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Star scoops 40 awards at 2005 Promax & BDA Awards
MUMBAI: A grand total of 40 awards, that’s the score that Star managed at the 2005 Promax & BDA Awards held in New York, USA with a total of 15 World golds, 13 World silvers and 12 World bronzes.
The awards bagged varied across categories, including World gold awards in branding and image (Star Movies), marketing presentation in print and packaging (Star Chinese Movies), Art direction & design in public service announcement (Star Plus), directing (Channel [V] India), promotional items (Star World) and image print (Star Group).
Star COO Steve Askew said, “Star’s accomplishment at Promax & BDA in recent years clearly reflects the creativity and dedication of our creative teams, and accentuates again the breadth and depth of our design talents. These international awards also reconfirm Star’s leadership in setting the standards for the television industry across Asia.”
The Promax & BDA Awards are for promotion and marketing professionals as well as for design contributions in the broadcast media industries and electronic media.
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Thomas Cook India, SOTC and Booking.com team up for smarter corporate stays
Global hotel choices meet Indian corporate controls for seamless business travel
MUMBAI: Business travel just got a major upgrade. Thomas Cook (India) and its group company SOTC Travel have joined forces with Booking.com to offer Indian corporates world-class accommodation options with a side of convenience.
The collaboration brings Booking.com’s vast global inventory, more than 31 million listings across 220 countries, straight into Thomas Cook and SOTC’s corporate booking platforms. From luxury hotels and resorts to homes and apartments, business travellers now have an unprecedented range of choices, all while staying within company travel policies.
Thomas Cook and SOTC president & group head of global business travel Indiver Rastogi said, “Today’s business travellers want more choice, flexibility and transparency. By linking Booking.com’s extensive inventory with our managed corporate tools, we’re delivering exactly that: policy control, price clarity and service support that businesses can trust.”
The offering is designed with the Indian corporate traveller in mind. Key features include transparent pricing with GST-compliant invoices, curated hotel options for SMEs to large enterprises, coverage across 2,500 plus Indian cities, verified traveller reviews, essential business amenities, and integrated policy control for approvals, budgets and credit limits.
Booking.com VP partnerships Mark van der Linden added, “Corporate travellers in India want the same seamless experience they enjoy in personal trips, with the right corporate guardrails. This partnership makes our global accommodation inventory enterprise-ready, combining choice, flexibility and localised support.”
With real-time booking access on desktop and mobile, enterprise-specific rates, loyalty benefits, and future integrations into Thomas Cook’s TravelOne platform, the partnership promises to make corporate travel smoother, safer and smarter than ever.
