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  • Danube Properties hosts roadshow in Pune to built ties with Indian investors

    Danube Properties hosts roadshow in Pune to built ties with Indian investors

    Mumbai: Danube Properties, recently hosted an exclusive roadshow in Pune, Maharashtra, aimed at fostering stronger connections with Indian investors and expatriates. The event showcased the developer’s premium property portfolio in the UAE, underscoring its commitment to expanding its footprint in the Indian market.

    At the roadshow, Danube unveiled its latest campaign, “Danube Hai Na!!”, which highlights over 40 exclusive amenities across its projects. The campaign focuses on intelligently designed living spaces, with standout features like 24/7 Doctor-On-Call services, reinforcing the company’s dedication to convenience and holistic living. The slogan, “Whatever convenience you think of, it’s there in Danube’s projects,” reflects the developer’s aim to blend luxury with practical, resident-focused solutions.

    Danube Group, founder and chairman, Rizwan Sajan said, “India remains a key focus area for us, and the roadshow is designed to bring Dubai’s world-class real estate closer to Indian investors and expatriates,” he stated, further promoting Danube’s affordable yet luxurious offerings in Dubai’s thriving property market.

    The event also served as a platform to recognise Danube’s Channel Partners in India, offering attractive incentives for their sales achievements. It highlighted the growing interest among Indian investors in Dubai’s real estate, particularly in Danube’s projects, which are renowned for their strong launch-to-delivery ratio.

    With the UAE’s Golden Visa programme opening doors to long-term residency and property ownership, the event emphasised the potential of Dubai’s real estate as a lucrative investment opportunity. Danube’s properties offer an impressive return on investment of 6-10%, along with flexible payment plans, making them particularly appealing to Indian investors.

    Pune was strategically chosen for the roadshow due to its dynamic business environment, flourishing IT sector, and active investor community. The event forms part of Danube’s ongoing efforts to expand its presence in India and connect with investors seeking high-quality, affordable homes in Dubai.

  • South African Tourism aims to cross 100,000 visitors from India in 2020

    South African Tourism aims to cross 100,000 visitors from India in 2020

    MUMBAI: South African Tourism with the aim of targeting close to 500000 tourists from India by the end of 2020 has now come up with its biggest travel trade initiative- the 17th edition of their Annual Roadshow. Considering the evolving patterns of the Indian tourists, the 48-member South African trade delegation restated the board’s priority on product offering and destination options. In addition to this, the tourism board wants representatives from accommodation establishments, airlines, destination management companies, and tourism associations to showcase the array of their products and engage the Indian travel market and trade partners.

    The major focus of the Annual Roadshow is to make capital out of potential Indian consumers, this move will also help them surpass their target of 100,000 Indian tourists coming to South Africa in 2020.

    The 2020 Roadshow saw the involvement of 13 new SMMEs, which is exactly double as compared to the SMMEs who participated in 2019. South African Tourism boards association with SMMEs will also help in creating new job opportunities and eventually boosting the local economy.

    According to South African Tourism  MEISEA hub head Neliswa Nkani, “India continues to remain one of our key focus markets globally and it is encouraging to observe consistent, upward growth from traditional regions like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore as well as rising visitor traffic from emerging cities like Pune. With more and more visitors citing South Africa’s scenic natural beauty as reasons to visit, we are focused on our efforts towards opening up newer geographies in our country. This will serve a dual objective of catering to this very consumer demand as well as offering a diversity of itinerary options for our trade partners to sell.”

    Mumbai yet again manages to be the prominent source market for South African Tourism in India. From January to June 2019, around 43 per cent of total Indian visitors to South Africa were from Mumbai. 62 per cent of tourists from Mumbai preferred to travel solo, while 13 per cent of visitors traveled with their partners. According to the research conducted by tourism board, tourists from Mumbai chose South Africa for its picturesque landscape (50 per cent), travelers engaging with locals (29 per cent), people interested in exploring wildlife offerings (27 per cent ), culture and history (21 per cent) tourists interested to experience the diversity (27 per cent) offered by the Rainbow Nation. Leisure travel (29 per cent) is one of the main reasons for visitors from Mumbai to travel to South Africa. MICE (22 per cent), business travel (25 per cent) and VFR (10 per cent) closely follow suit. The most preferred travel months for Mumbaikars are May, April, and December.

