GoDaddy-Powered Website Facilitates Global Trade within The Agri-Business and Food Sector

Gurgaon, Haryana, India GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, today announced that it is powering a new website, AgriWireGlobal.com, designed to facilitate trade in the agri-business and food sector. Created by Mr. Parminder Saini, an agriculture professional with more than 25 years of experience in the industry, AgriWireGlobal.com delivers reliable and credible information that is up-to-date and easy to understand to help agriculture and food sector businesses in India trade in global markets.

“I wanted to create a unique platform to plug the information and communication gap that exists in this sector,” said Mr. Saini. “It was GoDaddy’s customer testimonials about its superior customer care that made me choose c. Their 24x7 customer care team provided me with quick and easy resolution for any problem I faced along the way. GoDaddy is a trusted and well-known name in the industry that understands customer requirements, who also help customers decide what’s best suited for their needs.”

Today, AgriWireGlobal.com has grown into a popular and well-respected online portal, building nearly ten new user connections every month with specific requirements or goals. Encouraged by the success of his first online venture, Mr. Saini recently launched another agri-website, KrishiJagran.com, with GoDaddy as his online business partner. Positioned as the ‘pulse of rural India,’ KrishiJagran.com is demonstrating early success by helping rural farmers get the information they need.

Both websites have been established using the .com domain, the most recognized and globally relevant TLD (top-level domain) in the world. .com is universally appealing, widely searched and easy to remember. The .com infrastructure is operated by Verisign.Inc., which has maintained 100 percent operational accuracy and stability for world’s leading TLDs like .com and .net for more than 15 years.

“There are very few comprehensive online resources available for the agricultural sector in India. We’re delighted that GoDaddy has been able to help Mr. Saini translate his passion and knowledge into a valuable resource for an underserved sector,” said Rajiv Sodhi, Vice President and Managing Director, GoDaddy India. We offer our small business customers in India the fastest way to take their business online and enable them to achieve success by creating an impactful presence, through our easy-to-use, affordable and effective solutions.”

GoDaddy also provides AgriWireGlobal and KrishiJagran with reliable and fast web hosting to manage increases in traffic, along with guaranteed uptime and 24x7 support.

Globally, GoDaddy’s mission is to empower small business owners, individuals and entrepreneurs by helping them to easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures. Serving more than 12 million customers worldwide, GoDaddy works with small businesses across the world to help them create a one-of-a-kind digital identity, enabling them to reach customers globally and run their business 24x7. AgriWireGlobal.com and KirshiJagran.com are two examples of how GoDaddy India is working to help small businesses succeed online.

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India Travel Trade Workshops Showcase 2013 UK Offerings

UK suppliers reveal value for money and new deals across Britain for Indian holidaymakers this summer

New Delhi, India

VisitBritain is hosting its annual Sales Mission in India to provide UK suppliers with the opportunity to meet over 200 agents from across India.The country’s national tourism agency, VisitBritain is holding their 2013 India Travel Trade Sales Mission, promoting holiday destinations, tour packages and attractions from the UK, highlighting to regional travel agents the value-for-money deals, family attractions and unique experiences available to the Indian holidaymakers in the lead up to the long summer break. The workshops are being held in the Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai and at the Le Meridien, New Delhi.

Representatives from tourism, retail, major attractions and sporting industries will participate in the India Mission 2013, encouraged by the emergence of the country as a major player in terms of tourism visits to Britain over the last couple of years, with rising figures for both spend and visits being witnessed.

The India Travel Sales Mission 2013 allows UK suppliers to present their products and services and close sales with an interested audience.New and established companies showcasing from the UK include tour operators, key attractions and hotels.

In 2012, it was not only the Olympic Games that drew the Indian visitors to the UK shores. Ahead of the Olympics in July was the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Weekend in June, where celebrations included the River Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant and hundreds of art and culture events that took place all over the UK.

Britain is a major beneficiary of outbound travel from the Indian region wherein the best performing quarter for was April-June 2012, the major holiday season for India, where 145,000 visits by Indians took place. This is a record high figure compared to figures for last 10 years for India promising that 2013 will indeed be another record year for Britain in the region.

The British High Commissioner, Sir James Bevan KCMG said, “The links between the British and Indian tourist industries, so enthusiastically promoted by VisitBritain, make a significant contribution to the special partnership between the UK and India that Prime Minister Cameron described on his recent visit. For many of us, tourism is the front door to each other’s countryside, culture and character. The UK offers a feast of opportunity for Indian travellers, be it as a family holiday, as a weekend stopover after a business trip, or a surprise getaway with all the luxuries of the high life. Our friends from India will enjoy a warm welcome, a chance to see things both familiar and unexpected, or simple indulgence in creature comforts in a home away from home.

Keith Beecham, Overseas Network Director, VisitBritainsaid: “This mission will help foster relations with key trade who can help us achieve our ambitious targets for visitors from the Indian region.We’ll put British businesses in front of decision makers, generating growth from a high spending region. The massive exposure Britain enjoyed in 2012 has enhanced our image and we are encouraged by the same to offer the best in this market for 2013."

He further adds, “Our research also suggests that potential visitors want to see more than just London and the Indian Trade mission will look to educate the industry, making sure they know all there is to know about Britain.”

Shivali Suri, Country Manager – India, said “With the success of a memorable 2012 behind us, we at VisitBritain carry forward the legacy from the Olympics through our 'GREAT Britain You're Invited' campaign into its second year and hope to be able to use key events in 2013 to entice a greater number of Indians to choose Britain as a destination for their holidays."

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Indian economy vs Chinese economy, which is better ?

Business News This Week: There has been comparison between Indian economy vs Chinese economy. The duo Asian tigers are on race in the continent. The economy of the India and China are strong, but experts believe that Chinese economy stronger though it is parallel to India economy. The political will behind strengthening in China is more aggressive than India.

As per the size of the population, the both nations are at par. India may be legging behind from China in standard of living point of view. The defence expenditure of China is more than India and the external threat is big concern for Indian economy.

The access to Chinese products is easy in India market, and easy available of such goods are giving more competition to the domestic industries. There is level - as 'Chinese products' in India, despite the quality, those Chinese markets manage to capitalized the Indian market and taking the advantage, which Indian industries are not doing. Indian economy should become more strong in order to give tight competition to China.

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