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| COVER STORY |
Winter Tourism - a potential growth area in India
Winter Tourism is now being projected and promoted through adventure sports and special festivals. TravelBiz takes a look at the various strategies adopted and challenges faced in popularising this concept among international and domestic travellers.....read more>> |
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| IN CONVERSATION |
 ‘We are expecting 2,000 overnights from India by 2009’
Kuusamo Lapland, the Northern region of Finland is now looking at positioning itself as a potential tourism destination for India’s incentive market. Tuija Sulkinoja, Coordinator – International Tourism, Kuusamo Lapland, spoke to TravelBiz about the various strategies, target audience and future activities of Lapland in India to boost tourism in the region...read more>> |
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| DESTINATION INSIGHT |
German Wine Route – A Cocktail of Wine, History & Scenic Beauty
The breathtaking aerial view of Frankfurt, while landing at the Frankfurt Main International Airport, has lush green scenery with houses dotting the landscape. A treat to the eye, in an area where it is difficult to find too many trees. TravelBiz took the German Wine Route which included cities of Deidesheim, Worms, Mainz, Boppard, Koblenz and Frankfurt. She came back with telling tales of Germany....read more>> |
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| SPECIAL FOCUS |
Ecotourism: Spreading its roots in India
Ecotourism in India is fast gaining prominence and more attention. All stakeholders of tourism industry are looking to cash in on the opportunities in this niche segment. The Centre and states are also gradually realising the immense potential of ecotourism, as India has all the ingredients required to be a world class eco-tourist destination write TravelBiz...read more>> |
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| This Week's Top Headlines |
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Air India agrees on 3% agent commissions effective Dec 26, 2008 |
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Post Jet Airways’ and Kingfisher Airlines’ decision to pay agents three per cent commission on the ticket’s gross fare, Air India also agreed on the same today, for its domestic as well as international flights. “According to the letter that we received from Air India today, travel agents will now get three per cent commission on gross fare from the airlines, effective from December 26, 2008”, said Rajii Rai, President, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI). Explaining the structure ...read more>> |
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UNODC & Save The Children India initiate code of conduct for tourism players |
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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Save The Children India (STCI), an independent child right organisation, have together started working on bringing a Code of Conduct for the travel and tourism fraternity to bring awareness about the dangers of various unethical practices related with tourism. The initiative had its first meeting with the stakeholders of the tourism industry earlier...read more>> |
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GoI revises policy to modernise 35 non-metro and metro airports in the country |
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Government of India (GoI) has revised the policy to modernise both non-metro and metro airports in the country. Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel reasoned that the decision was taken after concern was expressed by few parliamentarians over the delay in the modernisation process of the 35 non-metro airports and Kolkata Airport. The decision was taken recently at a parliamentary ...read more>> |
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Premium traffic dives 6.9 per cent in October 2008 - revenues now falling: IATA |
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According to a Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) report, International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently described the airline revenue environment as the worst in 50 years. According to IATA, latest premium traffic data, showing a 6.8 per cent reduction worldwide in October 2008 (following an eight per cent fall in September 2008) suggests that premium revenues, a key ....read more>> |
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TravelConnect.in aims at targeting 2000-2500 members by March next year |
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TravelConnect.in, an Indian online travel trade community launched in September this year to provide the travel industry a platform for business networking and exchange of ideas and information is targeting 2,000-2,500 members by March next year. Headquartered in Udaipur, Rajasthan, TravelConnect plans to increase activities and generate regular B2B leads in the market and ...read more>> |
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MTDC gears up for 'New Mahabaleshwar' project
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‘New Mahabaleshwar’ project is yet again on the radar of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) for developing the Mahabaleshwar site. MTDC has started working on the project to replicate the existing hill station of Mahabaleshwar in Satara district. In early 2000, MTDC informed that it was planning to invest around Rs 1,000 crore for the development...read more>> |
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FHRAI and ADTOI to work together to promote domestic tourism |
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Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) will work closely with the Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI) to promote domestic tourism in India. According to Dr Sunil Gulati, Secretary, FHRAI, the two associations will work out a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to identify areas of joint initiatives in the near future....read more>> |
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DDA to make available 1500 apartment hotels before 2010 |
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In order to come up with a solution to the accommodation shortage in the capital city during the Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the land-owning agency of Delhi, has agreed to make available about 1,500 apartments in different parts of the city, which could function as...read more>> |
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