not meet wikipedia s general notability guideline . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources sotc india news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message sotc for holidays industry travel tourism founded 1949 headquarters mumbai india key people mr. vishal suri managing director products holiday packages flights hotels services travel agencies website www.sotc.in sotc travel services pvt ltd formerly known as kuoni travel india pvt. ltd. is a step down subsidiary of fairfax financial holdings group ; held through two companies its indian listed subsidiary thomas cook india limited tcil and tcil s subsidiary travel corporation india ltd. 1 established in 1949 it is a travel and tourism company active across travel segments like leisure travel business travel destination management services and distribution visa marketing services . contents 1 offerings 2 key milestones 3 awards & recognitions 4 references 5 external links offerings edit sotc offers customized holidays around the world . it also offers corporate tours and provides packages for mice meetings incentives conferences and events related travel needs . sotc trade fair tours aims to accommodate the needs of businessmen visiting or presenting in international trade fairs . it claims to have pioneered the concept of designing and promoting escorted tours to international travelers in india . 2 sotc has created different avenues through tour packages namely bhraman mandal committed to the marathi speaking population and gurjar vishwadarshan for the gujarati speaking population . 3 key milestones edit 1996 kuoni group enters india by acquiring a 51 % stake in sotc 4 1997 kuoni group acquires 100 % equity in sotc 5 2000 kuoni india acquires sita world travel 6 2013 launched tvc with new brand architecture kuoni together with sotc 7 2015 kuoni travel india pvt ltd becomes a step down of fairfax financial holdings group 2016 kuoni india rebranded to sotc as part of brand transition post change in control & kuoni group exiting tour operating entities globally 8 2016 sotc releases new tvc & brand logo 9 awards & recognitions edit 2015 today s traveller tt award 2015 for best outbound tour operator 10 otm india s top 100 travel producers award 11 2014 best foreign tour operator south asia 2012 & 2013 award by malaysian tourism 12 2013 best outbound tour operator and the best domestic tour operator 2013 at taai travel awards 13 2011 cnbc awaaz travel awards 2011 for most preferred tour operator for outbound travel to kuoni & sotc india 14 references edit kuoni exits india tour operating business . the times of india . kuoni sotc wins travel award . the times of india . 18 december 2013 . retrieved 29 october 2014 . sotc s trade fair tours scores big at drupa 04 . the economic times . june 11 2004 . retrieved 17 october 2014 . thomas cook acquires kuoni s travel biz in india hong kong for 535 cr . the hindu businessline . winning through action . express travel world . swiss firm acquires sita travels . the hindu . kuoni india launches a new brand architecture . express travel world . kuoni exits india tour operating business . times of india . sotc s new ad urges customers to stop postponing their vacations . economic times . 9th today s traveller awards honour the best in the industry . south african tourism . otm the biggest ever travel trade show in india pdf . travel news digest . kuoni sotc wins malaysia tourism award for best foreign tour operator in south asia . travel biz monitor . kuoni sotc wins travel award . the times of india . winners 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sotc india & oldid 729450077 categories travel websitestravel and holiday companies of indiatourism companieshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from july 2016all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 08 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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