Webinar on Accessible travel opportunities for persons with disabilities Greetings from Blind bankers of India. In the time when every individual needs recreation in their life, travelling across different destinations becomes very challenging for persons with disabilities and social structure along with the mind-set of society are the biggest hindrances. Many tour and travel companies have started exploring ways to provide accessible travel for persons with different needs. Blind Bankers of India bring you another interesting webinar on Accessible travel opportunities for persons with disabilities on 20-12-2020 at 03:00pm on our youtube channel. About speakers 1. Neha Arora She is the founder of Planet Abled, which provides accessible travel solutions for people with disabilities. Neha worked with companies like HCL, Nokia & Adobe before taking the plunge to start Planet Abled. Born to parents with disabilities she experienced challenges in travelling. One such experience, became the tipping point for her to leave her corporate career and start the inclusive travel journey. The world has so much diversity but often people with disabilities and the elderly are apprehensive of travelling because of lack of information about accessibility.Planet Abled strives to break that barrier and gives everyone the freedom to travel. One can travel solo, with family/friends, go on a romantic getaway, travel as an institution or organization, go on a cruise or join a group tour at over 40 plus destinations. Based on various travel themes like heritage, cultural immersion, adventure, cruise, wellness and spirituality. 2. Amit Jain Amit Completed diploma in travel trade in 1993 and five years later, started his own venture, Rising Star Tours & Travels. As he has always been avid traveler filled with perpetual fernweh, he identified the existing gaps in the tour and travel industry in India and the challenges that travelers face on a regular basis. This acknowledgment led to the foundation of Rising Star Tours and Travels—a one-stop destination for all the traveling needs. In these 21 years of business the company achieved affiliations from the reputed organisations in the tour & travel industry such as TAAI, TAFI, IATA, ADITOI, and OTOAI and Won the Best Outbound Tour Operator Award 2016 and Golden Star Award—leading travel agent of 2018. The main aim for organising special tours and trips for such special souls is to welcome them to mainstream tourism along with helping them to discover a whole new world. 3. Syed MansoorShahab He completed his BCA from Bangalore University Later on along with his another visually impaired friend Hemavathi V founded Inclusive Globe in 2019 to make the Inclusive and Accessible Tours for the people with Disability and non Disable people. Inclusive Globe is an inclusive platform where persons with and without disability, couples, friends, family, bachelors and anyone who wants to rejuvenate themselves are welcome. 4. Annpurna Kaur She is from Delhi and she completed her schooling from National Association For the Blind (Delhi). After Completing her graduation from Sri Venkateswara college University of Delhi, she started her company with the name of Annpurna New Travels in the year 2018. In initial days the company was providing services to the families and was providing limited packages. As a person with low vision she was aware of the challenges of persons with disabilities and started working providing travel packages to persons with visual impairment. Do join us and become a part of such an interesting discussion. Visit https://youtu.be/a1Vny2LBl5M We enjoy as we get your patronage Team Blind Bankers of India.
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