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Thursday, November 1, 2007

Tourism Industry News Dated: 2/11/2007

Vivada Inland Waterways plans to launch three new luxury cruise services
Kolkata -based Vivada Inland Waterways Ltd., which operates luxury cruise services from the city to Sunderbans, is contemplating launching intra-state cruise services in Assam and Madhya Pradesh and inter-state services from Goa to Mumbai in Maharashtra...
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plans to set-up MRO facility in India
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the Netherlands based international airline, which flies to India, is considering setting-up a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in the country…
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Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust looks to sell Puttaparthi airport for Rs 600 crore
Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, which manages Sri Sathya Sai Baba airport at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh, has invited bids for sale of the airport and has put the floor price of Rs 600 crore…
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AirAsia bags CAPA Airlines of the Year Award for 2007
'The Gala Awards Ceremony' was held yesterday at the Aviation Outlook Summit 2008 organised by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) in Singapore. The ceremony saw AirAsia bagging the CAPA Airlines of the Year Award for 2007. "In aviation history terms, AirAsia's arrival on the international aviation scene is unprecedented…
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Aviation Outlook Summit 2008 sees airline decision makers share their views on the issue of alliance
The final session of the first day of Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA)'s Aviation Outlook Summit 2008 saw decision markers from three different classes of airlines discuss their views on the issue of alliance…
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Industry discusses failure to establish environmental credentials at the Aviation Outlook Summit 2008
One of the business sessions on the first day of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA)'s Aviation Outlook Summit 2008 saw Industry leaders discussing failure of the airline community to communicate its environmental credentials and the folly of limiting or taxing aviation activity under the pretext of saving the planet. Chairing the key session was Mike Barclay, Regional Vice President - Asia Pacific, International Air Transport Association (IATA)…
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GoAir to operate 39 weekly departures from J&K
GoAir will now operate 39 weekly departures from Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The increase in the airline's flight operations in J&K is part of the airline's expansion plan that started with the new winter schedule, effective October 28, 2007…
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New aviation policy to come up by early 2008
The new civil aviation policy will be announced by early 2008 and would facilitate setting-up of six regional airports by 2008 and 500 mega airports in the next ten years, according to Praful Patel, Minister of Civil Aviation (MoCA)…
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J&D to strengthen presence in the outbound incentive segment
New Delhi-based Journeys & Destinations (J&D) India Pvt. Ltd. is keen to strengthen its presence in the outbound incentive segment with customised travel packages to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia…
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Maison De La France plans global online specialist programme in 2008
Maison De La France (MDLF), the French Tourist Office, plans to promote France as a mono-destination and is looking to launch a global online specialist programme for the travel trade in 2008…
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Saudi keen on strengthening tourism ties among Islamic countries
Saudi Arabia is seeking to spearhead tourism among Islamic countries. The secretary-general for the Supreme Commission for Tourism, Prince Sultan bin Salman, has recently helped open the first forum for tourism in Islamic countries…
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Tourists better than gold
Tourism has become a lucrative business in South Africa, bringing in more than R66bn to the economy annually and overtaking gold as the country's largest export earnings…
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Jet Airways launches daily flights to New York JFK, four times-weekly service to Toronto
Jet Airways has launched daily flights from New Delhi to New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport and from Chennai to Toronto both via the airline’s hub in Brussels. The daily flights commenced on 28 October 2007…
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