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 COVERSTORY

Exploring Brand India at ATM 2009
The forthcoming Arabian Travel Mart (ATM) 2009 will be the ideal platform to showcase unique and potential areas of Incredible India to the Middle East Region. Anita Jain highlights segments such as Medical, Wellness, Wildlife etc.
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 IN CONVERSATION
‘We are continuously looking for new initiatives to enhance the visitors experience at ATM every year’ - Mark Walsh, Group Exhibitions Director
Arabian Travel Mart (ATM) starting today is all set to welcome about 14,000 visitors and 2,000 exhibitors this year at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Mark Walsh, Group Exhibitions Director, Reed Travel Exhibitions talks to Anita Jain about ATM’s growth over the years and this year’s special features of the event

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 NEW APPOINTMENTS
Arvind Jadhav takes charge as new CMD of Air India
Arvind Jadhav, IAS has assumed charge as the new Chairman and Managing Director of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL). Jadhav was earlier Principal Secretary, Infrastructure Development Department, Government of Karnataka.
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This Week's Top Headlines
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  Taj President, IHCL’s (Indian Hotels Company Limited) second property under the Taj brand in South Mumbai, is set to undergo a major brand repositioning exercise. The hotel, which is currently positioned as a five-star ...read more>>
  
Egypt Tourism to launch outdoor advertising campaigns in major Indian metros soon
  Egypt Tourism will be launching outdoor advertising campaigns in major Indian metros starting with Delhi and Mumbai soon, in order to create awareness about the destination in these markets. Apart from that, ...read more>>
Galileo GDS launches Indian budget hotels, Bed and Breakfast and Guesthouse content on its system for travel agents
  Galileo, the leading Global Distribution System (GDS) in India, recently became the first GDS to provide Indian budget hotel, Bed and Breakfast (B&Bs) and Guesthouse content for the travel agents ...read more>>
  
Organisations working in Agriculture and Rural Tourism in Pune to get an accreditation from MART
  Organisations working in the field of Agriculture and Rural Tourism in Pune will now have to get an accreditation from the Maharashtra State Agriculture and Rural Tourism Cooperative Federation (MART). With an aim to ....read more>>
  
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  The Tamil Nadu Tourism Department has introduced cycling in Yelagiri, 233 km away from Tamil Nadu. In a bid to promote eco-friendly tourism practices 22 bicycles have been procured for tourists at the ...read more>>
  
Aitken Spence PLC aims to operate about ten hotels in India by 2012
  Sri Lanka-based blue-chip conglomerate Aitken Spence PLC is now aiming to operate about eight to ten hotels in India by end of 2011 or early 2012. The Group currently operates the Heritance Madurai – its ...read more>>
  
Comtec Group to launch Travelconnect Cruise
  According to a report in Travel Daily News by Tatiana Rokou, Comtec Group has acquired the Traveltradex Cruise module. This new cruise module will enable trade and consumer users of Travelconnect to ...read more>>
  
BMDC to offer marketing support for IRCTC’s Buddhist train Mahaparinirvan Express Train
  Buddhist Monuments Development Council (BMDC), a national organisation dedicated to promote Buddhist sites in India, has decided to provide marketing support for Buddhist circuit train, ....read more>>
  
DoT, Govt. of Haryana plans to host next ICPB MICE convention
  The Department of Tourism (DoT), Government of Haryana has offered to host the next convention of the Indian Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB) in the state. This offer was made at the ongoing two day `Conventions India-The MICE Conclave’ organised by ICPB in Hyderabad ....read more>>
  
MTDC to start scuba diving in Sindhudurg by October 2009
  The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has initiated a scuba diving project in Sindhudurg on the Konkan coast under its coastal and Marine Tourism programme. Subodh Kinalekar, ...read more>>
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