INDIA. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) is to host the “˜Airport Festive Shopping Carnival’ at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport from 19 September to 24 October. The sponsors of the festival include key retail and food & beverage concessionaires at the airport, plus Courtyard Marriott Hotel and Jet Airways.
GHIAL CEO P. Sripathy said: “A host of special offers from the retailers and food and beverage outlets in the airport will be made available. All the fliers, visitors and even members of the airport community who spend a minimum of Rs. 300 or more at any of these outlets located in the Passenger Terminal Building, will be entitled to a lucky draw coupon that will enable them to enter a weekly as well as the grand lucky draw contest, and win exciting prizes.”
Passengers flying with Jet Airways will be entitled to special additional discounts at most outlets on production of their boarding passes.
The weekly prizes include a one-night stay for a couple, inclusive of breakfast, at the Novotel Hyderabad Airport, and also complimentary passes for a concert by AR Rahman, dubbed “˜Jai Ho’, which is being held at the GMR Arena behind Novotel Hyderabad Airport on Saturday, 24 October.
The Grand Prizes for the draw will be announced on stage during the Jai Ho concert, and these will include return tickets to Singapore and Dubai courtesy of Jet Airways, and a five star hotel stay in Singapore through Courtyard Marriott.
Each weekend during the festival there will be live music and traditional Indian dances; mehendi artists, a caricature artist, and lots more.
Sripathy added: “Besides creating a lot of excitement for the fliers, their visitors, and also the airport community, the shopping carnival will help us promote and popularise the retail and food and beverage outlets.”
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