DRMumbai: India’s leading integrated travel and travel related financial services company, has identified the state of Odisha as a significant growth market for its Foreign Exchange business and to leverage this opportunity, has opened two counters at Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar inaugurated by Suresh Chandra Hota, Airport Director, BPI Airport. Industry data highlights that Bhubaneswar airport, the sole international airport in Odisha State, has delivered a strong CAGR of 22 per cent in passenger traffic over the last two years; and with 2.4 million passengers being handled in FY 2016–17, is one of the fastest growing airports in India. In addition, Thomas Cook India’s internal research has reiterated the strong and growing potential of Bhubaneswar airport as the gateway/hub to and from Odisha and via its two new airport counters, the Company aims at harnessing this significant yet underleveraged opportunity for its Foreign Exchange business. The two new airport counters extend Thomas Cook India’s Foreign Exchange distribution and reach for Odisha to a total of three outlets and further augments its network in East India to a total of 23 consumer access centres: 15 owned branches and eight Gold Circle Partner (franchise) outlets.
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