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 COVERSTORY

Top 10 Challenges Tourism Growth in India
With the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2010, the government and industry has the chance to showcase tourism in a big way. TravelBiz Monitor, in a two-part special cover story on the occasion of its third anniversary, highlights ten most important challenges faced by industry and presents a few solutions that will take Indian tourism to the next level...
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 IN FOCUS

Global Travel and Tourism Summit 2010: Crafting new strategies for the future
WTTC’s annual Global Travel and Tourism Summit 2010 in Beijing last month witnessed a gathering of 1,200 delegates. The Summit theme ‘World’s Leading Industry- Reaching New Frontiers,’ had industry leaders focusing on future strategies. TravelBiz Monitor presents highlights of the event
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 IN CONVERSATION
‘We are keen to expand our Indian operations to Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Chennai’ - Tekeba H Silassie, Regional Director, Ethiopian Airlines
With sizeable load factors from the Indian market, Ethiopian Airlines is keen to expand its operations in Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. Tekeba H Silassie, Regional Director – India and South East Asia, Ethiopian Airlines talks to Travelbiz Monitor about the airline’s future plans in the Indian market
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Mountain Trails unveils website to market its camp accommodation in Ladakh
  Mountain Trails, a travel management company, recently unveiled a new website (www.campsofladakh.com) to aggressively market its camp accommodation facilities in Ladakh. Earlier the company ...read more>>
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Travelport launches new leisure portal for travel agents
  Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, operating both the Galileo and Worldspan Global Distribution Systems (GDS), has launched a new one stop leisure portal for travel agents ...read more>>
One&Only The Palm, Dubai to be opened on October 10, 2010
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Delhi guest house owners meet CM over poor civil work in Karol Bagh and Paharganj
  A delegation of Delhi Hotel & Restaurant Owners’ Association recently met Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister, Delhi to seek her intervention against poor civil work being carried out in guest house areas in Delhi, ...read more>>
IRCTC plans to extend e-ticket booking facility to 23 hours a day
  The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, a subsidiary of Indian Railways, is planning to extend its e-ticket booking facility to 23 hours a day, taking into account the increasing number of foreign tourists ...read more>>
Asia emerges as luxury travel destination: ALTM and TTG Asia survey
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MGH Budget Accommodations Pvt. Ltd launches budget accommodation portal
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