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Lead Story
Tripartite
IBSA agreement to be signed this month
The Kerala Travel Mart witnessed a momentous handshake between
India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) as the IBSA Joint Working
Group on Tourism finalised the broad guidelines for a tripartite
tourism agreement to be sealed in Delhi later this month
Newstrack
BLS
accuses VFS for breach of agreement over issue of Portugal
visa
In an interesting development, Visa Processing Services, a
division of BLS Detectives has written to VFS Global Services
and the Embassy of Portugal in India claiming a breach of
agreement by the former
Second
TIA Mission to be held this month
The Travel Industry Association - America is to hold its second
TIA Mission in the country in Mumbai and Delhi on October
15 and 16, 2008, respectively
Who
will walk away with the Columbus this year?
Columbus is back and he is geared up to look for excellence
in the business of travel and tourism. Those he freezes on
as winners would be honoured at the most prestigious travel
and tourism industry awards -The Galileo Express TravelWorld
Awards 2008-2009 in New Delhi this November
30 Minute Interview
'The
hybrid phenomenon is quite unique to India'
Going into its third year in India, the annual event Travel
Distribution Summit India 2008 to be held from November 26-28
is back in Mumbai. Simon Carkeek, executive director for Eyefortravel,
speaks about the sessions and the insights they will present.
By Hazel Jain
'Meghalaya
has immense investment potential'
Ranjan Chatterjee, IAS, chief secretary, Government of Meghalaya,
elaborates on the ministry's efforts to promote tourism and
investment opportunities for entrepreneurs. By Beryl Menezes
Aviation
Austrian
rumoured to rethink India strategy
Speculations surround Vienna-based Austrian Airlines as it
is rumoured within the trade circles to be pulling out its
operations from India
IATA
developing Asia's third training centre in New Delhi
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed
that it is in the process of developing a regional training
centre in New Delhi which will be fully functional by early
2009
Macroview
MoT
emphasises on sanitation at tourist sites
The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India will now put
strong emphasis on sanitation at all major tourism projects
MoT
ties up with airlines to promote India
The Ministry of Tourism is taking initiatives to market its
Incredible India campaign along with airlines
'India
saw 310% rise in cruise tourism during '02-06': MoT
The potential of cruise tourism in India, said S Banerjee,
secretary tourism, Government of India at the recent FICCI
conference on 'Furthering Cruise Tourism in India', is strongly
borne out by experience where India recorded a 310 per cent
increase in cruise tourism visitors between 2002-2006
Uplink
'We
will be independent of our investments from VCs by early 2009'
Stuart Crighton, now CEO of Cleartrip.com, talks about the
evolution of the OTA market, how his company is nearing profitability
and exploring newer revenue sources. By Chetan Kapoor
Tradebytes
Call
for entries: WTTC’s Tourism for Tomorrow awards
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) - the business
leaders' forum for the Travel & Tourism industry has announced
its call for entries for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards,
WTTC's sustainable tourism accolade, in association with Travelport
and The Leading Travel Companies Conservation Foundation
MSC
Crociere expands fleet
At a press conference of MSC Crociere in Milano, Pierfrancesco
Vago, CEO of MSC Crociere and Domenico Pellegrino, general
manager of MSC Crociere in the presence of Jacques Hardelay,
general manager of Aker Yards France, announced the expansion
of the MSC Crociere fleet with the order of a further two
units from the Aker Yards France of St Nazaire
Travel
leaders to tackle industry issues at ITB Asia
Travel industry leaders from around the world will convene
at the ITB Asia Convention in Singapore to discuss industry
issues which have been confronting the industry since 2003
Ticketvala.com
to work with travel trade
With a view to increase sales, Ticketvala.com, an online booking
engine dedicated to bus transportation, has started working
with the travel trade
Outbound
Macau
Tourism identifies a strong MICE market in India
After registering a strong inbound growth of almost 100 per
cent from India, Macau is taking initiatives to make India
its favoured trade destination
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