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July 5, 2008
SpiceJet may shun Mallya for Ross
Sify, India
It
looks like SpiceJet is all set to spurn billionaire Vijay Mallya's bid to pick
up a stake and accept the proposal of American turnaround investor Wilbur.
July 5, 2008
Happiness marred by travel discomfort
Times of India, India
LAHORE:
It was delay too long for the family of Lahore-based Suriya Begum, who had
travelled to India by the Samjhauta Express.
July 5, 2008
Three new tourism circuits beep on govt radar
Kolkata Newsline, India
Kolkata,
July 4 The West Bengal government has decided to take
the help of a UN agency and the Union government to promote tourism in several
parts.
July 5, 2008
Calcutta Telegraph, India
Ranchi,
July 4: The Birsa Munda airport authority has done what airlines in rest of the
world do — provide bus service to their passengers from departure.
July 5, 2008
Vijay Mallya looks to fly away with SpiceJet
Economic Times, India
NEW
DELHI: Another round of consolidation in the domestic skies seems imminent with
UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya engaging in talks.
July 5, 2008
Finding ways to cut travel cost
Times of India, India
BANGALORE:
Rising air fares and the overall slowdown in the economy have made tech firms
bite the bullet on their employee travel expenses.
July 5, 2008
Travel within Europe, US turns expensive
Hindu Business Line, India
There
will be a charge of $15 starting from July 9 on the first bag under 23 kg, $25
on the second and $100 on the third up to ninth bag of the same weight.
July 5, 2008
SpiceJet cuts number of daily flights - CFO
Reuters India, India
NEW
DELHI (Reuters) - Low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd has cut its daily flights to 94
from 117, on routes that had "average realisations,".
July 5, 2008
For
GoAir, the going gets tough
domain-B, India
New
Delhi: For Wadia family-promoted low cost carrier, GoAir, the going is getting
so tough it may well become the first victim of the current downturn.
July 5, 2008
SpiceJet
shares surge over 7 pc
Hindu, India
Mumbai
(PTI): Shares of private air carrier SpiceJet on Friday surged over seven per
cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
July 5, 2008
Fuel
price rise not to impact India's domestic air travel growth: KPMG
domain-B, India
New
Delhi: In a report consulting group KPMG has said that India's domestic
aviation sector will continue to grow as long as income levels rise.
July 5, 2008
GoAir cuts down number of flights
Business Standard, India
PTI
/ Mumbai July 04, 2008, 17:56 IST As a measure to increase productivity and
reduce costs amid rising jet fuel prices, low cost airline GoAir has reduced
July 5, 2008
TN
plan to promote medical tourism as new strategy
Hindu, India
Chennai
(PTI): With burgeoning super specialty hospitals in the state attracting
patients both from the country and abroad, Tamil Nadu now plans to promote
Medical Tourism.
July 5, 2008
Kerala Tourism to target northern states
Press Trust of India, India
Chandigarh,
July 4 (PTI) Kerala Tourism today said it will now target northern states in a
big way to increase the inflow of domestic tourists.
July 5, 2008
Tourism
grows globally, despite security concerns
Hindu, India
New
York (PTI): International tourism grew by 5 per cent in the first four months
of this year as compared to the same period last year, despite insecurity.
July 4, 2008
Medical tourism on the rise in Goa
Times
of India, India
PANAJI: To
Goa’s sun and sand, now add the scalpel. Medical tourism is picking up in the
state, and cosmetic surgery is proving to be a big draw.
July 4, 2008
Soaring crude clips GoAir’s wings; airline halves operations
Economic
Times, India
NEW DELHI:
GoAir, promoted by the Wadia family, is emerging as the first Indian victim of
the airline crisis, triggered by skyrocketing fuel prices. The Mumbai-based
carrier has halved operations in a bid to cut losses. Industry sources say that
GoAir faces a severe cash flow crunch and the turbulence could call for a
bailout sooner than later.
July 4, 2008
GoAir in advanced stage of stake sale
Times
of India, India
NEW DELHI:
Promoters of GoAir, Wadias, are believed to be in advanced stage of talks to
sell a substantial stake in the airline, which has already reduced its flights
to cut down on losses. This could be the first step towards consolidation in
the domestic aviation industry, which is bleeding due to spike in crude and jet
fuel prices.
July 4, 2008
Fuel price rise will not impact domestic air travel growth: KPMG
Hindu
Business Line, India
The
domestic aviation sector will continue to grow as long as income levels rise,
the buying power of the middle class remains buoyant, and the economy and gross
domestic product are driven on purchasing power parity and not per capita
income, consulting group KPMG has said.
