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 GUEST COLUMN
Improving the health of Indian travel industry By Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group
Last year has been exceptionally tough on the travel and tourism industry worldwide including India. Businesses have cut down on travel to manage costs and leisure travel got affected as people have become more conservative with spending. The sector has been in the spotlight with screaming headlines mentioning thousands of crores in losses for airlines, cuts in Average Room Rate (ARR) and occupancy rates for hotels.
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 ON RECORD


Trends in number of seats and operations in India for October 2001 - '09
The domestic airline trends in operations in October 2009 was 45,356 compared to 47, 481 during the same month last year. While the trends in the number of seats this month were 60,394,956, compared to 61, 392,964 in October 2008.

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 DESTINATION INSIGHT

International Focus: Diverse and unique art forms of Bali
Bali is one of the favourite destinations among honeymooners and leisure travellers and is also preferred by tourists looking for a cheap holiday. However, this small island in Indonesia has lot more to offer when it comes to art, culture and tradition. TravelBiz Monitor unravels the unique offerings of Bali
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Orbitz to launch visittradefairs.com in India and Dubai
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Savaari Car Rentals India to expand operations to 75 cities in India by end of 2011
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Rajindera Kumar takes over as FHRAI President
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Jet Setters launch credit facility for agents on outbound packages
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Louis Cruises India appoints six PSAs in Indian market
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GNTB to introduce interactive online destination training programme in India by end of 2010
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Boating facility at Thekkady Lake at Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary to resume next month
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Hong Kong to target leisure and cruise segment in Indian market
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Karnataka govt incorporates cash incentive scheme in new Tourism Policy 2009-14
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Assocham forms special national tourism committee
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Road Tax to be collected prior to travel on the Golden Triangle Tourist Circuit
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Amari Hotels to foray into India by 2010 with new limited service brand
  Thailand-based hotel chain, Amari Hotels will foray in the Indian market by 2010 and will introduce its new limited service brand. The company will follow the management route in India and talks are currently ...read more>>
   
FKCCI releases Karnataka tourism directory
  According to a report in Times of India, the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) recently released ...read more>>
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