AIRLINES

Kingfisher launches new flights to Vadodara, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar, Aurangabad & Kozhikode 
Kingfisher Airlines, recently announced the commencement of flights on five new domestic routes as part of its Summer 2009 schedule that began on March 29, 2009. Of the five routes, the Hyderabad-Aurangabad route is a virgin route and Kingfisher Airlines is the first airline to operate flights on this route.
The five new routes launched by Kingfisher Airlines are:
Mumbai – Vadodara
Mumbai – Thiruvananthapuram
Hyderabad – Bhubaneswar
Hyderabad – Aurangabad
Bengaluru – Kozhikode
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IndiGo introduces additional services from New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata Ahmedabad & Vadodara
 
IndiGo recently announced the expansion of its route network with the introduction of 11 new fights with effect from March 29. The new flights will operate between New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Vadodara. IndiGo has also introduced new timings to the existing flights operating from New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. With the launch of these new services, IndiGo currently operates 125 daily flights connecting 17 destinations.
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Jet Airways launches Chennai-Dubai daily flight from April 23
 
Effective April 23, 2009, Jet Airways will launch a new service to Dubai from Chennai, as well as a second service on the Mumbai-Dubai sector. With the launch of these new daily services, Jet Airways will now operate four daily flights to Dubai from three major Indian metros. The airline currently flies twice daily to Dubai from Mumbai and Delhi respectively. Jet has also recently launched daily direct service to Kuwait from Mumbai. This is the airline’s second daily service to Kuwait from India, complementing the airline’s existing Kochi-Kuwait service. In addition to Dubai and Kuwait, Jet Airways also operates daily flights to Bahrain, Muscat, Doha and Abu Dhabi in the Gulf from several Indian cities.
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EXHIBITIONS

160 foreign buyers from 40 countries confirmed for GITB, more to follow
 
The Great Indian Travel Bazaar (GITB), a three-day international travel & tourism conference and exhibition from April 19 to 21, has so far received confirmed participation from 160 foreign buyers from across 40 countries. With event still a fortnight ahead the numbers of foreign buyers are expected to further increase. So far 146 Indian sellers, including tour operators, hotels and state tourism boards, have confirmed their participation. Apart from Rajasthan, the other confirmed states to be present at GITB are Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir and Jharkhand.
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HOTELS

Addition of three more properties takes the total count to four 'Zuri' brand in India
 
After the launch of first Zuri hotel, ‘The Zuri Whitefield, Bengaluru’ last month, the new brand has further expanded with inclusion of three more properties under the Zuri brand. Phoenix Group Global (PGG), the owners and promoters of luxury resorts and business hotels in India, Europe and Africa, recently announced that all its existing properties will be brought under the Zuri Hotels and Resorts banner– the Group’s flagship brand of luxury hotels launched in October 2008. This move signifies the end of PGG’s seven years association with Carlson Group for their 3 properties in India - Radisson Plaza Resort & Spa, Kumarakom; Radisson White Sands Resort, Goa and Country Inn & Suites, Goa. The three properties will now be known as The Zuri Kumarakom Resort & Spa, Kerala; The Zuri Varca White Sands Resort & Casino, Goa and The Retreat by Zuri, Goa.
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Uniglobe Travel appoints new franchisee in Guwahati - Shivani Aviates
 
Uniglobe Travel (South Asia) expanded its network by giving its franchisee to Shivani Aviates, a Guwahati based travel agency. Shivani Aviates has its strong presence in corporate as well as leisure travellers. The agency has been in the travel business for more than 14 years and is one of the largest travel companies in Guwahati with two locations. According to Ritika Modi, regional president, Uniglobe Travel (South Asia), the addition of this new franchisee sees the Uniglobe group turnover in India achieving beyond Rs 850 crore with a total strength of 41 franchisee locations India-wide. Globally, Uniglobe has a network of over 700 franchisee locations in 40 countries.
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Abacus introduces new web services to boost travel agents' productivity
 
Leading GDS company Abacus International has launched three new ‘orchestrated web services’ on Abacus WebConnect that enable travel agencies to achieve faster customer response time and improved cost efficiencies on their websites. According to the company sources applicable for all its operational areas including India, an orchestrated web service combines multiple transactions into a single web service call, which reduces the development effort and improves response time. The three new orchestrated web services are: PNR Builder which combines the creation of passenger data and itinerary booking; enhanced air book service which consolidates itinerary booking and pricing transactions; and the enhanced air book with tax service which includes return air tax information in the same service call.
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