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Lead Story
Agent-airline
talks fail
The recent meetings of TAAI and TAFI with the airlines have
not reaped any results. Rajji Rai, president of TAAI, said
that nothing - neither the transaction fee model nor the commission
model - has been accepted by the airlines
Newstrack
Delhi
to get an Airport Village near terminal III
Delhi International Airport (DIAL) - a consortium of GMR Group,
AAI, Fraport, Eraman Malaysia and India Development Fund (an
IDF-AMC managed fund) - has plans to build an Airport Village
near terminal III
30 Minute Interview
'We
will begin with 20 big agents in India'
Lennart Paulsson, GM and director (India) for Scandinavian
Airlines, talks about the airline's plans for the Indian market
after resuming services in the country. By Anupama Sushil
‘I
am surprised that no Indian carrier flies Mumbai-Milan’
Fabio Rugge, consul general, Consulate General of Italy, speaks
about the growing popularity of Italy as a leisure destination
and how the consulate office is doing its bit to ensure it
remains so. By Andrea Lopez
Aviation
Kuwait
Airways eyes high yield segments
Kuwait's national carrier, Kuwait Airways is eagerly looking
at deriving higher yields from India."
Sama's
India entry could end monopolistic prices
Damman-based Sama Airlines entry into the Indian skies could
prove as a blessing in disguise for the passengers as offering
low-fares could trigger off price wars between the existing
carriers flying between India and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Trade Bytes
Cox
and Kings acquires Tempo Holidays
Cox and Kings India (CKI), through its Australian special
purpose vehicle (SPV), has acquired Tempo Holidays, a specialist
leisure travel company based in Australia with office in New
Zealand as well
Forerez.com
to add transfers, sightseeing packages
Forerez.com, which offers an online platform to travel operators
and individual agents, will now add transfers and sightseeing
to its packages
Travel
Tours ties up with National Express dot2dot for airport shuttle
services
Travel Air Representations (TAReps), the B2B division of Travel
Tours has recently tied up with UK based door-to-door airport
shuttle service provider Dot2Dot to provide transfers for
passengers between London's Heathrow airport and their hotel
RailEurope
to introduce early bird offers on Eurostar
IRCTC to launch mutual web interface by April
Avis
India to strengthen airport operations
Avis India (Mercury Car Rentals), a joint venture between
Avis Europe and the Oberoi Group, which currently operates
in 16 cities in India, is aiming to strengthen its position
out of airports
Travelport
Holidays' Club Class product to be unveiled in 2009
To further capitalise on the franchisee and retail models
MapmyIndia
launches GPS-based iNav for mobiles
MapmyIndia, a map and navigation services provider, has recently
launched a GPS-based application for mobile phones called
iNav, which can transmit one's exact location to one's contact
Vikram
Productions wooing NRIs for Bollywood tourism
Vikram Productions, a company that has been active in organising
themed weddings and events across various locations in India
is now aggressively tapping Bollywood tourism
TRAC
to represent GTI in Asia Pacific
TRAC Representations has become part of Global Tourism Interface
(GTI) - a specialist tourism network that offers products
from destination to hotels
Soin
named 'Most Versatile Adventure Sportsperson' again
Mandip Singh Soin, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
and founder of Ibex Expeditions, entered the Limca Book of
Records as India's Most Versatile Adventurer
Real
Journeys targets Indian clientele
Kiwi operator Real Journeys, which specialises in tours to
the Fiordland region is looking at bringing a slice of its
most popular product, Milford Sound to Indian travellers through
its customised cruises
Namaste
Turkey holds B2B presentation for Indian operators
Namaste Turkey, an online initiative of Compact Travels to
promote Turkey to Indian travel agents and tour operators
held a presentation in the city recently to provide detailed
information and answer trade related queries about the region
Newer
circuits on agenda: S Banerjee
The newly-appointed secretary tourism, Government of India,
Sujit Banerjee, at a meeting with IATO and the Hotels Association
of India recently, said that aggressive marketing under the
Market Development Assistance Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism
will help the industry achieve a sustained growth in these
difficult times
Macroview
Switzerland
to open Bengaluru consulate by 2009
To join Schengen agreement and issue Schengen visa
Kazakhstan
to focus on spa and cruise tourism
In a bid to promote tourism in the country, the tourism board
of Kazakhstan held a tourism fair in New Delhi. As part of
the country's four year plan to promote tourism, the fair
also aimed at educating agents about the destination
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