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AIRLINES
Jet starts Mumbai-Jeddah service; to fly
Hyderabad-Dubai route from August 16
Jet Airways launched its services to
Saudi Arabia with the introduction of daily service from Mumbai to Jeddah on
July 14. Jet Airways operated its maiden flight on the sector aboard a
state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The airline is all set to launch
services to Dubai from Hyderabad with effect from August 16. It
will commence services on this route aboard a state-of-the-art Boeing
737-800 aircraft. Currently, Jet Airways operates twice daily services to
Dubai from Mumbai and daily services from Delhi and Chennai.
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ASSOCIATIONS
ATOAI's roadshows to be organised in
Australia & New Zealand in September
Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI), in association with
the ministry of tourism, government of India, has planned a series of
roadshows in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. ATOAI’s Australia and New
Zealand roadshows earlier scheduled for July have now been rescheduled for
September. The roadshows will first travel to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney
in Australia, followed by Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand. Likewise,
roadshows in Canada will travel to Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa and
Edmonton in the first quarter of next year.
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AVIATION
DGCA office likely to call airlines to settle agents' commission
issue
As a result of recent judgment given by
Kerala High Court on travel agents’ commission, the directorate general of
civil aviation (DGCA) office is now planning to call a meeting of all
airlines which are practising zero commission model in India. After studying
the judgment, the DGCA office would find an amicable solution pertaining to
agents’ commission, which is a part of airlines’ ticket fare. On hearing of
an IAAI (IATA Agents Association of India) writ petition, the Kerala High
Court had advised the ministry of civil aviation and DGCA to ensure that
Rule 135 (Tariff) of Aircraft Rules, 1937 be implemented both in letter and
spirit.
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EXHIBITIONS
Third GITB, India's international tourism mart, scheduled from
April 11-13 at Jaipur
The department of tourism, government of
Rajasthan, the ministry of tourism, government of India and Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), are co-organising the
third Great India Travel Bazaar (GITB) 2010, an international tourism mart
from April 11-13 at B M Birla Convention Centre at Jaipur in Rajasthan. The second edition of GITB was attended by some 178 foreign buyers
representing 159 companies from over 45 countries who interacted with 168
registered Indian enterprises in tourism sector from across the country. The
GITB 2009 witnessed around 5,000 structured, prefixed, formal and informal
meetings.
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HOTELS
GATEWAY signs five more hotels
The GATEWAY Hotels, a hotel brand launched by
Taj Hotels & Resorts in September last year, is gradually expanding its
pan-India footprints. GATEWAY has increased the number of properties under
its portfolio from 26 to 31 within a span of nine months. Currently, it has
19 operating hotels, 12 projects are in the pipeline while active
negotiations are on for another 15 hotels. Last year, 16 hotels migrated
from Taj’s portfolio when GATEWAY brand was launched. In addition, 10 more
properties had been signed and the management was in active negotiations for
10 more.
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The Leela Kempinski Gurgaon opens
Leela’s first managed hotel, The Leela
Kempinski Gurgaon was officially launched last weekend. A part of mixed-use
development, the new hotel has 322 luxuriously appointed guest rooms and
suites and 90 residences in configuration of one, two and three bedrooms.
Located within 15 minutes drive from Indira Gandhi International Airport and
on Delhi-Gurgaon border, The Leela Kempinski Gurgaon offers banqueting
facilities with over 27,000 sq ft of function space including pillar-less
ballrooms, board rooms and meeting rooms. The hotel has a 20,000 sq ft of
Day Spa – Lavanya which has 11 personal therapy rooms.
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MOT
Selja unveils fully furnished sample DDA flat
for Commonwealth Games visitors
Kumari Selja, union minister of tourism,
govt. of India,
unveiled the first upgraded and fully furnished sample DDA flat at Vasant
Kunj, New Delhi on July 16. The flat is part of the alternative
accommodation scheme for Commonwealth Games 2010 to bridge the shortage of
rooms after suitably furnishing them. The government of Delhi is in the
process of expediting all pending applications for approval of new Bed &
Breakfast (B&B) units in Delhi and would shortly launch an advertising and
publicity campaign to attract more homeowners to join the scheme.
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Camper-Van policy on anvil, ATOAI urged to formulate guidelines
As part of ministry of
tourism, government of India’s initiatives to foster public private
partnership (PPP) in the development of niche tourism products, Sujit
Banerjee, secretary tourism, government of India has asked Adventure Tour
Operators Association of India (ATOAI) to come up with a detailed policy
report and guidelines on Camper-Van tourism. Camper-Vans are vehicles that
are meant for transportation as well as accommodation and are equipped with
a kitchenette, a refrigerator, sleeping beds, etc.
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Overseas Marketing Meet to be held in New
Delhi from August 3-4
The ministry of
tourism (MOT) has released official dates for Oversees Marketing Meet to be
organised in New Delhi. It will be organised from August 3-4. All overseas
offices will attend the meet in New Delhi and make presentations on various
marketing initiatives introduced in 2008-09. The numerous marketing
initiatives launched by overseas offices of the department of tourism have
led to a marginal rise in the number of foreign tourist arrivals.
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STATES
Rajasthan to utilise Rs 40 crore allocation
to attract more tourists
The state-owned Rajasthan Tourist
Development Corporation (RTDC) is determined to make optimum use of Rs 40
crore allocation to attract more tourists. The state government has
allocated a budget of Rs 25 crore this year and a further Rs 15 crore will
be accrued through centre sponsored schemes for tourism and allied
activities. The recent launch of Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, upgradation of
hotels, motels and resorts, attractive tourist packages and a new village in
Pushkar are part of RTDC’s strategy to make optimum use of allocated funds.
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