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www.expresstravelworld.com MONTHLY INSIGHT FOR THE TRAVEL TRADE
January 2012  
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OUTLOOK 2012
Year 2012 is beginning with a lot of expectations for things to change for the good in the travel and tourism industry. Express TravelWorld speaks to some of country's leading travel and tourism professionals to find out what they foresee in the year ahead.

- Nakul Anand, Executive Director, ITC and President, Hotel Association of India
- Giorgio De Roni, CEO, GoAir
- Rajesh Punjabi, Vice President, Development - India, Hilton Worldwide
- Derek Galpin, Managing Director - China & India, Canadian Tourism Commission
- Ajay Prakash, President, TAFI
- Iqbal Mulla, President, TAAI
- J B Singh, President & CEO, InterGlobe Technology Quotient
- Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, Director, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)
- M V Nath, Chairman & Mng. Director, Vivada Inland Waterways
- Jeet Sawhney, Managing Director, Abacus India
- Naresh Rawal, AVP Sales – India & South Asia, Star Cruises
- Aditya Ghosh, President, IndiGo
- G B Srithar, Area Director, Southern India, Sri Lanka & Maldives, Singapore Tourism Board
- Sunil Gupta, CEO, Avis India




    PERSPECTIVE
 

A year full of hope


    MARKET
 
International tie-up brings four brands under one roof at FHW 2012
LCCs keen to start operations from Bhubaneswar
Concur Technologies gets access to IndiGo, SpiceJet content
Darjeeling 'house-full' this winter
IATO to focus on becoming a proactive body
Visit Indonesia to promote destinations beyond Jakarta and Bali
Kolkata Airport modernisation to be completed by March 2012
Mullaperiyar dam issue dampens tourist season in Munnar, Thekkady
Philippines Tourism requests for increase in tourism promotional budget for India
Association formed to promote outbound travel business in India
Sterling Holiday Resorts to woo MICE
South African Tourism to organise first MICE roadshow in India
Vikram Madhok and Priya Paul to head WTTCII
'Our convention centres invite you to explore their environmentally-friendly options'
'Through continuous dialogue, FHRAI has convinced policy makers that it is not an elitist industry'
Travel Food Services sees growth in Tier II airports
Monaco targets big MICE groups from India
First Fairmont Hotel in India to open in February 2012
Ajay Prakash takes over as president of WITO
Etihad Airways increases network size to 269 destinations
TAT launches online training and certification programme
Orissa: Land of temples
- Mukteswara Temple
- Rajarani Temple
Orissa: On the Buddhist trail
- Udayagiri
- Ratnagiri
- Dhauli
- Lalitgiri
Orissa: Wild wonders of Orissa
- Nandan Kanan Sanctuary



    MANAGEMENT
 

‘I think collectively all hotel chains have shown at least 10 per cent increase in the topline’
‘We are preparing ourselves to take up new challenges and opportunities’
‘The tourism industry is cyclical and susceptible to changes in the macro environment’
‘We will be investing around CAD three million in the Indian market in 2012’
‘A fresh approach with greater professionalism and specialisation is needed’
‘Sincere efforts need to be made to promote tourism’
‘Technology will enable businesses to manage volume growth whilst containing costs’
‘TAT bets on resilient Indian growth story, eyes double digit growth in 2012’
‘We expect a Cruise Policy to be announced in 2012’
‘In 2012 the key area to watch would be personalisation of information and data’
‘We have only captured a minute percentage of the cruising market here’
‘The most successful airlines in the world happen to be low cost airways’
‘India has consistently been in the top five performing markets for Singapore’
‘We hope to clock similar growth targets and better our growth targets on back of our strategy’
Event Tracker
- Travel Trade Shows in 2012


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    EDGE
 
Big opportunities lie in smaller cities

    LIFE
 
Danger lurks in the workplace
Appointment Tracker
- Courtyard by Marriott Chennai
- Berggruen Hotels
- Swissôtel Kolkata
- Taj Banjara
- oneworld
- CWT India
- eRevMax International
- The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
- St Regis Bangkok
- &Beyond

    WEEKEND
 
Events

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