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Indonesia presents as Partner Country at ITB Berlin 2013

Murari Mohan Jha - March 5, 2013

During an official press conference in Berlin, Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Republic of Indonesia, presented the performance of...

Aviation

Sustainable business models, cohesive policy to drive aviation

Karishma Sen - March 5, 2013

The Indian aviation sector has witnessed 11 per cent year on year growth over the past decade. However, the pace of growth slowed down...

International

dnata aims to double business by 2014

Karishma Sen - March 5, 2013

Dubai based firm, dnata, is targeting to be among the top five travel agencies in India, revealed Ashish Kishore, Country Head, dnata. According to...

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Russia to expand footprint in India

Karishma Sen - March 5, 2013

During a recent press conference, a tourism delegation from Russia said that they want to cash in on the interest shown by Indians on...

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Inbound arrivals from Europe dips

Karishma Sen - March 5, 2013

Inbound travel to India did not reach the estimated levels in 2012. The figures dropped from over 10 per cent growth in the early...

India Tourism

India needs to adopt ‘Global Best Practices’ to drive tourism growth

Murari Mohan Jha - March 5, 2013

Experts believe that its time that India needs to stay ahead of the curve by adopting new practices and having a whole new approach...

India Tourism

Budget 2013-14 disappoints industry

Maansi Sharma - March 5, 2013

The Union Budget 2013-14 again did not concede the demand of the tourism sector. Moreover, there has been no mention of tourism in the...

Aviation

Qatar Airways to launch Chicago

Murari Mohan Jha - March 5, 2013

Qatar Airways is to launch passenger flights to Chicago with a reduced schedule from 10 April. Originally planned to be daily, the non-stop Doha...

Aviation

TNZ and MAS announce special deals

Murari Mohan Jha - March 4, 2013

To attract Indian families to visit New Zealand this summer, Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) announced their collaboration with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to promote special...

India Tourism

Tourism Minister Proposes Extension of Visa on Arrival Scheme

Murari Mohan Jha - March 4, 2013

Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi met the Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and submitted a proposal to extend Visa-on-arrivals (VoA) to 16 more countries....

Aviation

SilkAir adds flight to Coimbatore-Singapore route

Murari Mohan Jha - March 4, 2013

SilkAir has announced the commencement of its additional flight on the Coimbatore-Singapore route with effect from 6 April 2013 thereby increasing the frequency to...

Aviation