Caper's new transport venture
Caper Travel Company is all set to venture into the transport business with 100 luxury cars to offer a new experience to its clients.
Caper Travel Company (CTC) celebrated its success at a gala evening at Kitty Su, The Lalit with partners from the industry. Speaking on the occasion, Bharat Bhushan Atree, Managing Director, CTC, said, “We are celebrating our year on year success by getting a number of SPUs under the holding company, with Caper being the major one.
“We are doing a lot of things. Apart from being in the traditional inbound in- dustry, we have started with outbound as well as domestic business. Now, we are going to get into the transportation business as well. We are going to start with 100 luxury cars under a separate brand. These vehicles will be enabled with GPS and other state-of-the-art software for tracking movements, in order to ensure the safety of our clients.”
Atree revealed that while they did see a slump for the entire group in 2014- 15, this year they expect to see a 15-20 per cent growth year on year.
Deepak Bhatnagar, Managing Director, Aamantaran Travels, a sub- sidiary of CTC, said, “Aamantaran is purely looking after incoming as part of Caper Group. After completing three years in September, we are all set to enter new markets like Middle East, the US and the UK. These are the new source markets for incoming business, and I think 15 per cent of our turnover should come from at least these three markets.” Atree also claimed that taxation has been one of the biggest hindrances for the tourism industry and with the GST coming in, the situation could worsen. “The tourism industry is already burdened with multiple taxes. The entire tourism fraternity has appealed to put GST under the lowest slab for tourism. While the Prime Minister has tourism on his agenda, we still have to see what the outcome is. If GST is not put in the lowest slab for us, we might see a drop in the business,” he said.