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Lead Story
PATA
2008 to be its first ‘carbon neutral’ mart
In a move to take up the issue of global warming with greater
earnestness, PATA has decided to make its 2008 Travel Mart,
to be held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, carbon
neutral.
Newstrack
KDM
aims to acquire 2 adventure cos in India, Nepal
In a bid to expand its business in India through acquisitions,
Kuoni Destination Management plans to strengthen its position
further in the Indian market and is looking to acquire at
least two 'adventure' companies in India and Nepal by the
end of this year.
Leading
international travel insurance company to set foot in India
Express TravelWorld has been informed that a leading international
travel insurance company is scheduled to set foot in India
soon.
TAFI
2007 theme: 'Driving the change, to stay on top'
Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) has decided the theme
for its annual conference - Driving the change, to stay on
top - scheduled to be held between September 6 to 12, 2007
at Borneo, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Galileo-Express
TravelWorld Awards is back!
The travel and tourism industry's most prestigious event the
Galileo-Express TravelWorld Awards will be held on November
30 this year. In its fifth edition this year, the event is
India's foremost B2B travel trade awards and is audited by
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
30 Minute Interview
'Switzerland
has the potential to develop MICE tourism'
Andrea Lopez speaks with Ritu Sharma, India manager for Switzerland
Tourism, about recreating the Swiss magic for the Indian traveller
'Cruising
in India is showing phenomenal growth'
Gautam Chadha, CEO of Tirun Travel Marketing, which represents
Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean, SilverSea and many other
international cruise companies in India, talks to Praveen
K Singh to illustrate the industry's growth in India
Inbound
J&K
moves from mass to class tourism
If an increasing number of tourists is proof that the state
is gaining normalcy, then Jammu & Kashmir is not just
'normal' but perfect.
Outbound
IMT
Growth Triangle announces first-ever promotional campaign
The Indonesia, Malaysia & Thailand Growth Triangle, known
as IMT-GT, that represents select provinces from each of the
three countries have come together to promote tourism.
STB
to focus on the ‘highly mobile’
After tasting success through its recent family campaign that
projects Singapore as a ‘must see' and ‘must visit'
family destination, Singapore Tourism Board is ready with
its next marketing plan for the India market.
Egypt
looks to highlight unexplored territories
Unable to ignore the swelling number of incoming Indian travellers,
the tourism ministry of the Arab Republic of Egypt is looking
to promote the land's untapped tourism potential that it had
so far not done.
VisitScotland
rolls out agent education programme
VisitScotland has introduced its online destination specialists
programme (www.scotsagent.com) for the Indian travel trade
and is targeting 500 agents to sign on within two years.
Tourism
Malaysia increases focus on regional market
Receiving an overwhelming response for its Visit Malaysia
campaign which began last year, Tourism Malaysia is set to
kick off a four-city road show this July. The cities include
Aurangabad, Nagpur, Bhopal and Indore.
PATA:
Macau most popular outbound destination
With a record growth of 31.7 per cent, Macau is the most popular
outbound destination as far as the Indian traveller is concerned,
according to PATA's country report 'Total Tourism India'.
‘Spain
can be sold as a standalone destination’
Though Spain is just opening itself to India as a destination,
Rajeev Nangia, associate director (operations) for Trac Representation,
responsible for promoting Spain, believes that it can be sold
as a standalone destination.
UK
introduces Visa4UK online visa application system
The UK government has introduced its own online visa application
programme Visa4UK (Visa4UK.fco.gov.uk) through its website
UKvisas (UKvisas.gov.uk) for the Indian market in place of
the VFS website application service, which had been suspended
due to a reported security breach.
Macroview
IATO's
silver jubilee convention to focus on global challenges
The Indian Association of Tour Operators' (IATO) annual convention
to be held in the capital has a special significance as it
enters into the twenty-fifth year of its existence. It has
chosen the same venue for the event as its first-ever convention
to refresh the memories - Hotel Ashok, New Delhi.
Uplink
‘Inspiring
India’ theme for Abacus International Conference 2007
Continuing with its tradition of hosting international conferences
for its customers every alternate year, Abacus will be taking
its Abacus International Conference (AIC) to Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, East Malaysia to be held from September 5-8 this year.
Galileo
implements e-ticketing with Saudi Arabian Airlines
GDS player and subsidiary of Travelport Galileo has announced
the activation of e-ticketing with Saudi Arabian Airlines
(SV).
Online
travel trade braces to smash $1.4 bn mark in 2007
For an industry that made its presence felt as late as 2005-end,
capturing a market size worth US$ 800 million is definitely
something to write home about.
Channel Chat
TAFI
to re-look the sub-agent membership criteria
Realising that the retail agent community in India is growing
at a faster pace than the IATA agent community with about
20,000 retail agents against 2,370 IATA agents all over India,
Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) is trying to enroll
them as allied members.
Trade Bytes
French
government awards Ashwini Kakkar
Ashwini Kakkar, vice chairman of Mercury Travels and chairman
of VIA, was honoured with the Ordre national du Mérite
by the French government.
Sahara
expands its distribution channel
Sahara Global, an integrated travel and tourism management
company, part of the Sahara India group, is looking to increase
its reach and has decided to expand its network of agents
across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and south
India by the end of this year.
Cougar
to focus on medical tourism
Better infrastructure and a higher number of inbound tourists
has made Cougar Resorts & Travels (CRT) aim at tapping
the medical tourism segment. Arun Raghavan, its director,
says, "Undergoing even a minor treatment in the west
is expensive vis-à-vis here.
Saltours
launches consumer-centric portal
Saltours International has widened its product portfolio with
the launch of its first consumer oriented venture - an online
portal, travel3g.com.
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