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‘We expect to start one direct flight from India to Indonesia by 2011’ - I Gde Pitana, Dir., Intl Promotion, Republic of Indonesia
I Gde Pitana, Director, International Promotion, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Indonesia talks to TravelBiz Monitor about new destinations which the tourism board is looking at promoting, its aims and marketing strategy
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 GUEST COLUMN
Need to Re-brand India to highlight multiplicity of the country By Gour Kanjilal - Former Deputy Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India
The benefits of successful branding efforts are well understood in the context of consumer products and services. Good consumer products enhance consumer satisfaction by virtue of its attributes and ensure profitability for the brand owner. So in respect of business efforts, branding is well accepted. Hence IBM, Coca-cola, GE hold respect and consumers associate the products with

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 TRAVEL MONITOR

Global LCC Outlook Report (Part II)
The emerging markets have shown the largest increase and highest proportions of LCC capacity, the most extreme example being India, where over 50% of the previously underdeveloped market has been assumed by low cost airline operations. Australia and Germany also feature high on the chart, despite already being relatively mature markets.
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This Week's Top Headlines
IAAI files contempt of court case against MoCA, DGCA, 16 zero commission airlines in Kerala High Court
  In a recent development on the zero commission issue, IATA Agents Association of India (IAAI) has filed a contempt of court case on February 8, 2010 under reference of Kerala High Court no: 186/2010, ...read more>>
Egypt Tourism Authority to focus on promoting Honeymoon, Heritage and Culture segments in India
  With an aim to further attract Indian travellers to Egypt, the Egypt Tourism Authority will focus on promoting Honeymoon, Heritage and Culture segments in India. The tourism board is looking at promoting the same ...read more>>
NTB aims to brand Nepal as high-end tourist destination through NTY 2011 campaign
  In a bid to attract one million tourists in 2011, Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has initiated a campaign- Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011. The main idea behind the campaign is to brand Nepal as a high-end tourist ...read more>>
CTC to launch level two of Canada Specialist Programme by Q2 of 2010 in India
  With a strong focus to intensify destination awareness among the travel trade, Canada Tourism Commission (CTC) will launch the level two of Canada Specialist Programme by Quarter Two of 2010. ...read more>>
KTB enters Indian market through Trac Representatives
  Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) has appointed New Delhi-based Trac Representatives as their representative arm to promote Kenya in the Indian market. Trac Representatives will work closely with KTB ...read more>>
Tourism Fiji launches Fiji Matai Specialist programme for Indian travel trade
  With an aim to increase the destination awareness of Fiji, Tourism Fiji has launched Fiji Matai Specialist programme in India for the travel trade fraternity. The specialist programme will be undertaken on the ...read more>>
Genting Hong Kong Limited (Star Cruises) focuses on Indian Wedding Tourism segment
  Genting Hong Kong Limited, previously known as Star Cruises Limited is now turning its focus on the Indian wedding segment. After catering to honeymooners, families and groups, Genting Hong Kong ...read more>>
Yatra.com ties up with HPTDC to offer state guest houses in select tourist destinations
  Yatra.com has entered into a strategic tie-up with Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) to offer state guest houses. As per the tie-up guest houses in tourist destinations such as Shimla, ...read more>>
Amadeus and Concur enter into global strategic alliance for combined travel and expense management solution
  Amadeus and Concur, one the leading provider of on-demand employee spend management solutions, announced that they have entered into a long-term alliance to bring key technologies together for a combined travel ...read more>>
Sabre Pacific launches ‘Multi-Traveller Booking’ functionality for Sabre Online
  Sabre Pacific has introduced ‘Multi-Traveller Booking’ functionality for its corporate online booking engine, Sabre Online. The ‘Multi-Traveller Booking' is suitable for groups of up to four colleagues who are all travelling ...read more>>
Amadeus and Air France-KLM extend full content distribution agreement until December 2013
  Amadeus and Air France – KLM have agreed to extend their full content distribution agreement until December 2013. The agreement guarantees Amadeus travel agents worldwide access to the entire range ...read more>>
MoT to extend Visit India Year campaign till year-end
  Ministry of Tourism (MoT) will extend the Visit India Year campaign till this year-end. Earlier MoT had decided to extend the campaign till March 31, 2010. The plan to extend the campaign was disclosed by Kumari ...read more>>
IMTA recommends streamlining of Medical Visa norms to boost Medical Tourism to India
  The Indian Medical Travel Association (IMTA) has apprised the concerned ministries of the Government of India (GoI) about the issues regarding Medical Visa. It has also requested them to modify ...read more>>
   
MoT finalises code of conduct for Safe and Honourable Tourism
  The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has finalised a code of conduct for ‘Safe and Honourable Tourism’ to be adopted by major stakeholders like hotels, tour operators, cab drivers and other hospitality-linked ...read more>>
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