by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment, Entrepreneurship, News, Private Jobs, Social Entrepreneur, Startup Basics, Women Entrepreneur
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday partnered with hospitality company Airbnb to create livelihood opportunities for women in the northeast region as a step towards their empowerment.
The partnership under NCW’s capacity building cell – an initiative to focus on skill development-oriented programmes, will be initially started in three states – Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh – on a pilot basis.
According to NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma, the state commissions will initially choose 10 women from these three states who will be given training on how to start a homestay, get financial assistance from banks, generate technology-enabled livelihood opportunities in tourism and hospitality and other skill oriented initiatives.
The trained staffs will later teach other women and their homestays will be featured on the web-page of Airbnb.
“It will also promote digital inclusion and the creation of women-led tourism and hospitality enterprises, thereby paving the way for their economic and social empowerment. With this inclusive development, we hope to together provide women in the North Eastern States a platform to become micro-entrepreneurs,” said Sharma.
Chris Lehane, Global Head of Policy, Airbnb said: “India’s northeast, with its immense tourism potential, is a priority market for Airbnb and we are very excited about the partnership with the NCW”.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Business, Business Ideas, Emerging Businesses, Entrepreneurship, Startup Basics
Mumbai : The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) in collaboration with community-driven online hospitality platform Airbnb on Friday launched a new programme in the state to boost micro-entrepreneurs in the hospitality sector.
The programme “Tourism Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme” aims to drive economic growth in local communities by helping micro-entrepreneurs in the hospitality sector grow their business through four key pillars of support — Training, Enabling, Access and Promotion.
“We are pleased to expand our partnership with Airbnb with the launch of the ‘Tourism Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme’, which will help mentor and support budding entrepreneurs in hospitality sector and build a strong homestay network across key destinations,” Maharashtra Tourism Minister Jaykumar Rawal said.
The programme will be launched first in Elephanta village where the MTDC and Airbnb will associate with the Gram Panchayat and identify 35 homes and get aligned with Airbnb standards.
The hosts of these homes would be the first set of entrepreneurs benefitting from this programme.
“Through our partnership signed last year, Airbnb and Maharashtra Tourism have worked together to train hundreds of micro-entrepreneurs across key tourism districts,” said Amanpreet Bajaj, Head, Airbnb India.
—IANS
