COVER STORY Karnataka: Creating a brand An analysis of how the tourism department of Karnataka has picked up pace in the past four years in marketing the destination and its products ...read more>>    ON RECORD Finland: Inbound Indian visitor's profile From just 19,009 Indian visitors in 2004 to 27, 250 in 2005 to nearly 50,000 Indian visitors in 2007 and now targeting nearly 60,000 Indian visitors by the end of 2008, the Finnish Tourism Board has lined up various activities to augment these numbers ...read more>>    VOICE OF THE INDUSTRY Mukesh Jagga, President, Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI) talks about ‘selling 'India' to Indians’ ...read more>>    A DAY IN THE LIFE OF... Down to earth by nature,Neelu Singh, COO, Ezeego1.com, is a family person who manages to effortlessly juggle through the demands of home and office… ...read more>>    DESTINATION INSIGHT Ko Samui: A riveting holiday destination Samui Island is a tropical paradise for those who want to get away from the hustle and bustle of Pattaya, Phuket or Bangkok in Thailand ...read more>>    GUEST COLUMN Destination marketing: India By Peter Leitgeb, President & CEO, The Claridges Hotels & Resorts...read more>> www.travelbizmonitor.com This Week's Top Headlines TCEB launches 'Thank a Million' campaign for the Indian market   Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) recently announced the ‘Thanks a Million’ promotional campaign for the Indian market. As per this campaign, any convention for duration of three days or more held in Thailand  ...read more>>   MoCA proposes Intermediate Sales tax of 15 - 16% on ATF across India   The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has recently come out with a proposal for bringing down the Sales Tax on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) at a uniform level nationally  ...read more>>   TAFI issues legal Show Cause Notice to seven international carriers   As per a recent official communication, the national committee of Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) through its legal counsel issued a “Show Cause Notice” to several leading international airlines operating to/from India on the subject of ‘Dual Pricing’.  ...read more>>   ATDC look for associate agents in India   Malegaon based Agri Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) is looking out for associate agents in India. To penetrate the market in a better manner, the Corporation is looking to associate with agents  ...read more>>   PIA likely to connect Islamabad to Delhi   In view of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries’ decision taken during the 14th SAARC Summit held in New Delhi last year, of connecting all the capitals of the SAARC countries by air, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) might add Islamabad to its already existing Delhi-Lahore route ...read more>>   Goa plans to develop 'Western Circuit' for tourism   After reaching a saturation point with beach tourism, Goa is now contemplating on developing circuit tourism and a `Western Circuit’ involving neigbouring states in the region is currently being worked upon. The state government plans to include  ...read more>>   Orissa Tourism to introduce hop-on, hop-off and STPO services   As a part of an endeavour to boost Orissa’s tourism industry, Orissa Tourism has adopted strategies like ‘hop-on and hop-off’ services and the State Tourism Promoting Officer (STPO) system. Both services are slated to launch within  ...read more>>   I-Top 8 adds Amadeus to its GDS after Galileo   I-Top8, the online booking solution for members of IATA Agents Association of India (IAAI), launched during their annual convention, ICON 2008 in Hyderabad this January; will now add on Amadeus for its GDS and is looking forward to working with Abacus and Worldspan, subsequently  ...read more>>   Deccan ties up with ICICI Lombard to offer travel insurance scheme   Deccan has launched a domestic travel insurance scheme in co-ordination with ICICI Lombard, which will offer security against possible vacation or travel loss. It will cover emergency medical expenses, loss arising from trip cancellation or interruption and delay and loss of baggage  ...read more>> This e-newsletter has been sent since you are part of Travel Biz Monitor Magazine's subscriber list. If you wish to unsubscribe, please send UNSUBSCRIBE as a reply to this e-mail.