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Air India announces rewards for highest performing agents |
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Jet Airways and JetLite introduce 21 day advance purchase apex fares |
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AIRLINES
JetLite, AI and Kingfisher reduce fares on domestic routes
Valid from January 1 to February 28, 2009, Air
India has announced attractive incentives jointly with GDS major Galileo
for its approved travel agents. The joint promotional programe aims at
increasing sale on Air India domestic sectors (both IC and AI designated
flights), by travel agents using the Galileo terminals. The programme
rewards highest performers with monthly awards like free tickets, air
conditioners, microwaves, movie tickets and a bumper prize of a holiday
package.
Effective January 1, 2009,
Jet Airways and its subsidiary JetLite, have introduced a special 21 Day
Advance Purchase (APEX) fares. Jet Airways will offer a fare of INR 250 on
all of the airline's 45 domestic sectors. The booking and sale validity of
this offer is from January 1 to January 31, 2009. JetLite will offer fare
of INR 9 for all purchases made at least 21 days before the flight
departure. This offer is valid on the airline's 26
domestic sectors. The booking and sale validity
of this offer will also be from January 1 to January 31, 2009. All fares
are exclusive of taxes and surcharge.
Following the National
Tourism Advisory Council’s (NTAC) meeting called by the ministry of
tourism (MOT), government of India on December 15, 2008 to take stock of
the tourism scenario in the wake of economic meltdown and Mumbai terror
attack, the ministry of tourism has officially confirmed that 2009 will be
Visit India year. Under the Visit India 2009, India will be aggressively
marketed in key source markets internationally. And visitors in 2009 would
experience rural tourism, eco-tourism, adventure tourism, wellness tourism
in specially worked out packages in 2010 and 2011, thereby incentivising
their repeat visit to India. The MOT in partnership with other
stakeholders of travel, tourism and hospitality industry is finalising
attractive incentives and other modalities. The move is expected to boost
MOT’s effort to increase arrivals which have witnessed a perceptible
decline, especially in the second half of 2008 due to the slowdown and
terror attacks in India.
Kerala tourism has planned an umbrella campaign called ‘Visit Kerala 2009’ from January this year to counter the expected slowdown in tourist arrivals due to the economic crisis. This initiative is part of its efforts to boost tourism. Under the campaign, Kerala Tourism will participate in trade fairs and road shows in tier II cities in different states and will adopt new technology like the Internet, web blogs and mobile phones to market and promote the destinations. Kerala tourism will prepare brochures and CDs in local languages and distribute them in the states. For more details click here Top Orissa Tourism launches cruise service on river Mahanadi Orissa has launched a double-decker vessel for cruise service across the river Mahanadi. Debi Prasad Mishra, tourism minister, Orissa inaugurated the cruise vessel recently. The first-of-its-kind river cruise service in the state would enable people to experience the ethereal beauty of Mahanadi and its surroundings. Initially, the cruise vessel Swagatika, which can accommodate 80 people, will reach Dhabaleswar Island. The cruise service is a part of public-private-partnership (PPP) project under the Mahanadi Eco-Heritage Circuit. A similar cruise project on the Mahanadi is being undertaken to connect the river through Sonepur-Meramundali route via Tikarpada gorge. For more details click here Top |
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