PATA India gears up for PATA Travel Mart in Macau Domestic passenger carriage up by 21.86% during January-June 2010 Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian to offer 75 weekly flights from 7 Indian destinations in winter schedule First edition of Commonwealth International Travel Mart scheduled for August 26 to 28, 2010 First Aloft hotel opens in Chennai, second to be inaugurated in Bengaluru on August 1, 2010 Taiwan records 60% growth in arrivals from India 27% increase in French tourist arrivals in India till May 2010: India Tourism Overseas Office in Paris Abacus ties up with ACE Travel Insurance to distribute insurance products to travel agents Agents to be rewarded for booking Jet Airways on Galileo or Worldspan platforms TSI launches tsi.travel, a B2B/B2E portal Travel agents to be denied access to IRCTC website daily from 8 am to 9 am Domestic passenger carriage in the second quarter touches 134.77 lakh 210 projects worth Rs 540 crore sanctioned for North East MOT's initiative to overhaul overseas marketing strategy to benefit trade Jordan posts 92% growth in the first five months in 2010 12-city Learn South Africa programme kicks off from Mumbai Sikkim inks tourism pact with Goa to promote tourism Travelport, Avis Budget Group sign multi-year agreement Abacus-connected travel agents to benefit from wider choice of payment options TSI launches tsi.travel, a B2B/B2E portal Puducherry expects 20% surge in tourist arrivals this year Over 50 lakh passports issued in 2009 Tourism Queensland to organise trade workshop in November & December in India Tourism Spain to organise Madrid roadshow in September in Delhi and Mumbai Macau registers 120% growth in arrivals from India in May Foreign tourist arrivals grow by 10.8% in Jan-June Anand Kumar takes over as Joint Secretary, MOT MOT mulls strategic plan for next 5-years Thomas Cook enters a 7- year deal with Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delh A380 set to arrive in India EL AL to launch 4th flight on Mumbai-Tel Aviv route from its winter schedule AirAsia to unveil state-of-the-art booking system You are receiving this email because... 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Reach decision makers across the continents The latest news from European Business Air News Rs 8.81 crore sanctioned for developing camping sites at Surajkund and Dundahera in Haryana Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation (MPSTDC) to work with private sector for setting over 268 wayside amenities on highways Oman Tourism appoints India representative Pau Pyrenees and Lourdes Tourism Offices from France appoints representative office in India MOT sanctions Rs 2,183 cr for 761 state tourism development projects JHM Interstate signs an upscale luxury resort at Kukas, Jaipur TAFI Karnataka Chapter announces office-bearers for 2010-2012 term Global traffic falls by 2.4% in April: IATA Air Arabia increases services to Goa Etihad launches online UAE visa application service in India Agents on Galileo and Worldspan platform to benefit from acquisition of sprice.com IATO sends fresh proposals to MOT for organising new roadshows this year in key markets DIAL CEO appointed as director, Airports Council International for Asia Pacific region SpiceJet to expand its international services on four destinations Jet Airways domestic traffic grows by 26% during Q4 AI flies record 50,308 passengers on May 16 for the first time post merger of Air India and Indian Airlines Domestic travel increases during January to April by 22% this year as compared to the same period in 2009, says DGCA Indian Railways plans to launch special tourist trains, Bharat Tirth InterGlobe General Aviation introduces seaplanes in India Ministry of Civil Aviation makes its website more informative UK-based VOSAIO Travel Group starts operations from India HTT Holidays appoints four GSAs in India Kingfisher Airlines set to join oneworld Qatar Airways begins operations to Bengaluru Jet Airways to introduce daily non-stop flights from Mumbai-Johannesburg NAJ PEOPLE: (Covering 12 organizations and 11 people) Hotels Trends: Gladly Bid Adieu to 2009 "Kuoni Acquires US Event Management Company The Top 15 Travel Category Websites for December OTA Hotel Tax Recovery Suit overturned in Anaheim State-level guides in national capital territory to be issued licenses as per 2003 guidelines India Tourism showcases Incredible India campaign at Yemen First Best Western Premier opens in Kolkata Courtyard by Marriott makes its debut in Ahmedabad Selja inaugurates the newly renovated Hotel Janpath GoAir to add two new aircraft to its fleet SWISS enters in code-share agreement with Edelweiss; now links Goa with Zurich Thomas Cook ties up with India Post to provide foreign exchange and travel service Cox & Kings launches 200 per cent cash back offer Travel agents federations for SAARC countries to be formed AirAsia.com integrates with Akbartravelsonline.com for online bookings NAS Air appoints The Great India Aviation Services as its GSA for Kerala Kingfisher Airlines launches direct flights from Kolkata to Patna and Ranchi to Raipur Lufthansa and Austrian integrate sales and service operations aSpire launches web-hosted application to simplify mid and back office automation MOT sanctions 94 infrastructure projects worth Rs 3.9 billion Ministry of home affairs to scan frequent tourist visa applications Gujarat Tourism soon to unveil investor-friendly tourism policy IRCTC renews contract with yatra.com Clarks Inn hotel opens in South Delhi VITS Pune, a Kamat Hotels property, opens doors to guests Alila Hotels and Resorts unveils its first property in India ESOI to conduct two workshops on sustainable tourism at Amritsar and Kochi Egypt woos visitors from NCR region in Gurgaon Tourism Fair India 2009 scheme to be revised The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace opens on December 21 Rajasthan's first Ecotel certified The Fern-An Ecotel Hotel launched at Jaipur Kumari Selja launches three new social awareness commercials Ministry of Tourism sets January 11 as the deadline to invite all entries for National Tourism Awards for the year 2008-09 North India's first Courtyard by Marriott opens in Gurgaon