July 4, 2008
Kingfisher, SpiceJet near share swap deal
Business
Standard, India
Kingfisher
Airlines is close to sealing a share-swap deal with Delhi-based, low-cost
carrier SpiceJet, sources close to the development said.
July 4, 2008
Indian airlines to fly into black by 2010-11, says KPMG report
Livemint, India
Mumbai:
India’s airlines expect to post aggregate losses of around $2 billion (Rs8,660
crore) in the 12 months to March 2009, but an aviation expert at audit and
consulting firm KMPG’s Indian operations says these firms could be profitable
by 2010-11 as long as oil prices continue to stay at current levels.
July 4, 2008
Cleartrip & ZoomIn to launch photo contest
Moneycontrol.com, India
Photographs
may be one of the best ways to re-live the memories of a great holiday with
family and friends and to share your experiences with others; but it gets even
better if you can win prizes out of these nostalgic moments. And that's exactly
what Cleartrip.com; India's leading travel portal, in association with ZoomIn.com
– India’s leading online photo service, plans to do.
July 4, 2008
McCain tours Mexican Catholic shrine
Hindu, India
WASHINGTON
(AP): John McCain was discussing the thorny issue of immigration Thursday with
Mexican President Felipe Calderon, as the Republican presidential candidate
wrapped up a three-day visit to Colombia and Mexico designed to promote free
trade and burnish his foreign policy credentials.
July 4, 2008
Meghalaya moots plan to link tourism and handicraft
Merinews, India
The
Meghalaya government with the national bamboo mission has decided to link
tourism and handicraft for the economic upliftment of the state, for which a
two-day cane and bamboo workshop was conducted in Shillong.
July 4, 2008
ANALYSIS-TUI Travel, Thomas Cook can weather downturn
Reuters
India, India
LONDON,
July 3 (Reuters) - The mergers which created Europe's two biggest travel firms,
TUI Travel Plc (TT.L: Quote, Profile, Research) and Thomas Cook Group Plc
(TCG.L: Quote, Profile, Research), have given both groups the flexibility to
cope with the consumer downturn.
July 4, 2008
Indian airlines should cut flab for profits - KPMG
Reuters
India, India
NEW DELHI
(Reuters) - India's loss-making airline sector should accept rising jet-fuel
prices as a way of life and focus on savings from improved operational
efficiencies, consulting firm KPMG said on Thursday.
July 4, 2008
Air travel in the tropics is worse for climate
Times
of India, India
LONDON:
Planning to fly off to the tropics? Well, its time you reconsidered your
holiday plans, for according to a new research, a typical flight there has a
greater impact on global warming than a flight in temperate latitudes.
July 4, 2008
Jet Airways to launch direct flights from Pune to Hyderabad
domain-B, India
India's
largest private carrier, Jet Airways, launch, new, direct, services, Hyderabad,
Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Pune, flights, direct, operate, daily, 9W 3421,
Pune-Hyderabad, depart, arrive, return, flight 9W 3422 (Hyderabad-Pune) will
depart Hyderabad at 0825 hrs and arrive Pune at 1035 hrs. These will also be
the first flights of the day into both Pune and Hyderabad on this sector.
July 4, 2008
Jet Airways plans to inaugurate three flights from Pune by July 15
TopNews, India
The flight
from Pune to Hyderabad and Ahmedabad would be daily direct flight whereas
flights between Pune and Nagpur would operate six days a week.
July 3, 2008
You may soon have to travel standing in locals
Daily
News & Analysis, India
You may
soon find lesser number of seats on the suburban trains, if the plan mooted by
railway officials of longitudinal seating arrangement comes through. And this
means that travelling standing on a crowded Borivili or Virar local continues.
July 3, 2008
Rafting changing dynamics of tourism in Kullu valley
Chandigarh
Newsline, India
Kullu, July
02 There were times when you needed to head abroad to enjoy rafting, but Kullu
valley is rapidly changing the scenario with its countless rafting centres.
White water rafting in Kullu valley is getting popular by the day as a
commercial adventure sport activity.
July 3, 2008
Buzz of Vijay Mallya eyeing a stake in SpiceJet gets louder
Times
of India, India
NEW DELHI:
After acquiring a stake in Air Deccan last year, UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya
is all set to expand his wings further in the domestic aviation space.
According to sources, now Mallya is eyeing a stake in low-cost carrier (LCC)
SpiceJet.
July 3, 2008
Tourist spaceship unveiled in UK
Times
of India, India
LONDON: The
London Eye gives you a bird's eye-view of the city at 440 feet. How would you
like to go higher, say, 440,000 feet?
July 3, 2008
Tourism employees assure support
GreaterKashmir.com
(press release), India
Srinagar:
The tourism department employees have assured all cooperation to the director
tourism in providing all necessary facilities to the Amarnath yatris.
