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 TREND WATCH

Consolidation: The next stage in Indian travel industry
With major changes taking place in the global travel industry, experts are predicting that consolidation will be one of the core aspect which will reshape the entire face of travel and tourism industry worldwide. TravelBiz Monitor checks out the current consolidation trends in India and the way ahead
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 IN CONVERSATION
‘We are in the process of opening a representative office in India’ - Michel Bouquier, President, Monaco Government Tourist and Convention Authority
After organising a four-day road show recently in New Delhi and Mumbai to showcase ‘Destination Monaco’, Michel Bouquier, President, Monaco Government Tourist and Convention Authority (MGTCA) speaks with TravelBiz Monitor about the potential of Monaco as a tourist destination, their target segments in India and future plans
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 GUEST COLUMN
‘Current trends in Adventure Tourism – Inbound & Domestic market’ By Tejbir Singh Anand, President, ATOAI
Earlier, Adventure was more of a passion and hobby, travel was unconsciously seen as a way to reach playgrounds for quenching adventure thirst. Slowly few adventurers started visioning it as an industry for niche travellers who wanted more than a holiday. Travellers who heard stories from adventurers also wanted to venture out and taste perhaps a smaller degree of the experience.
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This Week's Top Headlines
ATOAI to launch e-newsletter from early January 2010
  The Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) will launch an e-newsletter for its members from the first week of January 2010. Speaking at the press conference convened in the capital recently, ...read more>>
Monaco Tourism and Convention Authority aims to tap leisure and MICE segment in India
  Monaco Tourism and Convention Authority along with Monte Carlo – S.B.M Hotels and Casinos, organised a four-day road show from December 14-17, 2010 in New Delhi and Mumbai to showcase ...read more>>
Rome and Lazio region of Italy turns focus on Indian outbound market
  Rome and Lazio region of Italy has marked its foray in the Indian outbound market. The region recently organised a workshop titled 'Celebrating Rome' in New Delhi and Mumbai in cooperation with ENIT ...read more>>
SIHRA urges Southern states of India to market destinations collectively
  Southern India Hotel & Restaurant Association (SIHRA) recently hosted the two-day All India Convention of Hotels & Restaurants at Thiruvananthapuram. The convention was inaugurated by V S Achuthanandan, ...read more>>
Arjun Sharma appointed as new Chairperson of WTTCII for 2010
  The World Travel and Tourism Council India Initiative (WTTCII) recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in New Delhi wherein new office bearers for the year 2010 were appointed. Arjun Sharma, Managing Director, ...read more>>
Costa Cruises to promote Asian itineraries in Indian market from January 2010
  Italy- based Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation is soon going to start promoting Asian itineraries in Indian and Asian countries. The cruise liner is going to promote destinations like Hong Kong, Singapore, ...read more>>
Rome keen to offer direct air connections with India in 2010
  In a bid to improve air connectivity between Indian cities and Rome, Leonardo da Vinci Airport – the international Airport of Rome has approached Indian carriers to start direct services next year. After the withdrawal of ...read more>>
VisitFinland keen on promoting Helsinki and Rovaniemi next year in India
  VisitFinland, the Finnish Tourist Board in India is keen on promoting Helsinki and Rovaniemi in India next year. This was revealed during the pre-Christmas festivity event organised recently by the Embassy of Finland ...read more>>
MoT assesses NCR region to have 40,000 rooms before Commonwealth Games 2010
  According to a PIB release, Saugata Roy, Minister of State Urban Development in a reply in the Rajya Sabha recently said that the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has assessed that approximately 40,000 rooms ...read more>>
Asian travel demand will to pick up in 2010, but spending is likely to lag: ITB World Travel Trends Report
  Asian travel demand will close five per cent down in 2009 due to sharp declines in travellers from South Korea Europe as Japanese, Chinese, Indians and Thais choose to stay home or travel within Asia. ...read more>>
Haryana completes construction of 4,500 accommodation rooms for Commonwealth Games 2010
  The Government of Haryana has completed construction of 4,500 rooms out of 7,000 rooms to provide accommodation to visitors during the Commonwealth Games 2010. The remaining 2,500 rooms are ...read more>>
ITB Berlin 2010 aims to provide transparency on mobile travel services
  The ITB Berlin 2010 Convention to be held from March 10-14, 2010 will also focus on the topic of mobile travel services. Topics such as ‘Mobile services and applications for the travel industry’, ...read more>>
IATA welcomes Copenhagen Accord as an important step for climate change
  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction for climate change. Aviation emissions were not addressed specifically in the Accord, ...read more>>
Mahindra Group forays into aerospace segment to manufacture aircraft
  According to a PTI report, marking its foray into the aerospace segment recently, Mahindra Group said that it plans to manufacture aircraft in the two-to-twenty-seater range. It also announced acquiring majority ...read more>>
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