(1888PressRelease)
January 01, 2009 - Mumbai : Remit2India, India’s leading online remittance portal, organized NRI family day, a meet for NRIs and their families at St. Antonio D Silva School, Dadar, Mumbai on Sunday, 21st December .The event had a healthy attendance with more than 1000 NRIs and their families. The event was testimony to the euphoria NRI families' back home could garner.
The event aimed at celebrating the bond Remit2India shares with its NRI customers and their families and reinforced the magic by striking an emotional chord. It also offered an excellent opportunity to vendors to interact with thousands of potential customers at a personal level.
NRI Family Day presented a range of options from entertainment and lifestyle interests to its guests. There were four zones put up which offered the guests with delicious food, free health check-up, free eye check-up, free astrology advice and the likes.
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At the Health zone, an expert from Asian heart institute explained the health concerns for the middle aged, their food habits and advisable exercises. More than 400 people got their free health check ups done and attended the fitness and yoga session.
The Investment zone provided financial advisory to the audience through stalls by insurance, mutual funds houses and property developers. The experts from ArthaMoney, ING Vysya and Times Card helped them with their queries on how can they maximize their returns from investments apart from innovative financial product offerings. Speakers from Croma, Lodha Builders, Tata Housing and ING also discussed their product offerings and the benefits they hold for the NRI and their beneficiaries in India.
The entertainment zone had laughter therapy, show by stand up comedian from television, Music, Astrology etc for the audience. There were hosts of cultural programs like comedy shows and games. The Radio jockeys from Radio Mirchi also charmed the audience throughout the evening with regular games and music .The participants were also given free vouchers from Country club and Travel port. Stalls like free mehendi and Tattoo had a turnout of more than 200 people. The participants got their horoscopes by Mr. Bejan Daruwalla.
Lastly, the connect zone had Remit2India and Window2India brands present. The Remit2India booth on one hand, clarified queries adeptly regarding the money transfer process, while handing out mementoes to the customers. The crowd continued to pour till late in the evening.
The fun filled evening finally came to an end with a raffle draw worth Rs.2 lakh. It also gave an opportunity to families of NRIs to address their concerns regarding the brand and their expectations from it.
"The event has been a resounding success and we are delighted with the overwhelming response. We hope to recreate similar success in other cities as well", said official spokesperson, Remit2India.com.
About Remit2India:
Remit2India, the flagship brand of TimesofMoney, is the global one stop destination for money transfers for NRIs across the world. Remit2India.com was adjudged the “World's No. 1 Independent Online Money Transfer Portal for NRIs” by ACNielsen ORG Marg. Remit2India is also the winner of the Brand Leadership Award at the 17th Asia Brand Congress, 2008. With presence in over 23 countries, 6000 locations and 16000 Banks it serves Lakhs of NRI customers. Remit2India is a noted success in the world of web-based money transfers. Its revolutionary remittance solution for the Indian Diaspora provides for an extensive global coverage, aggregates diverse payments and delivery modes and has the distinction of having the widest delivery network in India and round the clock customer support via e-mail, chat, SMS and a toll free help line.
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