July 3, 2008
Videos take travel to new marketing heights
Business
Standard, India
In India,
an estimated 11% of total travel bookings take place online. The figure is
expected to rise to 25% by 2010, indicating a huge opportunity for online
marketing.
July 3, 2008
Govt. committed to nuclear deal: Ambika Soni
Hindu, India
New Delhi
(PTI): Allaying apprehensions about the fate of the nuclear deal, Union Tourism
and Culture Minister Ambika Soni on wednesday said the government is committed
to it.
July 3, 2008
Jet Airways announces launch of new direct flights from Pune to
Equity
Bulls, India
Jet
Airways, India's premier airline, will enhance its network connectivity from Pune
with the launch of its new direct services to Hyderabad, Nagpur and Ahmedabad,
effective July 15, 2008. The flight from Pune to Hyderabad and Ahmedabad will
be a daily direct flight whereas flights between Pune and Nagpur will operate
six days a week, with the exception of Saturdays. These new flights will be
operated by modern, 62-seater French made turbo prop ATR 72-500 aircraft
providing the highest levels of cabin comfort in their class.
July 3, 2008
Orbitz travel sites replace Expedia at MSN
Zee
News, India
Chicago,
July 02: Orbitz Worldwide Inc said on Tuesday its Orbitz.com and ebookers.com
websites have replaced Expedia Inc as the travel agencies for Microsoft's
Internet arm MSN.com in the United States and the United Kingdom.
July 3, 2008
Jet Airways to launch three flights from Pune
Economic
Times, India
NEW DELHI:
Jet Airways will launch direct flights from Pune to Hyderabad, Nagpur and
Ahmedabad with effect from July 15.
July 3, 2008
Jet Airways launches new direct flights from Pune
Myiris.com, India
Jet Airways will enhance its network connectivity from Pune with the
launch of its new direct services to Hyderabad, Nagpur & Ahmedabad,
effective Jul. 15, 2008.
July 3, 2008
Bird Academy introduces courses for travel & tourism
Moneycontrol.com
(press release), India
Bird Group,
one of India’s largest diversified groups in the aviation, travel and
information technology arena, today announced the launch of specialized aviation
and hospitality courses at the Bird Academy.
July 3, 2008
PREVIEW-HK May retail sales growth to ease as tourism slows
Reuters
India, India
HONG
KONG, July 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's retail sales in May probably rose 15
percent by value, decelerating from April as tourism slowed and an uncertain
global economic outlook made consumers more cautious, a Reuters survey shows.
July 3, 2008
Jet Airways hits 52-week low on shelving arm's intl plans
Economic
Times, India
MUMBAI:
Shares of Jet Airways tumbled more than 10 per cent on Wednesday after the airline
shelved plans for its discount carrier JetLite to fly on international routes.
Soaring oil prices have prompted Indian carriers to raise fares and trim routes
in a bid to cushion falling margins.
July 3, 2008
Myiris.com, India
Shares
of Jet Airways are (Q, N,C,F)* trading at Rs 320.10, down Rs 61.35, or 16.08%
at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Wednesday at 11:33 a.m.
July 3, 2008
SpiceJet daily losses at up to 7.5 million rupees
Reuters
India, India
NEW DELHI (Reuters)
- Low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd is posting daily losses of 5-7.5 million rupees
a day on high jet fuel prices and will cut routes and delay plane deliveries to
trim losses, its executive chairman said.
July 3, 2008
Tourist spaceship prototype unveiled in Britain
Economic
Times, India
LONDON: The
London Eye gives you a bird's eye-view of the city at 440 feet. How would you
like to go higher, say, 440,000 feet?
July 3, 2008
Indiatimes Travel adds 20000 international hotels
TravelBizMonitor, India
Indiatimes
Travel has recently added almost 20,000 international hotels across 200
countries to its list. The list includes hotels from the small budget to the
super luxury ones.
July 3, 2008
You may soon have to travel standing in locals
Daily News & Analysis, India
You
may soon find lesser number of seats on the suburban trains, if the plan mooted
by railway officials of longitudinal seating arrangement comes through. And
this means that travelling standing on a crowded Borivili
or Virar local continues.
July 3, 2008
Rafting changing dynamics of tourism in Kullu
valley
Chandigarh Newsline, India
Kullu, July 02 There were times when you
needed to head abroad to enjoy rafting, but Kullu
valley is rapidly changing the scenario with its countless rafting centres.
White water rafting in Kullu valley is getting
popular by the day as a commercial adventure sport activity.
July 3, 2008
Buzz of Vijay Mallya eyeing a stake in SpiceJet gets louder
Times of India, India
NEW
DELHI: After acquiring a stake in Air Deccan last
year, UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya is all set to
expand his wings further in the domestic aviation space. According to sources,
now Mallya is eyeing a stake in low-cost carrier
(LCC) SpiceJet.
