By IANS
New Delhi : Confused about planning your next overseas vacation?
If you are an adventure enthusiast and ready to shell out your hard earned money, then pack your bags and holiday in any of the 80 exotic properties of Club Med, the tenth largest hotel chain in the world, which is now wooing Indian tourists.
The tourists can try their hand in a variety of activities like archery, flying trapeze, kayaking and wind surfing in Club Med's properties across the globe.
"The unique selling proposition of Club Med is convenience, hassle free and budget control. We are very happy to be able to offer these services to the burgeoning Indian outbound tourists of today," Mumtaz Moiz, general manager of Club Med India, said Wednesday at a press conference in a city hotel here.
There are 80 Club Med villages located in 40 countries around the world all providing different types of sporting activities including skiing. In Asia, the company has a ski resort in Sahoro, Japan besides other ski resorts in France, US, Italy and Switzerland.
A one-night stay in any of the villages of the French company comes at a hefty price of Rs.8,000 ($200) inclusive of a five-meal course, sporting activities and night entertainments.
"With India being one of the fastest growing markets in the Asia Pacific region, the eyes of the global travel industry are turning to this country and its rapidly expanding middle class," she said.
Club Med, launched their operations here way back in mid 1990, but failed to make any headway and were forced to wind up their services.
"Probably the Indian market was not ready to accept this product. It is past and we don't want to speak much about it. But after the restarting of our operations in February this year, we have had a very positive response," said Moiz.
"Since then we had 200 clients, given the fact that we don't have any office in India. We operate from our Singapore office through our web-site and we also have a dedicated staff for the Indian market."
The company has nine villages in Asia, which are expected to attract quite a good number of Indian tourists.
"We are not looking at quantity but at quality. People who are fun loving, love to mingle with others are the ones whom we are targeting," she said.
The company is looking to build a good travel agent base and also have a village in India in the next two years.