Girl with 8 limbs has successful surgery

Girl with 8 limbs has successful surgery

Lakshmi before surgery to remove her "parasitic twin" that stopped developing in the womb. The two-year-old Indian girl, who was born with four arms and four legs, made her first public appearance since undergoing a 27-hour operation last week. Looking tired, the toddler was bundled in a blanket and cradled in her father arms…To read more about her Click here

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Tourism Industry News Dated: 8/11/2007

ANTO to promote Austria as year-round tourist destination
The Austrian National Tourist Office (ANTO) is now looking to promote Austria as a year-round tourist destination in India, with special focus on the honeymoon, leisure and Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) segments. Besides, it is also planning to promote the destination as a shooting locale to the Bollywood, as well as the regional film industry players…Read more

Kerala to target inbound tourists and NRIs for its grand shopping festival
The Department of Tourism, Kerala is organising the 'Grand Kerala Shopping Festival' that is scheduled to take-off on December 1, 2007…Read more

Deccan launches mobile flight booking services in partnership with Oxigen
Deccan recently announced the launch of mobile flight booking services in partnership with Oxigen, a one-stop online solution provider. The service called 'mFly', is a pre-paid facility that can be accessed on GSM and CDMA phones once the user creates an account by logging on to the airline's website…Read more

Karnataka Tourism Forum to conduct training programmes in mid-November
Karnataka Tourism Forum (KTF), a non-profit organisation comprising professionals in the tourism industry in Karnataka, is scheduled to conduct training programmes for travel agents, tour operators, hotel staff, taxi drivers and auto drivers in mid-November, 2007 at Belur, Chikmagalur, Mysore and Coorg…Read more

Udaan to introduce collection centres by next month
Udaan, a New Delhi-based visa facilitator, is planning to set-up collection centres to make its services more accessible to travel agents in other cities…Read more

Marriott launches regional operational base in Mumbai
Marriott International Inc. announced the launch of its regional operational base and global sales office in Mumbai yesterday. Rajeev Menon, Area Vice President, Marriott International Inc, will head the operational base and be responsible for the India, Pakistan, Maldives and Malaysia markets, while Anant Joshi, Regional Director, India and Subcontinent, Marriott International Inc, will head the global sales office…Read more

MakeMyTrip.com launches 'GO' travel card in association with ABN AMRO Bank
MakeMyTrip.com has partnered with ABN AMRO Bank to launch a co-branded travel credit card 'GO'. The card can be used to purchase domestic and international travel services. Card holders are also entitled to membership of a rewards programme called 'GO Miles'…Read more

Singapore concludes air transport agreement with Canada
Singapore and Canada have initiated a new air transport agreement, following bilateral air services consultations in Ottawa, Canada from 30 October to 1 November 2007 in Ottawa, Canada. Under the new bilateral agreement, Singapore carriers are allowed to operate passenger and all-cargo flights…Read more

HSMAI Foundation partners with Open Hospitality
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International Foundation has named Open Hospitality, the New York-based Web reservation and management solutions company for hoteliers, to the HSMAI Foundation Board Research Committee for 2007-08. Through this relationship…Read more

Global travel and tourism leaders to convene in Dubai
Dubai will be the host state of the Global Travel & Tourism Summit taking place on April 20-22, 2008 as the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announced. At the official launch, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation…Read more

Plan to boost eco-tourism in the Western Ghats
Western Ghats, a paradise for trekkers, has some of the best and least explored tracks apart from many oft-trodden paths in its dense forests…Read more

Hong Kong promotes Olympic tourism
Equestrian steps performed by Hong Kong dancers attracted passers-by at Wangfujing in Beijing on Monday…Read more

Tourism Industry News Dated: 07/11/2007

Kerala Travel Mart to hold its fifth travel mart at Kochi in September, 2008
The Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) will hold its fifth travel mart at Kochi from September 20-23, 2008, tentatively. The KTM Society is looking at accommodating 350 KTM members as exhibitors for the event and excellent participation from buyers all across the globe…Read more

Jet Airways hikes fuel surcharge on domestic flights
Jet Airways has hiked fuel surcharge up by Rs 150 on all type of tickets for domestic flights in India. This makes the revised fuel surcharge stand at Rs 1,350. Further, a surcharge of USD 34 will be applicable on each sector of domestic travel in India…Read more

Rescheduling of Golden Chariot's launch results in loss of USD 8,00,000
The launch of Golden Chariot, Karnataka's super luxury train, has been postponed to December, 2007, as the work on its interiors, which is inspired by Hampi and Mysore Palace's architecture, is not yet complete…Read more

Land acquisition for Mohali international airport to start by December, 2007
Acquisition of land for the Mohali International Airport, a Joint Venture (JV) between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Great Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) is likely to begin by December, 2007…Read more

Deccan Aviation forms consortium to bid for airport projects
Deccan Aviation has formed a consortium with Nitin Raheja Group, IDFC and GVK Group to bid for airport projects in tier II and tier III cities across the country…Read more