July 3, 2008
Tourist spaceship unveiled in UK
Times of India, India
LONDON:
The London Eye gives you a bird's eye-view of the city at 440 feet. How would
you like to go higher, say, 440,000 feet?
July 3, 2008
Tourism employees assure support
GreaterKashmir.com (press release), India
Srinagar: The tourism department employees have assured all
cooperation to the director tourism in providing all necessary facilities to
the Amarnath yatris.
July 3, 2008
Videos take travel to new marketing heights
Business Standard, India
In
India, an estimated 11% of total travel bookings take place online. The figure
is expected to rise to 25% by 2010, indicating a huge opportunity for online
marketing.
July 3, 2008
Govt.
committed to nuclear deal: Ambika Soni
Hindu, India
New
Delhi (PTI): Allaying apprehensions about the fate of the nuclear deal, Union
Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni on wednesday
said the government is committed to it.
July 3, 2008
Jet Airways announces launch of new direct flights from Pune to
Equity Bulls, India
Jet
Airways, India's premier airline, will enhance its network connectivity from Pune with the launch of its new direct services to
Hyderabad, Nagpur and Ahmedabad,
effective July 15, 2008. The flight from Pune to
Hyderabad and Ahmedabad will be a daily direct flight
whereas flights between Pune and Nagpur
will operate six days a week, with the exception of Saturdays. These new
flights will be operated by modern, 62-seater French made turbo prop ATR 72-500
aircraft providing the highest levels of cabin comfort in their class.
July 3, 2008
Orbitz travel sites replace Expedia at MSN
Zee News, India
Chicago,
July 02: Orbitz Worldwide Inc said on Tuesday its
Orbitz.com and ebookers.com websites have replaced Expedia Inc as the travel
agencies for Microsoft's Internet arm MSN.com in the United States and the
United Kingdom.
July 3, 2008
Jet Airways to launch three flights from Pune
Economic Times, India
NEW
DELHI: Jet Airways will launch direct flights from Pune
to Hyderabad, Nagpur and Ahmedabad
with effect from July 15.
July 3, 2008
Jet Airways launches new direct flights from Pune
Myiris.com, India
Jet Airways will enhance its network connectivity
from Pune with the launch of its new direct services
to Hyderabad, Nagpur & Ahmedabad,
effective Jul. 15, 2008.
July 3, 2008
Bird Academy introduces courses for travel & tourism
Moneycontrol.com (press release), India
Bird
Group, one of India’s largest diversified groups in the aviation, travel and
information technology arena, today announced the launch of specialized aviation
and hospitality courses at the Bird Academy.
July 3, 2008
PREVIEW-HK May retail sales growth to ease as tourism slows
Reuters India, India
HONG KONG, July 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's retail
sales in May probably rose 15 percent by value, decelerating from April as
tourism slowed and an uncertain global economic outlook made consumers more
cautious, a Reuters survey shows.
July 3, 2008
Jet Airways hits 52-week low on shelving arm's intl
plans
Economic Times, India
MUMBAI:
Shares of Jet Airways tumbled more than 10 per cent on Wednesday after the airline
shelved plans for its discount carrier JetLite to fly
on international routes. Soaring oil prices have prompted Indian carriers to
raise fares and trim routes in a bid to cushion falling margins.
July 3, 2008
Myiris.com, India
Shares of Jet Airways are (Q, N,C,F)* trading at Rs
320.10, down Rs 61.35, or 16.08% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on
Wednesday at 11:33 a.m.
July 3, 2008
SpiceJet daily losses at up to 7.5 million
rupees
Reuters India, India
NEW
DELHI (Reuters) - Low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd is
posting daily losses of 5-7.5 million rupees a day on high jet fuel prices and
will cut routes and delay plane deliveries to trim losses, its executive
chairman said.
July 3, 2008
Tourist spaceship prototype unveiled in Britain
Economic Times, India
LONDON:
The London Eye gives you a bird's eye-view of the city at 440 feet. How would
you like to go higher, say, 440,000 feet?
July 3, 2008
Indiatimes Travel adds 20000 international
hotels
TravelBizMonitor, India
Indiatimes Travel has recently added almost 20,000
international hotels across 200 countries to its list. The list includes hotels
from the small budget to the super luxury ones.
