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Holland unveils a destination brochure to trade

    

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Arabian Travel Market woos India exhibitors

   

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KLM launches premium economy class on the occasion of its 90th anniversary
   
     

   

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SpiceJet launches a new flight between Goa and Bengaluru

    

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The Locations 09 film tourism exhibition-cum-conference gets whopping response

 

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Vienna to focus on outbound MICE segment in India
     
   
     

  

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AirAsia to expand its network in Kolkata, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram

  

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DMRC to launch hotel in New Delhi in JV with Tata Group

  

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TAT, New Delhi, and TAAI Tourism Council, jointly organise educational seminar in Bangkok & Hua Hin
   

  

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Swisstours and Germantours open office in Chennai
   
     
   

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AIRLINES


KLM launches premium economy class on the occasion of its 90th anniversary
 
 Coinciding with 90 years of its operations earlier this month, KLM Airlines recently announced a new product in the economy class. According to Pieter de Man, general manager India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, KLM Airlines, the carrier will offer about 34 to 40 seats categorised as premium economy class that will offer additional leg space and more recline and will cost an additional USD 100 to 150 of the economy class depending upon the leg space required.
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 SpiceJet launches a new flight between Goa and Bengaluru
 
 SpiceJet announces the launch of a flight between the cities of Goa and Bengaluru. The new flight linking the two cities commences from October 25. With the introduction of this new flight, SpiceJet will be operating 129 daily flights by October end.
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 AirAsia to expand its network in Kolkata, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram
 
 When most airlines are cutting back, AirAsia has opted to aggressively expand its India route network in anticipation of robust demand in low fare travel segment. It will add three new routes here in India and commence its daily direct flights to Kolkata, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram from Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia in November . With the introduction of these routes, connectivity to the three Indian cities to and from Kuala Lumpur direct will improve social ties.
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AGENTS


Swisstours and Germantours open office in Chennai
 
 Swisstours and Germantours opened their new office in Chennai, recently. The new office will offer full range of their services including packages, hotels, sightseeing options, rail travel options and customised packages.
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EXHIBITIONS


Arabian Travel Market woos India exhibitors
 
 The inbound/outbound pan Arab event, Arabian Travel Market (ATM) came calling on India to promote the show amongst the travel & tourism trade. Mark Walsh, group exhibition director, Reed Travel Exhibition, on his recent visit to India, informed TravTalk that for the next edition in May 2010, that they have frozen the same rate for India as last year. Also, India pavilion will enjoy a better location (Hall 7 doors) with increased aisle facing space.
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The Locations 09 film tourism exhibition-cum-conference gets whopping response
 
 The Locations 09 film tourism exhibition-cum-conference was held on October 14 and 15 in Mumbai. Numerous NTOs and tourism boards showcased exotic and attractive destinations to filmmakers, in which they can shoot movies. The world’s first film tourism annual exhibition and award function was held at Taj Land’s End, Mumbai.
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HOTELS


DMRC to launch hotel in New Delhi in JV with Tata Group
  
 Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to construct a hotel in joint venture with the Tata Group to cater to the demand for more rooms in New Delhi, particularly during the next year’s Commonwealth Games in the capital. The six-floor-hotel will be spread over an area of 29,999 sq mt and is proposed to come up at metro station complex at Sector 21 in Dwarka. The hotel is likely to have 400 rooms. It will be constructed in collaboration with the Tata Group’s Indian Hotels Company.
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NTOs

 Holland unveils a destination brochure to trade
 The Embassy of The Netherlands, the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC), along with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, recently released a brochure titled Holland at a glance in New Delhi. The event was attended by members of leading travel trade companies. The brochure provides insight about Holland as a travel destination. It highlights the various big travel attractions of Holland from Amsterdam, Rotterdam or historic The Hague to smaller attractions like Zaanse Schans, Keukenhof or the medieval Dutch town of Gouda famous for its mild mellow cheese.
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 TAT, New Delhi, and TAAI Tourism Council, jointly organise educational seminar in Bangkok & Hua Hin
  
 Tourism Authority of Thailand, New Delhi office in association with TAAI Tourism Council recently organised an educational seminar in Bangkok and Hua Hin. About 20 TAAI agents from across India took part in the seminar. B2B workshops were followed by networking dinners. The platform offered TAAI agents to meet and interact with the Thai suppliers that included hoteliers and owners of golf courses and theme parks among many others.
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 Vienna to focus on outbound MICE segment in India
  
 Vienna’s increasing role in incentive vacations offered by Indian companies has positively influenced its tourist board to enhance its focus on outbound MICE segment, in addition to the leisure and film related segments. In recent years, the Indian outbound segment has registered strong growth and more than 50 million Indians are projected to vacation abroad by 2020 as per advanced studies. According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), this would further increase Austria's positive tourism trade balance with India. This is an opportunity which the Vienna Tourist Board (VTB) wants to capitalise.
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