COVERSTORY Regional airlines take to Indian skies In a scenario of rising demand and intense competition between Full Service Carriers and Low Cost Carriers in India, regional airlines are emerging to take the lead ...read more>>    IN CONVERSATION ‘YTB is working in partnership with North of England to run marketing campaigns in India’ David Andrews, Chief Executive, Yorkshire Tourism Board talks about the Board’s plans and strategies for the Indian market ...read more>>    TRACK RECORD Travel Air Group: Growth through innovation Bangalore-based Travel Air Group has established a niche for itself in the travel industry and is gradually expanding its presence across India. ...read more>>    ON RECORD Airline Capacity and Operation in India for May 2001-2008 The Indian aviation industry is growing every month, as per a recent report by OAG’s latest airline schedules, the analysis reveals that airlines around the world plan to operate 2,553,657 flights throughout May 2008. ...read more>>    DESTINATION INSIGHT LIJIANG: A potential summer destination for Indian travelers The first thing that strikes you about Lijiang is the sheer beauty of the place and then, the brilliant infrastructure created after the 1996 earthquake. It can be a good summer destination for Indian travellers ...read more>> www.travelbizmonitor.com This Week's Top Headlines TAAI signs MoU with Korean Tourism Organisation for tourism promotion   Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO) last week to initiate and promote exchange of tourism between India and Korea. Jumin Hong, Vice President, KTO invited  ...read more>>   MoT to develop tourist destinations and circuits   The Ministry of Tourism (MoT), recently sanctioned projects for development of Nalanda-Bodhgaya-Rajgir and Varanasi-Sarnath circuits and destinations like Agra, Delhi and Kurukshetra. Development of tourist destinations and circuits is ...read more>>   FIA seeks uniform sales tax levels as fuel prices rise   In reaction to the oil prices touching an all-time high of USD 127 a barrel last week, the Federation of Indian airlines (FIA) plans to appeal to the Government to include jet fuel under the ‘declared goods’ category, so that it attracts uniform sales tax across  ...read more>>   Kerala Tourism to unveil its Adventure Tourism Policy soon   After having successfully marketed the destination through varied niche facets like Ayurveda, Backwaters, Spice Tourism, Responsible Tourism et al, Kerala Tourism will now shift its focus to Adventure Tourism  ...read more>>   Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore inks agreement with AAI   The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) inked an agreement with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) day before yesterday to promote mutual cooperation in civil aviation between the two organisations. The Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed by   ...read more>>   Thomas Cook India launches travel portal   Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. launched www.thomascook.in, a complete travel portal offering end-to-end travel solutions for both B2B and B2C customers. The portal will offer hotel inventories from UK based hotels4u.com, which was acquired by Thomas Cook in February ...read more>>     Fifth ICPPB ‘Convention India’ – MICE conclave to be held in Hyderabad in December 2008   The fifth ‘Convention India’- the MICE conclave will be held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre from December 19-20, 2008 by the India Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB), a body sponsored by  ...read more>>     Etihad to operate daily flights to Kozhikode and Chennai from August 1, 2008   Kozhikode (Calicut) and Chennai will be the new destinations on the Indian route map for Etihad Airways. The airline recently announced that it will operate a daily service to both cities from August 1, 2008 from Abu Dhabi. The addition of these two cities is a result of...read more>>     Singapore Airlines launches first all-business class service to New York Newark   Singapore Airlines recently launched its first all-business class service from Singapore to New York Newark with 100-seat A340-500 aircraft. The non-stop service will become a daily affair from June 2008...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.