July 2, 2008
J&K scraps Amarnath order, asks tourism
dept to take over
Economic Times, India
SRINAGAR:
The J&K government officially scrapped the controversial order diverting
100 acres to the Shri Amarnathji
Shrine Board (SASB) for raising pilgrim-related basic infrastructure. The
facilities would now be set by state tourism department almost on the same land
and the board’s role has been limited to religious aspect of the
July 2, 2008
Orbitz travel sites replace Expedia at MSN
Reuters India, India
CHICAGO
(Reuters) - Orbitz Worldwide Inc said on Tuesday its
Orbitz.com and ebookers.com websites have replaced Expedia Inc as the travel
agencies for Microsoft Corp's Internet arm MSN.com in the United States and the
United Kingdom.
July 2, 2008
Travel houses could take a hit from flailing economy
Business Standard, India
With
the economy slowing and corporate houses tightening their purse strings, travel
houses in the country are feeling the heat.
July 2, 2008
Indiatimes Travel adds 20000 international hotels
TechWhack (press
release), India
Indiatimes continues with its tradition of redefining the way
in which people travel by offering another first in international travel. After
a plethora of popular travel services to cater to its huge customer base, Indiatimes Travel now adds almost 20,000 international
hotels across 200 countries in the 7 continents to its list.
July 2, 2008
Bird group launches globally accredited travel, tourism courses
IndiaEduNews.net, India
New
Delhi: Bird group, one of India's largest diversified groups in the aviation,
travel and IT arena, on Monday announced the launch of specialized and globally
accredited aviation and hospitality courses.
July 2, 2008
Indonesia tourist arrivals up nearly 14 pct in May
Reuters India, India
JAKARTA,
July 1 (Reuters) - The number of foreign tourists in Indonesia rose nearly 14
percent in May from a year ago, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday, helped
by higher arrivals in the key resort island of Bali.
July 2, 2008
Social Travel Guide Launched by Tripwolf
ITvoir, India
Tripwolf introduced last month a social travel guide which
has launched in public beta. This site allows users to network with friends to
create an ideal travel trip, and also has a number of features designed to help
research destinations and points of interest. Tripwolf
also announced that MairDumont (a travel guide
publisher) has invested about $1.2 million into the company.
July 2, 2008
‘Travel insurance will pay for your lost baggage’
Livemint, India
This
has reference to your response to a query on travel insurance. Apart from
medical insurance, is there anything that will cover loss or damage to luggage
and travel documents such as passport and traveller’s cheques? And is there a
product that compensates the traveller if he misses his flight? I understand such
policies exist in the West. Do Indian insurers also offer them?
July 2, 2008
Air travel to cost more, ATF price up by 7%
Sify, India
New
Delhi: The country's oil marketing companies further
hiked prices of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) by about seven per cent, making air
travel costlier for the consumers.
July 2, 2008
Malaysia`s Indian tourist arrivals hit new
high
India Infoline.com, India
India
successfully augmented its position as a pivotal tourism source market for
destination Malaysia, as the tourist arrivals from over here witnessed a record
high 74,422 in the month of May 2008 registering an overall growth of 32.5%, as
compared to last year arrival figure for the same period.
July 2, 2008
Regional carrier, Paramount Airways, to add routes, increase
domain-B, India
Chennai:
Madurai-based Paramount Airways, an all-business
class airline, has said that it is planning to add new routes on its destination
network. The additions will increase the number of flights the airline operates
from 62 a day to 66.
July 2, 2008
Eco-tourism: Few Takers for Carbon 'Offsets
MedIndia, India
Top
airlines and tour operators keen to flash their green credentials nowadays
offer customers carbon "offsets" to compensate holiday pollution.
July 2, 2008
Hit by airlines, travel portals try new revenue options
Economic Times, India
NEW
DELHI: Indian travel agents have begun reworking their revenue streams after a
funds crunch forced three leading airlines to scrap their commission.
July 2, 2008
Lebanon's Eco-tourism Survives Despite the Violence
MedIndia, India
Lebanon's
eco-tourism has taken the beating for the country's continued instability. The
scenic countryside, which in better times was a temptation to all nature
lovers, hardly gets its share of tourists nowadays.
July 2, 2008
Now, no more scratches on your notebook during travel
ITvoir, India
The
product called "perfectSkin" from DICOTA protects your notebook from any kind of damages that
it may undergo while you are travelling.
July 2, 2008
SpiceJet FY08 net loss widens to Rs 134 cr
Sify, India
New
Delhi: Low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd net loss widened
to Rs 134 crore for the year ended March 2008,
compared to a net loss of Rs 72.1 crore in the year
ago, as soaring fuel prices eroded margins.
July 1, 2008
Meghalaya govt to promote circuit tourism
Economic Times, India
SHILLONG:
In a bid to promote tourism industry in Meghalaya,
the state government is giving thrust on circuit tourism, with several such
sectors in the pipeline.