Spain-based Catai Tours sets-up an Indian division
Spain-based Catai Tours has entered the Indian market by setting-up Catai India Pvt. Ltd.'s office in New Delhi. This is the company's first overseas office which will be followed by an office in China. The company's major clientele includes outbound travellers to India, China and South-East Asia, which explains its entry into the Indian market…Read more

Now you can dial 139 for booking hotels
Your hotel booking woes may be over. You can dial 139, the railway inquiry number, also to book hotel rooms in any part of the country…Read more

Incredible India pavilion at China International Travel Mart attracts visitors
The ministry of tourism's Incredible India pavilion has turned out to be a big draw at the China International Travel Mart 2007 being held from 1 November to 4 November in China's Kunming city…Read more

Council to oppose more busway corridors
Due to Jakarta's continuing traffic woes, the City Council plans to reject transportation agency plans to construct a further five busway corridors in 2008…Read more

Jet set for Brussels hotel venture
Jet Airways is getting into hospitality venture. Naresh Goyal-owned airline has acquired 15 acres near the Brussels airport in Belgium. The airline said this 500-room five-star deluxe hotel would mainly target Jet passengers who transit through its base in Brussels and the airline crew. It would also have a catering kitchen to serve all Jet flights originating from Belgium and London…Read more

Indian kitchens: A cuisine tourism hub
It is not just about epicureans alone. If the world is itching to gorge on exquisite Indian cuisine, the Indian kitchen is turning into a hub for cuisine tourism across the sub-continent…Read more

Tourism Industry News Dated: 6/11/2007

IHCL to develop three five-star properties in Bangalore
Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), which owns the Taj Group, is planning to develop three five-star properties in Bangalore by 2010. The proposed properties are slated to come up at ITPL Whitefield by 2008, Yeshwantpur by 2009 and Bannerghatta by 2010…Read more

Goa government looks at increased visibility in movies to attract more tourists
The Government of Goa is planning to introduce a film policy to attract more film makers to shoot in the state. This, it believes, will promote Goa's offerings to a large audience of potential travellers and help increase tourist traffic to the state…Read more

Spain to target MICE and leisure segments in India
The National Tourist Office of Spain (NTOS), which has been testing waters in the Indian outbound market for the past couple for years, has decided to establish its presence in the country with three offices in Mumbai by the end of 2008 with a focus on tapping MICE and leisure tourism segments…Read more

Lyon joins race to woo Indian carriers as choice of European hub
Southern French city Lyon is the latest European city that wants Indian carriers to make it their European hub, following efforts by the likes of Brussels and Munich. Brussels succeeded earlier this year in getting Jet Airways to make the city its European hub…Read more

Cougar Resorts & Travels adds lesser-explored destinations to its itinerary
Mumbai-based Cougar Resorts & Travels Pvt. Ltd., a travel agent catering to both, B2B and B2C segments, has recently added lesser-known destinations, such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Tahiti, Cambodia, South America and Japan to its list of outbound destinations. According to Arun Raghavan, Director, Cougar Resorts & Travels, the company aims to send about 1,000 passengers to these new destinations by March, 2008…Read more

CGH earth experience to set-up hotels at Puduchery
Kerala-based CGH earth experience is planning to set-up two five-star properties in Puduchery by 2008…Read more

ACE Inc. takes KAT franchise in Mumbai
ACE Inc., the first franchisee of Kuoni Academy of Travel in Mumbai, is expected to start operations later this month. The franchise agreement is for a period of three years and can be renewed…Read more

Andaman and Nicobar Tourism plans to operate a luxury cruise liner by 2008
Andaman and Nicobar Tourism is planning to operate a luxury cruise liner from the Islands to South-East Asian countries like Malaysia and Thailand by end of 2008. The project will be implemented on the basis of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model and will entail an investment of Rs 30 crore…Read more

Pullickattil Tourism Group to introduce a houseboat with on-board swimming pool
Alappuzha-based Pulickattil Tourism Group, a specialist in convention houseboats, is scheduled to unveil a houseboat with on-board swimming pool on November 10, 2007…Read more

Corporate travel consultancy, 'ProKonsul' to launch by month-end
Gaurav Sundaram, a veteran in the corporate travel segment, is setting-up a corporate travel consultancy, 'ProKonsul' in Bangalore…Read more

New Greek tourism minister tables ambitious agenda
He is young, he is energetic, his name is Aris Spiliotopoulos, the new tourism minister for Greece…Read more

Thai aviation update
Scandinavian air carriers announce more flights to Thailand, as Thai AirAsia announces last domestic destination….Read more

Indian tourists continue to shy away from Nepal
Alarmed by tales of violence and lawlessness in Nepal carried by the Indian media and lured at the same time by holiday packages for Europe and Southeast Asian countries, Indian tourists are shying away from the Himalayan kingdom that not too long ago was a favourite destination…Read more

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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...Read more

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…Read more

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…Read more

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…Read more

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…Read more

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)…Read more

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…Read more

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)…Read more

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…Read more

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…Read more

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…Read more

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…Read more

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…Read more