    After Mumbai, India’s capital Delhi becomes the second leading source market for South African Tourism in India. From January to June 2019, close to 21 per cent of total Indian visitors to the Rainbow Nation were from Delhi. 40 per cent of tourists from Delhi preferred to travel solo, while 26 per cent enjoyed their trip to South Africa with their partners. According to market research conducted by the tourism board, travellers from Delhi make the trip to South Africa to enjoy the scenic beauty (22 per cent), engage with locals (13 per cent), explore the treasure of South African wildlife offerings (13 per cent),  culture and history (8 per cent) while also indulging themselves into the diversity of Rainbow Nation (13 per cent) offered by the Rainbow Nation. Leisure travel (35 per cent) is the primary reason for visitors from Delhi to travel to the destination. MICE (30 per cent), business travel (13 per cent) and VFR (14 per cent) closely follow suit.

    IT hub Bangalore maintained its position as one of the leading source markets for South African Tourism in India. From January to June 2019, around 6.5 per cent of total Indian visitors to the Rainbow Nation of South Africa were from Bangalore. 63 per cent of visitors travelled solo, while 10 per cent travelled with their partners. According to market research conducted by the tourism board, travellers from Bangalore make the trip to South Africa to enjoy its scenic beauty (52 per cent), engagement with warm locals (24 per cent) and explore wildlife offerings (56 per cent) while also immersing themselves and making the best of the diversity of experiences (30 per cent) offered by the Rainbow Nation. MICE travel (39 per cent) is the primary reason for visitors from Bangalore to travel to the destination. Business travel (20 per cent), leisure travel (18 per cent) and VFR (6 per cent) closely follow suit. The summer and winter holiday periods of April, May, and December emerged as preferred travel months amongst Bangaloreans for their South Africa trips.

    Another state from Maharashtra, Pune emerged as one of the leading source markets for South African Tourism in India and currently now features amongst the top 10 Indian source cities. From January to June 2019, around 2.7 per cent of total Indian visitors to the Rainbow Nation were from Pune. (71 per cent) visitors from Pune travelled solo, while (15 per cent) travelled with their partners. According to market research conducted by the tourism board, travellers from Pune make the trip to South Africa to soak in scenic beauty (41 per cent), engage with warm locals (43 per cent), explore wildlife offerings (51%), culture and history (19 per cent) while also immersing themselves in the diversity of experiences (46%) that the Rainbow Nation has to offer. Business travel (37 per cent) is the primary reason for visitors from Pune to travel to the destination. MICE (29 per cent), leisure travel (15 per cent) and VFR (4 per cent) closely follow suit. The periods of May, August, and December were preferred travel months amongst Punekars for visiting South Africa.

    Revealing further details, Nkani stated, “While South Africa has traditionally been perceived as a multi-generation, family destination, it is heartening to see the substantial share of solo travellers in the overall Indian traveller pie. Our evolved brand strategy will help us drive South Africa’s value proposition across stakeholders while creating customized engagement models showcasing destination product offerings to suit the unique requirements from each of our target regions within India.”

    With 81,316 Indian arrivals as of October 2019, the destination board shared a positive purview for the Indian market, considering that as of September 2019, total expenditure by Indian tourists in Rainbow Nation had reached a four-year high. The average length of stay witnessed a year on year increase of 8 per cent in the first half of 2019.

    This year the Annual Roadshow covered India’s three major cities Mumbai, Bangalore, and Pune creating a way for better interaction in order to make an exchange of detailed market insights and Indian traveller specific trends and itinerary, which will allow both the parties to serve better.

  • BARC India to install 30% of total barometers in rural India

    BARC India to install 30% of total barometers in rural India

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC India) is ensuring that it accurately captures ‘what India watches’ and hence is putting in resources to cover not just urban, but rural India as well. In keeping with this, the research body is installing approximately 30 per cent of its ‘barometers’ (people meters) in rural India.

     

    But how will BARC India ensure credible ratings, considering the constant power cuts in rural India? Answers BARC India CEO Partho Dasgupta, “Our meters have an inherent capability to store data for up to two months, so in case there are power cuts, we are secure.” The research body is also planning to have 10 per cent buffer homes which will enable them to reduce data vagaries due to any such factor.   
     

