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Spain tourism to conduct roadshows in March

Spain Tourist Office has announced its plans to conduct a four-city roadshow in the month of March 2006 - Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and New Delhi. The event will be held from March 27 to April 3, 2006. The one in Mumbai will be held on 27 March followed by Bangalore on March 29, Kolkata on March 31 and concluding in New Delhi on April 3, 2006. Enrique Ruiz de Lera, Tourism Counsellor of the Embassy of Spain and director of Spain Tourist Office (SE Asia, India, Australia and NZ) who is based in Singapore said that Spain plans to have regular interactions with the Indian market.

Qatar Tourism authority allies with PATA

Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has joined PATA as an Allied Destination Partner, a non-voting category of membership for destinations outside the PATA region. Launched in 2000, QTA's role is to organise, enable, and supervise tourism industry development in Qatar, represent and promote Qatar as a quality tourism destination at international travel fairs, generate meetings and incentives, and co-ordinate tourism infrastructure development.

SA Tourism woos frontline executives

South African Tourism and Gulf Air have jointly launched an innovative promotional campaign for frontline executives in travel agencies across the country. This joint venture that targets over 15,000 executives across India will be launched from 25 February onwards and targets frontline executives through Gulf Air offices. The contest will be open till 20 March.