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“Indian travel market is expected to grow by five to six per cent in 2010” - Simon Nowroz, President and MD - Asia Pacific, Travelport
Travelport is focusing aggressively on India and has already signed or renewed agreements with some high profile travel companies. Simon Nowroz, President and Managing Director – Asia Pacific, Travelport tells TravelBiz Monitor that he is expecting exceptional growth from India and updates her on the latest developments and initiatives of Travelport
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Sustainable Tourism is About Sustaining Tourism By Anand Bala, Director, Ecomantra
Like any other sector of the economy, tourism has its fair share of positive and negative impacts. Positive impacts take different forms e.g. job creation and infrastructure. The negative impacts are felt most at the micro-level e.g. – depletion of the water table, inflation in land prices and damage to ecologically sensitive areas. The negative impacts leave local communities marginalised and overtime a destination itself starts losing its appeal.
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This Week's Top Headlines
Thomas Cook India launches 'Indulgence,' a luxury division for premium holiday packages
  Mumbai based Thomas Cook India Ltd (TCIL) recently introduced a new luxury holiday division called Indulgence, which is targeting high ...read more>>
Delhi Government extends mandatory registration date for travel and tour operators till April 30, 2010
  Delhi Government has extended the date of mandatory registration policy for all travel trade operators in the state till April 30, 2010. ...read more>>
California Travel and Tourism Commission enters India through Sartha Marketing
  California Travel and Tourism Commission (CTTC) is the latest entrant in the Indian market. CTTC, which is looking at increasing Indian ...read more>>
MART unveils Vision 2020 for Agri-Tourism at national convention on Agri-Tourism in New Delhi
  Vision 2020 for Agri-Tourism in India was unveiled by Maharashtra State Agri & Rural Tourism Co-operation Federation (MART) at ...read more>>
Swiss International Airlines to restore frequency on Mumbai, New Delhi routes in a phased manner
  Swiss International Airlines, which reduced its frequency on Mumbai and Delhi sectors last year due to the economic slow down ...read more>>
Experts at Delhi Tourism Conclave urge to set up low-cost accommodation for CWG 2010
  Experts at the recently concluded Delhi Tourism Conclave said that hotels in the middle and upper segments have received a lot of attention ...read more>>
Royals of Gujarat seek TCGL’s help to preserve heritage properties
  The erstwhile royal families of Gujarat met in Ahmedabad recently to convey their concern about the deteriorating condition of heritage ...read more>>
Jet Airways Konnect to introduce Kochi-Bengaluru-Ahmedabad and Hyderabad-Chennai-Port Blair Sectors from March 28, 2010
  Jet Airways, will enhance its domestic network, with the introduction of new services, as well as the enhancement of services ...read more>>
Tourism Queensland to launch re-vamped Queensland Specialist Programme early next month
  In a bid to increase awareness of the offerings of Queensland (Australia) in the Indian market, Tourism Queensland will launch the ...read more>>
Capt C P Krishnan Nair, Chairman The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts conferred golden ITB Pin
  Captain C P Krishnan Nair, Chairman, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts was conferred the golden ITB Pin (a little golden globe) by ITB ...read more>>
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