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  • All change!
  • Timeline
  • Things to do now!
  • Saturday night – party time!
  • Sales soar at all-women garage
  • Delicious India #7 - Art of Eating
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    GM HOST & EXHIBITORS

    GM New Delhi, India
    Date: 10-12 November 2005
    Location: Hyatt Regency, New Delhi

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    Hyatt Regency Delhi

    At this moment we are finalising everything with the hotel, and yes the lunch buffets look really good. We'll even get snacks with the coffee breaks!

    They prepared menus for us, which will be a combination of Western and Eastern food and also a lot of vegitarian dishes of course. The Welcome Dinner on Thursday night we will have close to the pool, apparently a very nice location!

    If you do have any special dietary requirements (or your guests) and you haven't informed ICMA on the registration form, please let Karina know as soon as possible.

    www.delhi.hyatt.com

    Basic Hindi

    Words that might be useful for your trip to India:

    Angrezi - foreigner
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    Yatri - tourist

    Did you know ...

    That, even though you are not attending the General Meeting in India, you can still let your voice be heard in the vote for ICMA's budget, which will take place in the Business Meeting at the GM on Saturday afternoon, 12 November 2005.

    Have a look at the budget, you can find this in the member section of the ICMA website under ICMA Library!

    You will also find the Authorised Voting Form here to download and send back to ICMA Head Office to include your vote!

    Click here for the budget and voting form

    INDIA Newsletter Nr. 7 - October 2005
    Dear Karina,

    The last few days

    Right, the sari-tying class with my yoga teacher has taken place, we’re hunting out the right electrical adaptors for India, I’m going to start practising my table manners (see below for some tips on etiquette), and Craig has now had to make four trips to the Indian embassy in the Hague for his visa. So, it’s fair to say that India is starting to take over much of our waking hours ;-)

    We now have delegates from 22 countries signed up from New Zealand to Brazil. We’re delighted to see that so many people have been taking advantage of the ICMA partner travel company – Incentives India - so looks like everyone’s gearing up for the experience of a lifetime!


    Lucie Hime
    All change!

    We’ve been making a little wax doll of a certain mobile provider and sticking pins in it, because after nearly three months of assuring us that they would be able to speak in New Delhi on 3G, Orange pulled out just last week.

    This left us with an unexpected slot to fill, and we are immensely grateful to Bobby Ralston of Target Media Partners, Michiel van der Meer of Speurders.nl and Sergio Melaragno of Primeiramao, for agreeing to step in at the last minute. They will participate in a Q&A session on the realities of online classifieds in three different markets which will follow Peter Zollman’s presentation on online business models. Lucie will facilitate this session and there’ll be plenty of time to ask questions yourselves. We’ll have another crack at getting a mobile speaker in Toronto, wish us luck!
    Timeline

    Two more weeks to go! It is getting very close now, and we are getting very excited.

    NOVEMBER

  • 5 Nov. 2005: Head Office is leaving for New Delhi
  • 10 - 12 Nov. 2005: The General Meeting in New Delhi, India
  • 13 Nov. 2005: Day trip to the world famous Taj Mahal

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    Things to do now!

    By now you should have arranged your visa, vaccinations and your payment for this event. If not, get in gear and make it happen! You might want to think about getting some local currency, rupees, for your trip.

    You can change your money in capital cities in India with no problem. Just make sure you do not accept any dirty, ripped or disintegrated notes, as you'll have difficulty in getting people to accept these. It can also be difficult to get change for large notes in shops, taxis etc. so it is a good idea to maintain a constant stock of smaller currency.

    There are cash machines as well that accept Cirrus, Maestro and MasterCard and Visa, however it is advisable not to rely on them as your sole source of cash, especially if you are planning to travel beyond the big cities.

    Most major cities and tourist centres accept credit cards, with MasterCard and Visa most widely accepted. And all major brands of traveller cheques are accepted in India to. It is wise to get them in pounds sterling or US dollars.
    Saturday night – party time!

    On Saturday night is the Gala Party! It will be a night combining two eras, first the old days of the 'Raj', secondly the present, Bollywood style.

    We will leave the hotel at 19:00 and head for the Imperial Hotel. This impressive hotel is in the heart of the city and has an exquisite decor, reminiscant of the 'Raj' days. In this environment we will enjoy a multiple course dinner with dishes from different parts of India, a glass of wine and some relaxing music.

    After dinner, we will take a short drive (5 minutes by bus) to the hotel Le Meridien and hit the nightclub! In the style of Bollywood we will end the evening swinging away!
    Sales soar at all-women garage

    A petrol station in Delhi has seen its profits soar by more than 300% since it became one of the first petrol stations in India to employ only female staff.

    Barrett Petrol Stations outlet, in Delhi's diplomatic enclave, is run entirely by women - in a sector of the job market that, traditionally, has been virtually exclusively dominated by men. "The customers have more faith in the girls because they think male employees are more likely to cheat them," supervisor Rajinda Prasad told BBC World Service's Everywoman programme. "The difference in sales is nearly 3-4,000 litres of fuel, and that's thanks to our female employees."

    The women are employed in all aspects of the petrol station's workings, from management through to washing cars, filling the tanks and checking the oil and the tyre pressures. At the entrance, a huge billboard displays women smiling in their uniforms. In all, around 30 young women work there - and in doing so are defying tradition.

    It is not only tradition that has meant women are a rare sight at Indian petrol pumps - Delhi's reputation as a dangerous city has discouraged them, especially given the unsociable working hours - including late nights - that pump attendants work. But in response to these concerns, Delhi's police have provided the women at the Barrett station with martial arts training.

    For the full article, click here
    Delicious India #7 - Art of Eating

    There is no way around it. Indian food tastes best when eaten with your fingers. There is a tactile dimension added to the eating process. Besides, Indian foods are designed to be eaten by hand. Breads are to be torn and wrapped around foods. Rice is customarily blended with curries so each mouthful is unique. If you eat off a banana leaf (still possible in many places) trying to use a knife and fork would shred your "plate". Eating with your fingers is a cultural experience everyone should experience while visiting India. Surprisingly, many Westerners have a problem eating with their fingers. For some, it's a squeamishness in being that intimate with your food. For others, it's hygiene. (Actually, eating with your fingers allows you greater control over cleanliness factors.)

    You can, and should, wash your hands well before eating. Get them as clean as you like. Then try and forget early table training, and recapture some of the early childhood joy of playing with your food.) Others have difficulty with technique, especially when rice is involved. You can't go back to the "fistful of food" method you perfected when you were two. The secret to gracefully eating with your fingers is this: "Use your thumb." Food, say a small amount of rice, is collected in a small pile on your plate, blended with one or more bits of curry, and then picked up with a twist of the wrist and ...

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