July 1, 2008
Looks like the time of cheap air travel is soon going to become
TechWhack (press
release), India
Rising
fuel prices mean that airline companies can no longer afford to give out cheap
tickets for air travel. A market source said: “ATF hike will not only
July 1, 2008
Paramount Airways plans expansion
Business Standard, India
Paramount
Airways today launched its daily first flight from Chennnai
to Tiruchirapalli. The company is planning to add
four more new destinations by end of this year which will connect Chennai.
July 1, 2008
Copper futures travel northward
Myiris.com, India
Copper futures recorded massive gain today (June
30), on supply concern from Peruvian mines.
July 1, 2008
Economic Times, India
MUMBAI:
Prabhudas Lilladher has
downgraded their ratings to ‘Market performer’ on Jet Airways and sets a target
price of Rs 610. The company reported 37 per cent topline
growth to Rs 2,700 crore in Jan-March 2007-08.
July 1, 2008
Indiatimes Travel adds 20000 hotels
Times of India, India
Indiatimes Travel has added almost 20,000 international hotels
across 200 countries in seven continents. The list includes an exquisite range
of hotels from small budget to super luxury categories, covering almost every
destination that an Indian traveller can think of. This will make Indiatimes Travel one of the largest portals offering
domestic and international products.
July 1, 2008
Travel
agents set to recover commissions from October
domain-B, India
Mumbai:
Domestic and international airfares will be costlier by another 5 per cent from
October with travel agents set to recover this amount as commission on the base
fare.
July 1, 2008
Jet Airways' type rating training school gets DGCA approval
domain-B, India
Jet
Airways became India's first airline to obtain approval from the Directorate
General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), for its Type Rating Training School as the
Type Rating Training Organization (TRTO) on 15 April 2008.
July 1, 2008
Jet Airways a market performer: Prabhudas Lilladher
Moneycontrol.com, India
Prabhudas Lilladher has downgraded
its rating on Jet Airways to market performer with a target price of Rs 610 in
its June 26, 2008 research report. "The company expects domestic
operations to grow at about 10-12%, while the bulk of growth would be driven by
international operations.
June 30, 2008
Paramount Airways set to increase routes
Times of India, India
CHENNAI:
At a point in time when carriers are cutting routes to reduce losses due to
high fuel prices, the Madurai-based Paramount
Airways, an all-business class airline is planning to add newer routes. It will
enhance its operations from 62 flights a day to 66 flights in the following
weeks.
June 30, 2008
UP
will have country’s first tourism mall
Howrah News Service, India
June
29: Uttar Pradesh will boast of the country’s first
tourist mall that will be a one-stop shop for touring nearly 21 states in the
country.
June 30, 2008
Terminal travel allowance — how treated?
Hindu, India
Under
the Central Government rules, I received travel allowance applicable to
retiring government servant to meet travel for self and family along with
reimbursement of transport charges and a grant equal to one month’s pay for
meeting incidental cost. I would like to know whether this would be tax exempt.
June 30, 2008
Airline travel agents to fight back with selective bookings
Livemint, India
Mumbai:
With full-fare domestic airlines deciding to scrap agent commissions, travel
agents are getting ready to fight back, and plan to label such carriers as
“least preferred”, where they will book tickets only if another option is not
available.
June 30, 2008
Hooda for mutual ties with HP on power,
tourism
Chandigarh Newsline, India
Shimla. June 29 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said
there was great potential for mutual cooperation between Himachal
Pradesh and Haryana in the field of power generation
and tourism.
June 30, 2008
Bhutan increases tourism tariff for foreign tourists
Economic Times, India
THIMPHU:
Foreign tourists visiting picturesque Bhutan will have to shell out extra money
from the next year, as the country will increase daily tariff for tourists
entering the country by $50.
June 30, 2008
Travel
industry braces for global downturn
Bombay News, India
Global
tourism is facing heavy weather in the next year or two as fuel prices force up
air fares, and contracting economies dampen consumer spending.
June 30, 2008
Wildlife tourism gaining popularity in Kerala
Zee News, India
Kochi,
June 29: Wildlife tourism is slowly gaining popularity in kerala
and many tourists, especially foreigners, are increasingly enthusiastic about
spending time in the wild.
June 30, 2008
Wildlife tourism gaining popularity in Kerala
Economic Times, India
KOCHI:
Wildlife tourism is slowly gaining popularity in Kerala
and many tourists, especially foreigners, are enthusiastic about spending time
in the wild spotting birds, endangered species and just being in the lap of
nature.
June 30, 2008
Tourism industry worries over impact on nature, local culture
Smash Hits, India
Paris,
June 29 (Xinhua) With the
number of travellers expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2020, the world's tourism
industry has begun to worry about its impacts on nature and local culture,
according to industry watchers.
