Philippine Airlines commences Delhi-Manila service with six weekly flights
 
Philippine Airlines has commenced its India operations with the launch of six flights per week on Delhi-Manila sector. Of these six flights, three will be direct flights connecting New Delhi to Manila. And an equal number of flights will connect the two national capitals via Bangkok. The airline will operate an Airbus A330-300 aircraft with 42 business class seats and 260 economy ones. Philippine Airlines also said that it will tap the growing MICE and business traffic from India.
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IndiGo starts 4 new flights from Indore to Delhi, Bengaluru, Srinagar and Nagpur
 
Leading low-cost carrier, IndiGo has launched four new flights connecting Indore to Delhi, Bengaluru, Srinagar and Nagpur. While the Delhi-Indore and Nagpur-Indore flights will operate non-stop, the ones connecting Srinagar and Indore will be via Delhi and the Bengaluru – Indore flight will connect via Nagpur.
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Kuwait Airways commences daily service on Kochi-Kuwait route
 
Kuwait Airways has announced the launch of daily fights between Kochi and Kuwait beginning March 28, 2011. The airline will offer daily flights on this sector aboard Airbus A310/A300 aircraft. In addition to services to Kochi, Kuwait Airways also flies to Mumbai, Delhi, Trivandrum and Chennai.
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“Government to hike outlays for large revenue generating hospitality projects”: R. H. Khwaja
 
The Ministry of Tourism has decided to expand the Large Revenue Generating (LRG) scheme for hospitality projects with higher financial outlays and extend its coverage to more tourism products. This was stated by Mr. R. H. Khwaja, Secretary, Tourism, at a FICCI conclave on ‘How to Take Tourism to the Next Trajectory’ on March 31. The decision is in line with the report of the Working Group on Tourism for the 11th Plan. The report had recommended that the Large Revenue Generating (LRG) Scheme needs to be broad based with higher outlays of 50 per cent promoters’ contribution up to 25 per cent of project cost or Rs 50 crore, whichever is lower. The suggestion was made to ensure that the tourism sector in India attracts private sector participation in projects such as cruise terminals, cruises in Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, skiing villages, private trains and golf courses.
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Worldhotels’ 8th India property ‘Svenska Bangalore’ opens with 56 rooms
 
Worldhotels partner Svenska Hotels has opened its second 5-star boutique business hotel in India, on April 1 in Bengaluru. The hotel features 56 rooms and suites with a rooftop swimming pool and health club and three trendy restaurants. Svenska launched the India group last December with the opening of Svenska Mumbai, a 29-room boutique hotel. The group plans to open 20 luxury hotels over the next ten years with a total inventory of over 1,000 rooms.
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Sahay creates a sub-committtee to synergise the work of Tourism Ministry, Private Sector, IRCTC & Railways
 
Subodh Kant Sahay, Union minister for Tourism on 29th March 2011, announced the formation of a Sub Committee to synergise the work of Tourism Ministry, Private Sector, IRCTC & Railways to foster domestic tourism in the country. Sahay stated that tourism is a sunrise industry and to attain the common goal of boosting growth in this industry there is a need of synergising the efforts of private sector and the Government.
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