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‘We are seeking JVs from Indian cities for hotels & tourism businesses’ - H E Humaid Al-Maani, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman, Republic of India
Oman has turned its eyes on India for driving tourist traffic to the country. H E Humaid Al-Maani, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the Republic of India tells TravelBiz Monitor about Oman Ministry of Tourism’s plans for India
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 GUEST COLUMN

Data Security: Corporate Merchant Responsibility to Secure Personal Details By Dr Akif Khan, Head of Client and Technical Services, CyberSource
Corporate data breaches or losses are hitting headlines all too frequently these days. Last year, both businesses and government bodies suffered embarrassment and reduced public trust as laptops were being misplaced, databases hacked and crooked employees exposed.
Online shoppers are jaded – as they’ve read stories about payment/account data theft from sites that were supposedly secure, which have had a direct negative impact. A survey conducted by CyberSource for its Fifth Annual UK Online Fraud Report found
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 BUSINESS STRATEGY
Tiger Airways: Roaring in the LCC market
Following the Europe-based Ryanair model, Tiger Airways today is one of the largest and well known brands in the Low Cost Carrier (LCC) sector in Asia Pacific region. TravelBiz Monitor checks to finds out the various business models working for the LCC.
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This Week's Top Headlines
Etihad Airways to launch Destination Management Company
  Etihad Airways will soon be launching its own Destination Management Company (DMC). The DMC aims to provide a diverse range of leisure and business activities for visitors to Abu Dhabi and UAE. ....read more>>
UCCF directive regarding opening dates of Gangotri National Park upsets adventure tour operators
  Adventure Tour Operators Association of India has managed to get special permission for adventure tour operators to take trekking groups in Gangotri National Park (GNP) this month. ....read more>>
Blue Bird Leisure & Holidays aims pan-India presence through franchise model by year-end
  New Delhi-based travel management company, Blue Bird Leisure & Holidays Limited, is aiming to have pan-India presence by year-end or early next year. The company is going to expand through the franchise model in various Tier II and Tier III cities of India. ...read more>>
Travelport GDS partners with DerbySoft and etours CRS to offer its travel agents access to hotel properties in China and India
  Travelport GDS recently signed an agreement with two leading hotel content providers- China’s DerbySoft and India’s etours CRS, which will now be available on the Galileo and Worldspan GDS platforms. ...read more>>
Asians to travel more within Asia as downturn hardens: ITB World Travel Trends Report
  According to the findings of the ITB World Travel Trends Report by IPK International, as the global recession bites, Asian tourism is moving increasingly towards a reliance on tourists from within Asia.....read more>>
Drukair to start operations from Bagdogra to Bangkok effective April 18, 2009
  Drukair (Royal Bhutan Airlines), the national carrier of the Royal Government of Bhutan, will launch twice-a week service from Bagdogra to Bangkok from the 18th of this month. As per the new schedule, ...read more>>
Wataniya Airways considering Indian operations by 2011
  Wataniya Airways, Kuwait’s first premium full service airline is considering Indian operations by 2011. During the launch of the airline in January 2009, it showed keen interest in flying to destinations like London, ...read more>>
IATO to take responsibility of monuments for maintenance and sanitation
  Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) will adopt the famed Qutub Minar and the Humayun Tomb in Delhi; the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in Agra and the Fatehpuri Sikri near Agra by taking responsibility .....read more>>
Sarovar Hotels enters Nairobi
  After entering the Middle Eastern market with its property in Dubai and venturing in East Africa with the hotel in Dar Es Salaam, Sarovar Hotels Pvt. Ltd. is now expanding its presence in the East African region. ...read more>>
Concord Travels Pvt. Ltd. eyeing more countries to expand its MICE services
  New Delhi-based Concord Travels & Tours Pvt. Ltd. is eying various countries to expand its service markets for MICE segment. Currently, the company offers MICE services to domestic destinations like Rajasthan,....read more>>
Mihin Lanka to start flights on Kochi-Colombo route from month end
  Sri Lanka-based Low Cost Carrier (LCC) Mihin Lanka will start operations on the Kochi-Colombo route with immediate connection to Dubai and Kuwait from the end of this month. The LCC will fly thrice a week ....read more>>
RATO looking at expanding its network membership base by early 2010
  Rajasthan Association of Tour Operators (RATO) is now looking at expanding its network membership base. Currently the Association has 34 members from Jaipur and has its branch offices in Bikaner, Jaisalmer, ...read more>>
TCIL plans to introduce Festival Breaks this year
  Thomas Cook India Ltd (TCIL) is planning to introduce packages for festival breaks during the festive season (third quarter of the calendar year) this year. The packages to be introduced under the Festival ....read more>>
90di.com ties-up with ticketvala.com to offer bus ticket inventory
  90di.com, a web portal, which is also a travel specific search engine recently tied-up with online travel agent ticketvala.com and launched the bus ticket search on its website. According to Khushnood Naqvi, ....read more>>
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