June 30, 2008
Bond University Gold Coast announces School of Hotel, Resort and
HospitalityBizIndia, India
Bond
University has announced its new School of Hotel, Resort and Tourism
Management. In partnership with Marriott International, the institute will
offer undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs from January 2009.
June 29, 2008
Jet Airways plane aborts landing
Expressindia.com, India
Mumbai,
June 28 A Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight from Delhi with over 100 passengers
on board aborted landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Friday after desceding to a height of 700 feet because another aircraft
had not cleared the runway.
June 29, 2008
Tourism
Department revives bed and breakfast scheme in Madurai
Hindu, India
MADURAI:
Bed and breakfast scheme of the State Tourism Department, under which people
who have rooms to spare in their houses can rent them out for tourists for a
nominal sum, is to be revived in Madurai district.
June 29, 2008
You`ve to pay air travel agents` commission
Business Standard, India
Domestic
and international airfares are set to rise by 5 per cent beginning October as
the travel agents prepare ground to recover 5 per cent commission on the base
fare: Amount parted to them by airlines for booking tickets on their
distribution systems from consumers.
June 29, 2008
Newindpress on Sunday, India
Low airfares, reasonably priced plush
accommodation, exotic cuisine and cheap shopping, particularly of imitations of
designer products, as well as a host of tourist attractions — what more could a
traveller ask for? Vietnam, which had been ruled by foreigners for centuries,
has shaken off the darkness of war to become a dream destination for tourists.
June 29, 2008
Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight aborts landing, passengers safe
Sify, India
Mumbai:
A Mumbai-bound Jet Airways plane from Delhi with about 100 passengers on board
had to abort landing at the last minute as another aircraft was parked on the
same runway.
June 29, 2008
CNBC AWAAZ announces Travel Awards 2008 supported by Incredible India
Indiantelevision.com, India
MUMBAI: In the last few years the Indian tourism
Industry has witnessed an exponential growth and emerged as a key contributor
to the Indian economy, this has help place the country firmly on the global
travel and tourism map. To celebrate this accomplishment of the industry and
honour the best in the business, CNBC AWAAZ India’s No 1 Business channel has
organized CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards 2008 based on an extensive study by The
Nielsen Company and supported by Incredible India.
June 28, 2008
Kiwiland Best Wine Tourism Destination
Indian Wine Academy, India
It's a long way to go for a drink, but New Zealand's vineyards are well
worth the effort, says wine expert, author and chairman of India Wine
Challenge, Robert Joseph who claims that no wine-producing country does a
better job of welcoming tourists.
June 28, 2008
Island near Puducherry a tourist haven
NDTV.com, India
Tucked
away from the busy streets near Puducherry, is the
quiet island resort of Chunnambar. It`s just two and a half hours south of Chennai and about 7
kms from Puducherry town.
June 28, 2008
Maharashtrians top tourism chart in Kashmir
Daily News & Analysis, India
Pramod Karandikar, a resident of Jogeshwari, has become habitual of listening Hindi whenever
he hires rickshaw for the railway station.
June 28, 2008
Calcutta Telegraph, India
Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh’s Japanese hosts at next
month’s G8 summit in Hokkaido suddenly find themselves
confronted with a perplexing diplomatic dilemma: they don’t want any
discussions on the nuclear deal happening between Prime Minister Singh and
President George W. Bush on Ja
June 28, 2008
Kolkata Newsline, India
Kolkata, June 27 The Travel and Tourism
Fair 2008 began at the Netaji Indoor Stadium on
Friday. More than 100 tour operators and travel agents participated in the fair
and around 3,000 travel buffs thronged the stalls on the first day.
June 28, 2008
Woman travel agent accused of duping people of lakhs
Chandigarh Newsline, India
Jalandhar, June 27 Several families
today claimed to have been duped by a woman travel agent, Jaswinder
Kaur of Sohal Khalsa village in Jalandhar, who
is also head of a religious dera.
June 28, 2008
Kerala Tourism Website Bags Net4 PC World
Web Award
Media Newsline, India
Kerala Tourism’s official website keralatourism.org has won the Net4 PC World
Web Award 2008 instituted by the technology magazine PC World, for the best
tourism website in India. In its second year, the PC World Web Awards chose keralatourism.org from among 57 websites across
31 popular categories.
June 28, 2008
Jet Airways voted into the ''world's best airlines'' club
domain-B, India
India's
largest private carrier, Jet Airways, has been accorded recognition for
excellence and quality of its service and in-flight experience in the 'Airline
of the Year Category', at the second annual awards ceremony held at the British
Museum in London on 17 June 2008.
June 28, 2008
Travel postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung
Reuters India, India
KAOHSIUNG,
Taiwan (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Kaohsiung,
Taiwan's second largest city and one of the world's busiest ports?
