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 IN FOCUS

Experiencing Rainbow country at INDABA 2010
Known as Africa’s premier travel trade show – INDABA 2010 which concluded last month in Durban not only highlighted the FIFA World Cup to be hosted this month in South Africa but also showcased other attractions of the destination. TravelBiz Monitor presents a round up of the event and highlights the importance of Indian market for South African tourism
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 IN CONVERSATION
‘Our core competence is to create winning partnerships with clients through B2B and B2C solutions’ - Ambika Sharma, National Head, Jagran Solutions
SJagran Solutions, a new age marketing and communications company from Jagran Prakashan, has forayed into the MICE domain as an end-to end solution provider for MICE travel. Ambika Sharma, National Head, Jagran Solutions shares with TravelBiz Monitor the various aspects related to MICE travel and opportunities in the market for their solutions
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 DESTINATION INSIGHT

International Focus: Sensuous and scintillating Zanzibar!!
Quaint and picturesque Zanzibar is a budding travel destination striving hard to create its niche and unique identity with the plethora of options available in its kitty. Extending beyond the limits of being just an adjunct to Tanzania, Zanzibar holds unique potential that’s just raring to be unlocked, TravelBiz Monitor elaborates
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This Week's Top Headlines
Malaysia to restart ‘Visa Free Transit’ facility for Indian travellers from July 1, 2010
  The Malaysian government has announced that it will restart Visa Free Transit facility for passengers travelling from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka via Malaysia from July 1, 2010. ...read more>>
MGTO in process of promoting itself as leisure destination to Indian market
  After primarily focussing on the MICE segment, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) is now in the process of promoting itself as a leisure destination to the Indian market. ...read more>>
CAM woos Indian carriers with rebates to fly to Macau
  With an aim to woo Indian carriers flying internationally to initiate operations in Macau, Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM) has decided to offer special rebates to the airline which first launches ...read more>>
South Africa-based Kingfisher Resorts to be promoted by EMC in India
  South Africa-based Extraordinary Marketing Concepts (EMC) which manages sales, marketing and reservation for Kingfisher Resorts (owned and operated by UB Group in South Africa) is keen to appoint representation ...read more>>
Turkish Tourism to launch both B2B and B2C marketing campaigns in India this year
  With an aim to create more awareness about the destination and its tourism products in the Indian market, Turkish Tourism will launch various marketing campaigns this year. As part of its initiative, ...read more>>
India Rural Tours in process of expanding presence in India
  India Rural Tours is in the process of adding rural destinations and homestay owners to its existing selection, while establishing a pan India presence. The business promoter is currently scouting for potential ...read more>>
Emirates Holidays launches A World of Choice 2010-2011 brochure in Indian market
  Emirates Holidays, the tour operating arm of Emirates Airlines yesterday launched a new brochure- A World of Choice 2010-2011 which covers 120 destinations across 33 countries in the Indian market. ...read more>>
Oman plans to open tourism office in India
  With an aim to attract more tourists, Oman plans to set up representative offices in several countries soon. According to a report in khaleejtimes.com, the first representative office will be opened in Moscow. ...read more>>
VCI Hotels embarks on aggressive expansion plans
  VCI Hospitality, which recently diversified its business into VCI Hotels and VCI MICE to offer its distinctive sales and marketing services, has embarked on an aggressive expansion plan. ...read more>>
Kuoni Connect launches Best Choice Hotel programme
  Kuoni Connect, unit of Kuoni Destination Management specialised in online distribution, has launched Best Choice Hotel programme. As part of Kuoni Connect’s ongoing product development, ...read more>>
American Express Chinese Yuan Travellers Cheque to be available to Indians from June 1, 2010
  American Express is going to introduce Chinese Yuan Travellers Cheque, one of the world’s first pre-paid travel product for China market, which will be available to Indians travelling to China from June 1, 2010. ...read more>>
Kale Consultants introduces rate shopping tool- ‘Travel Shop’ to maximise hotel/ air revenue
  Kale Consultants, one of the leading solutions providers to the global Airline, Airport, Logistics and Travel (AALT) industry, has introduced a rate shopping tool - ‘Travel Shop’. This tool empowers travel agencies ...read more>>
Travelport acquires Sprice.com
  Travelport has completed the acquisition of Singapore-based Sprice Pte. Ltd., which owns and operates hotel and travel search engine Sprice.com. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ...read more>>
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