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New Zealand Tourism launches online planner
MUMBAI: Tourism New Zealand has introduced online travel planner. In order to plan one’s vacations tourism New Zealand now offers online travel planner at www.newzealand.com. This site leads one to see New Zealand lead in the way online destination marketing.
‘Travel Planner’ on www.newzealand.com is the first time that travellers have been given such a user friendly option to plan their vacations.
The website will give you a chance to access the travel planner; a unique feature of the site. The site has been desinged in three steps to plan vacation, states an official release.
As a first step – The planner will let users zoom down to street level details of a map of New Zealand, pick up attractions, accommodation or transport details that may appeal to them and drop them into what is effectively a shopping basket.
Secondly, the planner allows users to place their selected activities and locations into a calendar – prompting the user to make transport decisions when selecting activities from different locations. Travel Planner offers route recommendations to help you get between the locations you want to visit.
The third step streams the itinerary – one can easily share your plans with friends and family by emailing your itinerary to others. Another novel feature that this site offers is the fact that you can share your Travel planner with a Travel Agent with experience who can assist with bookings. Even after you get to New Zealand, you can take your Travel Planner to a visitor information centre for more local information, adds the release.
The website already has over three million user sessions a year and has also won an ‘international Webby award’ for best tourism website in the world earlier this year.
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Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI:Â Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has landed in a tax tussle after receiving a GST demand of Rs 47.5 crore from the office of the additional commissioner of CGST and central excise in Thane, Maharashtra.
The order, issued under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, relates to an alleged incorrect classification of certain services under the category of restaurant services. According to the tax authorities, this classification resulted in a short payment of goods and services tax for the period between the financial years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
The demand includes Rs 47.5 crore in GST along with an equal amount as penalty, in addition to applicable interest. The order was received by the company on March 13, 2026.
In a regulatory filing to the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the company said it disagrees with the order and believes its arguments were not adequately considered.
The company is preparing to challenge the decision and plans to file an appeal. It added that once the redressal process is complete, the demand is likely to be dropped.
Despite the sizeable figure attached to the notice, the company said it does not expect any material impact on its financials, operations or other activities.
The disclosure was signed by Suman Hegde, EVP and chief financial officer, who confirmed that the company received the order at 19:06 IST on March 13 and has already initiated steps to contest it.
The development places the quick service restaurant major in the middle of a tax debate that could hinge on how certain restaurant-linked services are classified under GST rules. For now, the company appears ready to take the matter from the tax office to the appeals desk.
