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Lead Story
Reliance
ADAG scheduled to foray into amusement industry
Reliance Entertainment, a division of the Reliance Anil Dhirubai
Ambani Group (R-ADAG) has tied up with the Great Wheel Corporation,
Express TravelWorld has learnt.
Newstrack
Industry
apprehensive about cabinet reshuffle
Neither the government nor the industry is new to a sudden
reshuffle in the cabinet. But this time the industry is apprehensive
about the government's decision to induct an additional Minister
for State for Tourism & Culture - Kanti Singh - who will
directly report to Ambika Soni, Union Minister for Tourism
& Culture, Government of India.
West
Bengal govt unveils new tourism policy
After 30 years of Left rule, the Government of West Bengal
has realised the importance of tourism promotion and has recently
unveiled a new tourism policy, which will be effective April
1, 2008.
Kerala
Souvenir Project to revive souvenir industry
In a bid to revive the souvenir industry in Kerala, the Government
of Kerala in collaboration with Great India Tourism Planners
& Consultants International (GITPAC), has created a list
of 110 souvenirs from Kerala to be produced and marketed.
Shortfall
of 1,50,000 hotel rooms by 2010: Planning Commission
The Planning Commission's High Level Group on services sector
has released a services competitiveness report on India which
reveals grim figures for the tourism industry.
Lavender
Cruises to operate houseboats
Bangalore based Lavender Cruises and Tours has announced plans
of entering into the houseboat business. "Our houseboats
will be operated under the brand of Lavender Cruises.
Rajasthan
focuses new tourism products, enhanced connectivity
Having announced a futuristic tourism policy last year, Rajasthan
is now focusing on a new array of products that include ecological,
adventure and spiritual tourism and luxury weddings.
Strawberi
Holidays to promote mono destinations
The premium services division of Kesari, Strawberi Holidays
plans to shift its focus from selling multi-destinations,
and instead, going by current demands, focus on promoting
mono destinations within Europe, South Africa, Australia and
South East Asia.
IAAI
to sign contract with WorldSpan for I-Top 8
The IATA Agents Association of India (IAAI) plans to sign
a contract with WorldSpan as one of the GDS providers for
its B2B portal I-Top 8.
RupeeMail
launches platform for e-marketing
Realising the need of authenticated e-marketing and advertising
option for the travel industry, RupeeMail has launched RupeeMail
- an emailing procedure where senders are authenticated and
recipients get paid to read their e-mails.
30 Minute Interview
'Our
aim is to get 1 mn Indians to the UK by 2010'
India has consolidated its position as one of the key outbound
markets to the UK - its position in terms of numbers has climbed
from 14 to two in the last decacde. Keith Beecham, regional
director, VisitBritain, (Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa)
discusses the potential of a long-term investment in the India
market. By Andrea Lopez
Aviation
Lufthansa
launches business jet direct service between Frankfurt-Pune
Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline is further expanding
its services to key Indian cities for business and leisure
travellers alike.
Outbound
Northern
Ireland to tap Indian outbound
On a visit to India as part of a six-member delegation to
set up the Invest Northern Ireland office - a marketing organisation
to promote investments into the region - Nigel Dodds, minister
(Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment), Northern
Ireland, expressed that the region would like to see growth
in outbound numbers from India.
Occasional
shortage of yellow fever vaccine hampers Kenya tourism
While India's outbound market is booming with high demand
for offbeat locations, sporadic availability of the yellow
fever vaccine, that has been made mandatory by the Indian
health ministry for Indian outbound travellers returning from
certain African countries, is hampering the tourism scenario.
Cutting
Edge Events to continue specialising in sports tourism
Cutting Edge Events, which specialises in corporate incentives
and sports tourism, has said that it will continue to market
upcoming sporting activities to corporate clients, including
Formula1 with packages to Singapore, Shanghai and Istanbul
as well as upcoming cricket events in the next two years.
Canada:
Classic and contemporary
Surrounded by snow-capped mountain peaks, wide beaches, bordering
bays and inlets, lush green forests and enchanting floral
displays, Vancouver is celebrated as one of the world's most
beautiful cities.
Inbound
MP
wins Best Tourism Performing State for 2006-07
The state of Madhya Pradesh has won the 'Best Tourism Performing
State National Awards' 2006-2007 at the recent National Tourism
Awards function.
Channel Chat
No
concentrated effort for sub-agents
It is a known fact that the number of sub-agents is significantly
higher than all the travel agents counted together.
Hotel Talk
Mansingh
Group to open four new properties in Rajasthan
Jaipur-based Mansingh Group of hotels, resorts and entertainment
has announced plans to add four new properties to its portfolio.
New
Worldhotels site simplifies hotel selection for agents
Worldhotels's new website - Worldhotels.com - designed to
cater to the travel agent, has been redesigned to offer images,
videos, hotel reviews, weather forecasts and maps, all of
which will help travel agents to quickly find the best-fit
accommodation for customers from almost 500 hotels in more
than 300 destinations and 70 countries.
Travco
to begin MICE division by July '08
Outbound holidays specialist and sole Thomas Cook franchisee
in Goa, Travco Holidays is en route to handle MICE clientele
soon.
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