way no book ever taught you. You can explore Chanderi and all its history, wander in the village where time stands still, ride on a bullock cart and sit by one of the ponds nearby to relax all your taut muscles... or just unwind and relax at Amraee with a book :)




When: 10-11 December, 2011.
Where: Pranpur, Madhya Pradesh. Our trip is Ex-Lalitpur.
How much: Rs 2800 / person, inclusive of accommodation, food and travel for 2 days.
Booking: RSVP here with your contact details, email us at book@travelanotherindia.com, or call us at +91 88602 23456 or +91 9900 193 873

Goa for Art Lovers!

Calling all art lovers! This November, artist Shan Re will exhibit recent paintings in the Goa beyond the beaches, set in an old, lovingly restored Portuguese house - Arco Iris. Will you be there? 

As always, email us at book@travelanotherindia.com for more details :)