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Commonwealth Games 2010: A great platform for `Incredible India’

Commonwealth Games 2010 is not just a sporting event. It is an opportunity for India to showcase itself as a great tourism product to a global audience. `Incredible !ndia,’ campaign of Ministry of Tourism and the stakeholders could be the biggest beneficiaries beyond the fortnight-long jamboree if all goes well with the Games. TravelBiz Monitor presents a low down of opportunities, challenges and initiatives
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‘FIT and MICE are our primary target segments in India’ - Anne-Greth Paulus, Marketing Director, Baden-Baden KUR & Tourismus GMBH
On her recent visit to Mumbai and Delhi, Anne-Greth Paulus, Marketing Director, Baden-Baden KUR & Tourismus GMBH spoke to TravelBiz Monitor about the target segments and strategies for the Indian market
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Safety Guidelines & Training - Keys to growth of Adventure Tourism in India By Tejbir Singh Anand, President ATOAI
Adventure Tourism, is one niche segment which is growing rapidly in India. The number of international visitors coming to India for Adventure Tourism is increasing and the segment has also witnessed good growth in the domestic market. India has great potential for Adventure Tourism and offers a wide range of adventure activities like white water river rafting, hot air ballooning, paragliding, skiing, trekking, rappelling, snorkeling, scuba diving, etc. Many states have realised the potential of this segment and are focusing on developing and promoting Adventure Tourism.
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This Week's Top Headlines
Paris Convention & Visitors Bureau to promote high-end packages in Indian market
  Paris Convention & Visitors Bureau (PCVB) will promote “sophisticated” hi-end packages in Indian market to promote Paris as a MICE destination. Revealing their future plans, Patricia Barthelemy, ...read more>>
AirAsia aims to operate 148 weekly flights to India by year end
  Malaysia based Low Cost Carrier, AirAsia which has 74 flights a week on Indian routes aims to operate 148 flights a week by year end. Currently operating to Kochi, Kolkata, Trichy and Trivandrum through ...read more>>
Obituary : Ghulam Naqshband, Chairman Emeritus – Le Passage to India passes away
  Ghulam Naqshband, Chairman Emeritus – Le Passage to India, a doyen of the travel and tourism industry passed away on March 5, 2010 in New Delhi. Born in 1924, Naqshband, who was involved with the travel industry, ...read more>>
Madrid-based Century Incoming looks at tapping Indian leisure and MICE segment this year
  Madrid-based Century Incoming, a Destination Management Company (DMC), which has been testing waters in India for the past three years, is looking at aggressively tapping the Indian leisure and MICE ...read more>>
Dubai-based Lama Group enters India by setting up country head office in New Delhi
  Dubai based Lama Desert Tours & Cruises (L.L.C), an inbound tour operator has entered India by setting up its country head office in New Delhi and operations office in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. ...read more>>
Tourism Malaysia to open registration for second batch of Malaysia Master programme by July 2010
  The first batch of Malaysia Master Programme, launched by Tourism Malaysia in association with TravelBiz Monitor and Galileo received certification at Kuoni Academy of Travel in Mumbai yesterday. ...read more>>
Railtour introduces two new packages for Indian market
  Swiss travel specialists, Railtour, represented by Switzerland Destination Marketing (SDM) in the Indian market, has introduced two new travel packages for the upcoming tourist season in the Indian market. ...read more>>
TiE and AP Tourism, The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace to host Travel and Hospitality Entrepreneurship Summit 2010
  TiE-Hyderabad http://hyderabad.tie.org/ , TiE Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, in association with Department of Tourism (DoT), Government of Andhra Pradesh and The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace, ...read more>>
Luxury Tax reduced in Kerala govt’s budget for 2010-11
  According to a PTI report, announcing Kerala government’s budget for 2010-11, Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister, Kerala proposed to extend the ambit of welfare schemes like employment guarantee and food subsidy, ...read more>>
International visitors to Asia Pacific region decline by three per cent in 2009: PATA
  Preliminary figures released recently by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) indicate that the numbers of international visitors to the Asia Pacific region fell by an estimated three per cent year-on-year ...read more>>
ENIT to work closely with ITOCI to promote Italy as mono destination in India
  ENIT - Italian State Tourist Board is looking at working closely with Indian Tour Operators Council for Italy (ITOCI) to promote Italy as a mono destination in the Indian market. ITOCI was formed last year with eight ...read more>>
Tourism Authority of Thailand inaugurates Mumbai office
  Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) inaugurated its Mumbai office this morning. The Mumbai office will tap and service Western and Southern India, Sri Lanka and Maldives. The office in Mumbai with staff strength ...read more>>
GoI may lower Service Tax rate on international and domestic air travel: CBEC
  According to a PTI report, at a post-budget seminar organised recently by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), V Sridhar, Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs ...read more>>
GNTO to launch joint promotional activities with select Indian tour operators from next month
  In a bid to increase visibility of Germany in India, the German National Tourist Office (GNTO) will work closely with select tour operators in India like Cox & Kings, Thomas Cook, Kuoni India, Orbitz, Mercury and ...read more>>
Jet Airways offers special Premiere base fares on select Indian domestic routes till March 15, 2010
  Jet Airways has announced special Première (Business Class) base fares offering traveller’s savings ranging from Rs 5,915 to Rs 31,360 (37 per cent-78 per cent) as compared to the normal Première fares. ...read more>>
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