COVERSTORY
Changing face of Indian aviation
The recent increase in the price of the Aviation Turbine Fuel has thrown open discussions and debates across the globe. Not only has it put a question mark on the significance of existing trends that define today’s aviation industry but also have given birth to some very fresh, upcoming and important trends. Kanika Mehta takes you through trends that will mark the face of the aviation sector in India and globally
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 SPECIAL FEATURE
Indian travel trade’s ‘Green touch’
TravelBiz Monitor charts the efforts and initiatives of the Indian travel trade to tap the potential of Ecotourism, a niche segment, which is fast gaining popularity in the country
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 IN CONVERSATION
‘India is the number one MICE contributor’
Sri Lanka is keen to brand itself as a Meetings Incentives Convention and Exhibitions (MICE) destination. Nimalka Morahela, Consultant, Sri Lanka Convention Bureau, talks to Lakshmi Vishwanath about the efforts taken to promote Sri Lanka as a MICE destination in the Indian market.
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 DESTINATION INSIGHT
Chandigarh: North India's potential tourism hub
Right from its world-renowned architecture to traditional festivals and potential to be developed as a business destination, Chandigarh has the makings of North India's tourism hub
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 TRACK RECORD
TRAC Representations: Selling the World
Established in 1992, TRAC Representations was one of the first players in the travel and tourism representation sector in India. With National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) representation being a completely new and virtually unheard of concept, TRAC Representations started a new trend in the Indian market, one picked up quickly by other players in the industry.
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This Week's Top Headlines
Ministry of Tourism sanctions three tourist circuits for 2008-2009
  In order to promote the integrated development of mega destinations and circuits, Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has sanctioned mega tourism projects worth Rs 8474.20 lakh for the development of ...read more>>
 
Jet Airways puts global expansion on hold
  Jet Airways will put its international expansion plans on hold until next year due to the soaring oil prices, as Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer told media persons at a ceremony marking the launch ...read more>>
 
AAI’s funding delay holds up IGI Airport hotel project
  The hotel project at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi may be delayed and may not come up in time of the Commonwealth Games in 2010 as the Airports Authority of India (AAI) ...read more>>
 
First Steering Committee meeting grants ‘in-principle’ approval for Karnataka’s Greenfield airports
  The first meeting of the Steering Committee on Greenfield airports, held last week at New Delhi, has granted ‘in-principle’ approval to Greenfield airports at Gulbarga, Bijapur, Hassan and Shimoga. The meeting was ...read more>>
 
Delhi Development Authority announces increase in FAR
  The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) after much effort and persuasion on the part of Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Associations of India (FHRAI) has increased the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) and  ...read more>>
   
Travelguru launches new User Interface for hotels
  Travelguru recently launched a new User Interface (UI) for hotels on its website to enhance users’ overall hotel booking experience. The new UI is designed to provide users with a richer experience after analysing ...read more>>
   
Select Cabs introduces radio cabs in Hyderabad, targets GHIAL for registered operator
  Select Cabs, the radio taxi brand of Berggruen Holdings, after launching 100 radio cabs in Hyderabad recently, is targeting GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) as a registered operator ...read more>>
   
BJets, to offer fractional and block charters in India in the next two months
  Tata Group backed business aviation company, BJets, is planning to offer fractional, as well as block charters for both corporates and individuals, in the next two months. The company, which has ...read more>>
   
SriLankan Airlines and SLTPB announce special packages for India
  SriLankan Airlines along with Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau (SLTPB) at a press conference held in the city today announced special packages for the India-Sri Lanka cricket series to be held ...read more>>
   
Air India Express cancels its Goa-UAE flights
  Air India Express has cancelled operations of its flights from UAE to Goa, a week after opening bookings for the same. According to a report in a Gulf daily, the low-cost subsidiary of Indian, catering ...read more>>
   
VIA ties-up with BMTC to sell tickets of shuttle service to Bengaluru International Airport
  Bangalore-based online travel agent VIA has entered into an exclusive tie-up with Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) for its shuttle service to the Bengaluru International Airport ...read more>>
   
Jet Airways to issue BCBP on all international routes by August 2008
  Jet Airways which started issuing Bar-coded Boarding Pass (BCBP) late last month with a pilot project at Singapore will have a similar system implemented on all international routes within a ...read more>>
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