Snippets

ASEAN recommends joint promotion

Two separate reports presented before a recent meeting of tourism officials at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Cambodia recommended the promotion of Southeast Asia as a single destination for leisure and investment. An assessment on the impact of the Visit Mean Campaign (VAC) prepared by Uniquest and the University of Queensland revealed that awareness for the ASEAN as a holiday destination is low; consumers think of it as more of a political or economic grouping.

Bombardier to supply Movia metro cars to Delhi

Bombardier Transportation has won an order for 340 Bombardier Movia metro cars from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. The contract is valued at approximately 427 million Euros (US$ 590 million). Deliveries of the trains are scheduled to begin in the last quarter of 2008 with completion in 2010 to provide effective public transport during the Commonwealth Games that will be held in New Delhi in October 2010.