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Globus
& Cosmos to introduce India's first `I Know Americas'
certification in 2008
Globus & Cosmos is scheduled to hold India's first ever
'I Know Americas' certification course in 2008. Spread over
February and March 2008, this course will be held in Mumbai
and New Delhi and in Bangalore towards the end of the year.
Newstrack
Cleartrip
rolls out 4 retail stores
Cleartrip.com has recently launched stores (kiosks) at four
Big Bazaar stores at Kandivali, Thane, Santacruz and Mumbai
Central areas in Mumbai.
WITT
society launches in India
Non-profit organisation, WITT (Women in Travel & Tourism),
has been recently launched in India with the single-minded
objective to help and support women who aim to pursue their
education and further their careers in the travel, tourism
and hospitality industries.
Quantum
Travels to look at charters
Quantum Travels is looking at entering the charter segment
with the growing number of outbound Indian travellers.
TAAI
convention to be held in Chennai
The Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) is gearing up
for its next convention to be held in Chennai.
Ramee
group to promote international properties aggressively
Ramee Guestline Hotel, Mumbai, has launched international
travel division, which has tied-up with Thomas Cook and SOTC
to promote their properties in the Gulf to the Indian market.
Everyone
is eyeing the online space: BSIL
Because of rising internet penetration in the country, Suresh
Iyer, head of marketing for Blue Star Infotech (BSIL) is of
the opinion that online space would be vital in connecting
directly to the customers.
30 Minute Interview
‘We
have appointed E&Y as consultants to work out a roadmap
for tourism’
Dr G D Gautama, IAS, principal secretary, departments of micro,
small scale enterprises & textiles, and tourism, government
of West Bengal has been instrumental in putting Bengal on
the global IT map. Now he has moved on to tourism to script
a new success story for the state. By Joy Roy Choudhury
‘India
is the most exciting online travel market on the planet’
Simon Carkeek, executive director of EyeforTravel speaks about
the buoyant OTA market and the upcoming event - Travel Distribution
India ‘07. By Hazel Jain
Channel Chat
Cutting
the corruption
In Sreekumar S one finds a man who remains unruffled by changes.
Proprietor of Chennai-based Hoteline, he stays online throughout
the day and remains in in touch with a network of 600 tour
operators across India.
Eye for Travel
A
portal to success
Among the most exciting and dynamic online travel market,
India is showing no signs of any slowdown or cooling off.
Keeping this in mind, EyeforTravel will run its second annual
Travel Distribution India event on October 16-17, 2007 in
Mumbai.
Outbound
Gold
Coast Tourism to tie up with an Indian travel company
Gold Coast Tourism Corporation (GCTC) is in talks with an
Indian travel company to promote the destination to the Indian
population.
Galileo-Express Travelworld Awards
Industry
readies for travel’s premier event on Nov 30
The travel and tourism industry's most prestigious event the
Galileo-Express TravelWorld Awards will held on November 30
this year and will have SBI as its Banking Partner this year.
Uplink
Yatra
bets big on hospitality segment
Yatra.com after a year of strong performance is focusing on
the hospitality segment.
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