    “It is obviously difficult to reach across the rural parts of India, however, it has been a mandate for BARC India to capture ‘what India watches’ and hence it is important to cover that part of India as well,” adds Dasgupta. 

     

    BARC India, is currently busy with its roadshows, where the body is meeting with broadcasters, advertisers, media agencies and consultants, clarifying their doubts and questions. “We are delighted with the positive feedback we have received. People are receptive to change to a system which they believe will be much more robust and reliable,” says Dasgupta.  
     

    The purpose of the roadshows being held in Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai is to share with the larger group of stakeholders, BARC India’s current progress, thoughts on sample design and reporting structure. “These sessions enable us to understand the needs of our end customers more closely which will ensure us to fast track the last mile,” he informs.
     

    The roadshows saw discussions looming around the status of the project to-date, initial thoughts on reporting and broad sample designs being presented to the stakeholders.

     

    BARC India is currently testing meters across various parts of India in the most rugged conditions. So by when will the data be rolled out? “The data is being captured for our internal analysis and this will not be published,” he informs. 
     

    Talking about the feedback from the stakeholders, Dasgupta says, “We have got a very positive response. The proof of this lies in the fact that almost Rs 100 crore has been invested additionally by the broadcasters in installing embedders and related systems. They would not have done it if they didn’t believe in the technology selected.”

    BARC India is developing its system on a future ready technology “which is two generations ahead than what is being used currently,” he informs.
     

    The body has closed deals with 26 vendor partners across 12 processes involved in the broadcast measurement system, who will contribute to the different moving parts of the system. Giving an update on the current status of the measurement body, Dasgupta informs that most of the bigger networks and channels have ordered their watermark embedders and most of them are installed or being installed. The playout monitoring systems are being tested. The sampling design is almost complete. “We are taking feedback from the stakeholders through a series of roadshows that we are doing,” he says.  

    He further adds, “You will appreciate that this will be the largest such audience measurement system globally with cutting edge technology. This requires serious technology and process handshakes all over and then testing. All this is currently underway.”

    The audience measurement body which underwent a logo change recently has been subscribed by 250 channels already. “The numbers are going up every week and there has been a smooth progress on installations as well,” adds Dasgupta.

     

    BARC India will provide data to Doordarshan as well.

  • BBC Worldwide appoints Global Licensing as agent for key brands

    MUMBAI: The British pubic broadcaster BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide Australasia has appointed Global Licensing NZ as its merchandise representative for its hit properties Doctor Who, Top Gear and In the Night Garden.

    Global Licensing will hold exclusive merchandise rights, including rights for both the classic and new series of Doctor Who. Toys of Doctor Who will be launched this month at The Warehouse, Kmart, Farmers and Toy World, including the famous Cyberman Voice Changer Helmet, the UK’s Toy of the Year, 2006.

    Global Licensing is expected to appoint local partners for all properties across a broad range of categories including apparel, accessories and games ranges.

    Doctor Who first aired in 1963, and was re-launched in 2005. A co-production between BBC Wales and CBC in Canada, the fourth series is about to go into production in Cardiff. Series 3 will air on Prime, New Zealand’s third free-to-air network, from August.

    Top Gear has consistently been the most watched programme on BBC2 in the UK. Now seen in more than 120 countries around the world, it has become famous for its combination of wit, irreverence and unbiased honesty.

    In the Night Garden is currently airing on TV2 in New Zealand. Filmed in real woodland, the programme weaves together the very latest technical innovations in live-character costume technology and computer animation to create a compelling experience for young viewers. 17 licensees are already in place in the UK.

    A full merchandise programme is planned in New Zealand to complement the launch and other existing platforms. Hasbro, the master toy licensee, has announced an October toy launch, apart from books from Penguin and DVDs from Roadshow.

    Global Licensing NZ is planning an early 2008 launch for an extensive apparel range, and will roll out home wares, apparel accessories, stationery, footwear, bags, games and puzzles.

    Global Licensing NZ head Mark Paul says, “Doctor Who has a long history in New Zealand and the success of the new TV series and UK merchandising programme will provide some great opportunities for NZ retailers and licensees. For Top Gear we intend to create a comprehensive lifestyle programme with products and promotions appealing to the whole family. In The Night Garden is a fantastic production and we anticipate great demand for infant/preschool products beginning with the new toy line from Hasbro”.