| Cover Story |
Courage Under
Fire
Who
is betting on a short war? It’s not the Bush administration
but the Indian travel industry. The fate of the travel
industry is once again at stake. The will to win, desire
to succeed and urge to survive can well describe the mood
of the Indian travel industry that is in the line of fire,
discovers Raadia Mukadam |
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| Trade Bytes |
Outbound Marketing
Ties Up With Gulf Ventures, IndeCorp Hotels
Outbound Marketing, which started its venture in handling outsourced
work for hotels and service providers less than a year ago with
only Choice Hotels International in its kitty, is already taking
big strides. |
| Core Comment |
Taxes And Tourism
The tourism industry expected Jaswant Singh’s Budget to be very
focused on tourism, removing hurdles in the way of progress
with rationalisation of taxes in place. The industry feels that
he gave some benefits but, at the same time took away the advantages
by the other hand |
| MacroView |
IATO, TAAI, A-I Join
Hands To Combat Lean Season
‘ADTOI Is Looking
At Setting Up A Punjab Chapter’
‘PATA Will Focus On
Making Tourism A Benign Force For Heritage Protection’
Tourism Crisis Management
- Need Of The Hour
Movements
STIC Travel Bags National
Tourism Award |
| Hotel Talk |
Orphic Resorts Charts
Out Expansion Plans
Bharat, Hyatt And
Oberoi Keen On Investing In Uttaranchal |
| Uplink |
Agents Need To Accept
The Tech Reality
Technology has enveloped every aspect of the business world,
and travel is no exception. With CRS providers continuously
updating technology and flooding the market with new systems
and solutions, are travel agents utilising these technological
enhancements in its entirety? Reema Sisodia explores... |
| AirWaves |
Jetting Through
A Decade
Jet-Amadeus To
Offer New Distribution Solutions
Egypt Air Increases
Overriding Commission
IATA Calls For
Liberalisation In The Airline Industry
NZ Floats ‘Five
Night’ Offer
In Brief |
| LookIn |
Adventure Tourism
Gaining Ground In India
Amritsar Hosts Conclave
On Strategies For Integrated Tourism Development
J&K Government
Signs MoU With Punjab
Punjab To Draw Up
New Tourism Policy
J&K Tourism Embarks
On ‘Mission Ladakh’ |
| LookOut |
Switzerland Tourism
Launches Bollywood Guide
SATOUR To Launch
‘Fundi’ Training Programme At Indaba 2003
Tourism New Zealand
Opens India Office
It’s Theme Time
For Dubai
KTF To Ensure Tourist
Safety For Kenyan Tourism Industry
HKTB Clocks 19.8%
Growth In 2002
Sri Lanka Adds Trincomali
And Batticalo To Its Attractions |
| Channel Chat |
ETAA Proposes Airlines, GDS Tie-Up To Nab Defaulters
Summer Surprises From Ismaili Tours
Holiday Bonanza From Bombay Travels |
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