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Nirmal
Lifestyles eyes 10 hotel cum convention projects nationwide
Real estate developer Nirmal Lifestyles is mulling the possibility
of up to 10 hotel and convention projects across the country.
Newstrack
Sita
allies with Hogg Robinson to re-brand business travel division
Kuoni's business travel division, Sita has been re-branded
HRG Sita India (formerly BTI Sita), following an alliance
with Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), one of the owners of the BTI
brand.
Monaco
dreams come true
A captivating city like no other on the Riviera, Monaco creates
an intoxicating feeling of entering a melting pot where the
past, present and future combine - where time alternately
speeds up and slows down.
Orchid
wins Responsible Tourism Awards 2006 at WTM
The Orchid Hotel, Mumbai, that has been doing it's bit for
the planet and its people, has won the First Choice Responsible
Tourism Awards 2006 in the Best Large Hotel category at the
World Travel Mart held from November 6 to 9, 2006 in London.
World
Economic Forum to launch travel & tourism index
The World Economic Forum will launch the first-ever travel
and tourism Index covering 124 countries around the world.
Cosmos
launches experience-driven Swiss vacations
International tour operations major Cosmos has launched experience-driven
Swiss vacations while also releasing the 2007 brochures for
Cosmos and Globus and announcing an early booker discount.
Le
Passage to India wins prestigious WTM global award
India's Le Passage to India Tours & Travels was presented
with one of the seven prestigious World Travel Market (WTM)
Global Awards at WTM's opening ceremony last month.
OTBS
introduces travel soft skills training in India
Orbit Travel Business School (OTBS), the training and development
arm of Orbit Tours & Trade fairs, has entered into a strategic
alliance with Dubai-based TRS consulting to offer a professional
training programme with a watch on the buoyant travel and
tourism industry.
Aviation
Emirates
Airlines to expand call centre base in India
Emirates Airlines is showing its seriousness about its India
operations by deciding to further expand its call centre base
and facility in the market.
GMG
Airlines targets 100 weekly flights to India
Bangladesh's leading private carrier, GMG Airlines, is looking
to increase its current number of flights and destinations
into India. It currently operates daily flights to Kolkata
and is set to start flying into Delhi thrice a week.
SilkAir
joins IATA BSP
SilkAir, the100 per cent subsidiary of Singapore Airlines,
which commenced operations to India in 1999, has recently
joined the BSP. This development will enable the airline to
reach out to all IATA agents in India and not just restrict
our business with agents in Kerala.
Mumbai
to play host to South Asia Aviation Finance Conference
The city of Mumbai will soon play host to the second South
Asia Aviation Finance Conference, which will be held from
February 4 to 6, 2007 at InterContinental the Grand Hotel.
Outbound
Turkey
plans to tap expanding Indian tourist market
The ministry of culture and tourism, Republic of Turkey has
identified the expanding tourist market in India, not only
in terms of leisure tourists but also Meetings Incentives
Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) as well as Bollywood.
NTB
to set shop in India
The adage 'better late than never' captures the spirit of
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), which has finally decided to open
a full-fledged office in its biggest source market, India.
Ireland
to launch Trusted Agents Programme
Ireland could cut its visa turnaround time for Indian applicants
to under 48 hours with its Trusted Agent Programme set to
be launched in India by next month.
Jamaica
makes Indian presence in anticipation of World Cup 2007
Taking the lead among Caribbean tourism boards, Jamaica Tourist
Board (JTB), conducted a two-city roadshow (New Delhi and
Mumbai) to promote the 2007 World Cup cricket and to market
the tourism potential of Jamaica.
Dreamtime
showcases Australia as MICE destination
A new global advertising campaign was launched at Dreamtime
to boost Australia's business tourism sector.
Tradebytes
Travelocity
seeks to consolidate trade community
Global OTA major Travelocity, which is poised for a 2007 India
launch, also plans to introduce its global affiliate programme
World Choice Traveller with the objective of building an agent
network to consolidate inventory.
Hertz
inducted in Travel Hall of Fame at TTG Travel Awards 2006
Hertz Rent-a-Car was inducted in the Travel Hall of Fame at
the recently concluded annual TTG Travel Awards 2006 in Pattaya,
Thailand, making it one of the four elite members to be inducted
so.
ITH
wins India's Best Travel Agency title at TTG Awards 2006
International Travel House, (ITH) an ISO 9001 company, which
is celebrating its silver jubilee, added yet another feather
to its cap at the recently concluded annual TTG Travel Awards.
Macroview
Maiden
TAAI, IRCTC tie-up promises future growth potential
The efforts of Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) since
2000 to include railway bookings in the bouquet of ticketing
services of travel agents bore fruit in July this year when
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) got
into an agreement with TAAI.
Channel Chat
Retail
agents relish OTA v/s consolidator charge
As India's online travel space emerges as a sustained reality
and the online travel agents a credible and burgeoning lot,
Bhisham Mansukhani finds out how the retail agent has
an equally large amount of significance and recognition to
gain from this latest industrial phenomenon.
Uplink
Cultuzz
to Power eBay India's online travel foray
eBay India has hopped on to the speeding bandwagon of OTAs
by focusing on calling in its global owner's tie-up with Cultuzz,
a global provider of backend solutions, to power its online
travel retail.
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