June 28, 2008
Travel agents urged to boycott Emirates airline over fees
TopNews, India
Hong
Kong - Travel agents are being urged to launch a weeklong boycott of Emirates,
the Dubai-based airline, in a row over commissions, an industry group said
Friday.
June 28, 2008
India's travel industry to go places
Sify, India
Mounting
inflation may hurt the economy, but it will not necessarily be a hurdle to the
travel industry, which is expected to show tremendously growth in the near
future.
June 28, 2008
Heat waves claims tourist’s life in Amritsar
PunjabNewsline.com, India
AMRITSAR:
Scorching heat today claimed the life of tourist Ram Parkash
(80) who was here in the city for the last three days.Police
said that Ram Parkash was moving in the street of old
walled city, when he all of sudden complained uneasiness before the passerby due to scorching heat and immediate after he died.
June 27, 2008
Pune-Mumbai travel to cost Rs 25 more
Times of India, India
PUNE:
The MSRTC bus fare hike is being implemented in view of the Union government
increasing fuel prices recently. Travelling on the Pune-Mumbai route by Volvo
or Asiad buses will become dearer by at least Rs 25, with the new fares coming
into force from July 1. Nearly 2,000 people commute on the Pune-Mumbai,
Pune-Thane sector everyday.
June 27, 2008
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Reuters India, India
KAOHSIUNG,
Taiwan (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second
largest city and one of the world's busiest ports? Reuters correspondents with
local knowledge help visitors make the most of the city, a center of
traditional Taiwanese culture.
June 27, 2008
Tourist bus turns turtle, three injured
The Statesman, India
MALDA,
June 26: At least 15 tourists including women and children were injured when
the reserved bus in which they were traveling collided with a truck at
Kamalabari under English Bazaar police station early today. Three of them were
admitted to the Malda district hospital in critical condition and rest of them
released after treatment.
June 27, 2008
Valley tourism traders suffer huge losses; say government responsible
GreaterKashmir.com (press release), India
Srinagar,
June 26: The Valley tourism traders including the hoteliers and travel
operators are presently a disappointed lot. The chaos that the government order
on forestland transfer to SASB has created, they say, has immensely affected
their business, with tourists in Kashmir curtailing their stays and those
expected to come cancelling their bookings.
June 27, 2008
Orissa floods wash away tourism sector's hope
Financial Express, India
Bhubaneswar,
Jun 26 The torrential rain, which lashed Orissa a fortnight back, has flooded
about five districts in the state. The worst affected of the lot is the
Balasore district.
June 27, 2008
Business travellers cut down on tours as operators jack up fare by
Ahmedabad Newsline, India
Ahmedabad,
June 26 The recent hike in fuel prices has affected business travellers the
hardest. Tour operators have jacked up fares in the region by six to ten per
cent, which has resulted in reduced occupancy in buses plying from Ahmedabad to
Mumbai and other places in Saurashtra.
June 27, 2008
Govt approves cruise shipping policy; targets tourism sector
Livemint, India
New
Delhi: The Union cabinet on Thursday approved a policy on cruise shipping.
June 27, 2008
Tourist Arrivals Decline Sharply: Sahai
Kashmir Observer, India
Srinagar
June 26: Tourist arrivals from different parts of the country to Kashmir valley
had declined sharply, a senior police officer said and appealed to people to
maintain peace.
June 27, 2008
UPDDATE 1-US July 4 travel seen down 1.3 percent - AAA
Reuters India, India
NEW
YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - For the first time in 10 years, fewer Americans will
be hitting the open road for the Independence Day holiday weekend as they feel
the pinch of gasoline prices over $4 per gallon, auto and travel group AAA said
on Thursday.
June 27, 2008
Indian tourism industry to see an influx of 10 mn international
HospitalityBizIndia, India
announced
the addition of the "Indian Tourism Industry Analysis" report to
their offering. The report provides an insight into the Indian tourism market.
It evaluates the past, present and future scenario of the Indian tourism market
and discusses the key factors which are making India a potential tourism
destination.
June 27, 2008
India
shines at World Travel Awards
Economic Times, India
Nearly
120 Asian and Indian Ocean companies and organisations (out of the 800
nominated to compete) were awarded at the inaugural World Travel Awards Asia
and Indian Ocean Ceremony at the swissotel Grand, Shanghai, last week.
June 27, 2008
Inflation may drive Vietnam's tourism target down
TopNews, India
POINTE
AUX PIMENTS, Mauritius, June 26 (Reuters) - Mauritius' tourism sector will see
slower growth this year as economic slowdowns in key European markets and high
fuel prices begin to bite, the Indian Ocean nation's tourism minister said.
June 27, 2008