DRMumbai: Travel Tours, the flagship leisure travel brand of FCM Travel Solutions – Indian subsidiary of Flight Centre Travel Group Australia, has inaugurated their second retail and first franchise store at Salt Lake City, Kolkata. The store was inaugurated by Shravan Gupta, Executive Director, Leisure Businesses, FCM Travel Solutions, and Sitaram Sharma, President, Bharat Chamber of Commerce and the Consular General of Belarus. With the launch of this store, FCM Travel Solutions now has 28 operational Travel Tours stores across India.
The new Travel Tours store in Kolkata, aims at re-defining travel experience from the region by focusing on both tailor-made vacations and group holidays catering to different kinds of travellers in the city. Spread over 1200 sq. ft., the Travel Tours outlet at Salt Lake City, will cater to needs of up-market urban consumers – families, business travellers, honeymoon couples and groups of travellers. The new retail outlet will offer a range of products and services by Travel Tours – domestic and international flights, customised and group holidays, hotels, car transfers, visa, cruise vacations, honeymoon packages, adventure holidays and more.
According to The New World Wealth report, the total wealth held in Kolkata – the City of Joy- amounted to nearly $290 billion in 2016 and the city is home to 9,600 millionaires. With more millionaires than Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai or Gurugram, the statistics are a testament to the high-potential market that contributes to a large chunk of the travel traffic in India – across outbound, inbound and domestic sectors.
Commenting on the launch, Shravan Gupta said, “We are delighted to launch our second store in Kolkata. This is a reiteration of our strategic intent at Travel Tours, FCM, to expand our footprint across key markets in East India. Through this launch, we aim to provide unbeatable travel experiences to our patrons in an untapped market. We are extremely bullish about our pan-India expansion, with a few more store launches lined up in the pipeline for this year”.
He also added, “As an affluent market, Kolkata promises a dynamic future for Travel Tours. As per our internal market research, the city has huge spending potential, owing to the younger generation of entrepreneurs that have embraced the value of investing in a refined lifestyle.”
Travel Tours has expert travel consultants who are passionate about travel and have insider tips and personal recommendations for every holiday. Backed by the strength of a strong global network and expertise in designing travel experiences, Travel Tours delivers unbeatable holidays to the destinations of one’s choice.
Travel Tours current footprint extends to a total of 28 stores across Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi and via a combination of owned branches and newly-opened franchise outlets.
