| | July 20184While me time is important for creativity and inspiration, spending quality time with friends and family is just as important. Several researches and case studies show that spending time with friends and family makes a big difference when it comes to happiness. These quality time goes a long way towards boosting happiness. Hence we carve out time for our family and friends to go on vacation with them. With quite a good disposable income that we gather for our trips, many of us venture into the international lands to experience the new love and beauty. We invest our months on planning that perfect holiday, but the truth is its no La La Land. When brushed with reality, many of us feel the pinch of not employing an expert's help in crafting our holiday itinerary. Thanks to the international tour operators, who design our holiday itineraries such profoundly that we can say its not just a `WOW' experience but beyond that. And the increasing technological advancements and transport networks all over the world is also playing an eminent role in the global tourism industry's constant rise. Together they make the perfect match. However, being a rising industry, international tour operators still needs to go a long way and have to test the water themselves before designing the package. Building trust & credibility, and adapting to these technological advancements are two critical factors that the industry needs to work on. However, bring to you few such trusted names from the industry in our current issue of `20 Most Promising International Tour Operators - 2018', we also bring to you the `20 Most Promising Resorts in Gujarat - 2018'. This issue will be a handy reference to your travel needs, whether global or domestic. Do let us know what you think! Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialA True Friend that Crafts those Perfect Holiday Moments siliconindia Vol 06 · Issue 12 - 11 · July 20, 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Ananth.V Imelda Tarzarina John Roshan Anto Krupa P. Dave Shefali Mathur Sophia Rohtagi Srrayvinya OLM Sujith Vasudevan Sushruth R Trisha Pragya Karthik Muralidhar VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2018 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.com Visualisers Vetrivel S Siva Sankar SGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaGarima Anand Ashu SethiCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalAmeet Kumar Sahoo Kavitha Sambit Satpathy Shivam Tripathisiliconindia | | February 20173
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