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 IN CONVERSATION
‘India is a strategic growth market and we plan to tap maximum traffic on India - Saudi Arabia route in the coming years’
Saudi Arabia based nasair; a budget carrier owned by National Air Services (NAS Holding) started India operations in April this year with four flights a week on Mumbai-Riyadh route. Sulaiman Abdullah Al-Hamdan, CEO, NAS Holding talks to TravelBiz Monitor about connecting more Indian cities this year and future plans in the country
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 ON RECORD

On-time Performance of Scheduled Domestic Airlines and Foreign Airlines in the month of May, 2010
On-Time Performance (Scheduled Domestic Airlines)
The overall On-Time Performance (OTP) of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of May 2010 has been 81.4 per cent. The airline-wise details of OTP are as follows:

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 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
Florence Pasquier, Director- Sales, Asia and Australia, Rail Europe
An extremely home-loving person, after her busy work and travel schedules, Florence Pasquier, Director- Sales, Asia and Australia, Rail Europe enjoys spending time with her family and friends. TravelBiz Monitor reveals different facets of her personality

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This Week's Top Headlines
TAAI to hold 59th Annual Travel Congress in Phuket from September 17-19, 2010
  Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) will hold its 59th Annual Travel Congress (convention and exhibition) in Phuket, Thailand from September 17-19, 2010. The convention will be held in Laguna Phuket area ...read more>>
Karnataka govt plans tourism infrastructure development worth Rs 3,000 crore in phases
  At the Advantage Karnataka Global Investors Meet organised by the Government of Karnataka (GoK) in Bengaluru on June 3- 4, 2010, tourism infrastructure received a big boost with the state government ...read more>>
Miami-based Oceania Cruises appoints Griffon Tours and Travels as India representative
  Miami-based Oceania Cruises has appointed Griffon Tours and Travels as its India representation with an objective to tap the Indian cruise market. Griffon will carry out marketing and promotions of Oceania Cruises ...read more>>
Kuoni India appoints Parveen Jiterwal as new Head for Marketing
  Kuoni India has appointed Parveen Jiterwal as the new Head of Marketing with effect from June 1, 2010. Jiterwal takes over from Nishant Kashikar, Head Marketing, Kuoni India, ...read more>>
Bollywood Tourism to create new modules for MICE segment by October 2010
  Mumbai-based Bollywood Tourism (BT), which started conducting Bollywood tours in the city in April this year, plans to tap the MICE segment. It is also in the process of creating innovative modules to cater ...read more>>
ASEAN Ambassadors in India to visit North East region to explore investment opportunities
  Ambassadors of various ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) countries in India will shortly visit North Eastern states of India to explore the possibilities of investments in fields of tourism ...read more>>
New representation company Globus- The Travel Gurus sets up office in Mumbai
  Joining the growing list of representation companies in India, Globus- The Travel Gurus (TTG) has set up its office in Mumbai and will later expand its presence across the country. ...read more>>
Pugmarks Holidays keen to promote homestay facilities in national parks across the country
  Mumbai-based Pugmarks Holidays, involved in Adventure and Wildlife Tourism, is looking at promoting homestays near national parks in India. As part of its pilot project, the company will start offering ...read more>>
Tirupati Holidays to open Samode Resort in Samode, Jaipur by January 2011
  Tirupati Holidays, a travel company, will open a three-star property in Samode near Jaipur, Rajasthan in January 2011. In the first phase, 20 cottages will be set up and more number of cottages will be added in 2012. ...read more>>
Mahindra Homestays to increase capacity of lodging units by this year-end
  Mahindra Homestays, the hospitality arm of Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Limited (MHRIL) intends to augment the capacity of lodging units marketed under its banner. There are plans to have 500 to ...read more>>
Abacus launches enhanced version of TicketingExpress
  Abacus has released an enhanced version of TicketingExpress, an automated pricing and ticketing solution that allows travel agencies to simplify ticketing processes, as well as minimise the processing time ...read more>>
Rail Europe launches incentive for travel agents booking Eurostar till August 15, 2010
  According to a report in travelmole.com, Rail Europe, in association with Eurostar and Rail Plus, Rail Tickets, Infinity Rail and CIT Holidays, has launched a ‘Love Paris, J'adore London’ incentive. ...read more>>
iXiGO.com launches new product for searching online travel deals in India
  iXiGO.com has launched a new product for searching across all online travel deals in India. The product, launched at www.ixigo.com/deals provides a search engine that compares hundreds of special offers, ...read more>>
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