July 17th, 2009 – Travel News

Helipad in Noida by Jan to boost tourism

Times of India

NOIDA: Imagine taking a helicoptor from Noida and reaching Agra in 20 minutes or Dehradun in 35 minutes. By January next year, the New Okhla Industrial and ...

Charles A Adams resigns from the board of Jet Airways

Business Standard

PTI / New Delhi July 16, 2009, 13:25 IST Private carrier Jet Airways today said Charles A Adams has resigned from its board of directors with effect from ...

Stocks to watch: MTNL, Tata Teleservices, Reliance Infrastructure ...

Economic Times

MUMBAI: Oil prices were up in Asian trade Thursday following rally in the US equity markets. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for ...

Travel agent amasses 'unfare'

Express Buzz

HYDERABAD: A Himachal Pradesh-based man who duped several customers, through a fake travel agency, was arrested by the city police on Wednesday. ...

Travel Picks: World's top 7 hotel beds

Reuters India

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - For travelers who need a good bed for a good night's sleep, travel guidebook publisher LUXE City Guides has come up with a list of ...

Dental tourism catching up in Kerala

Press Trust of India

Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 (PTI) With the rising number of quality dental clinics in Kerala, the 'God's own country' has become a major dental tourism hub. ...

Via launches iViaWorld.com for travel services

Indiantelevision.com

BANGALORE: Indian travel network Via has launched iViaWorld.com in a bid to allow travel agents to talk to suppliers directly and also negotiate prices ...

Kashmir tourism getting back to normal

Gaea Times

SRINAGAR - Tourists and nature lovers have begun to visit Jammu and Kashmir since normalcy has begun to prevail after a spate of recent unrest and violence ...

Tourism industry submits wish list

Herald Publications

The tourism industry, which was hit by worldwide recession and fears of terror attacks last season, wants aggressive tourism promotion abroad as well as in ...

Govt nod for tourist security force

Herald Publications

The State government has approved in principle the “Tourist Warden scheme” providing for a tourist security force, which was mooted by the Central ..

Singapore Tourism Board to launch Singapore Experience Awards

TravelBizMonitor 

By TBM Staff | Mumbai According to a ChannelNewsAsia report, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) plans to launch a new awards platform reflecting Singapore's ...

Bihar cabinet okays Tourism policy

Indopia

Patna , July 15 In a bid to attract investments, Bihar government today approved the much awaited tourism policy. The state cabinet chaired by Chief ...

Want to travel by KSRTC bus? Push it first

Express Buzz

ALAPPUZHA: Do you know how to push a bus? If the answer is no, then you cannot travel by an ordinary KSRTC bus from the Alappuzha bus station. ...

CNN International's TASK group ties up with global travel industry ...

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CNN International's 'tourism advertising solutions & knowledge' (TASK) Group and leading global travel industry web portal eTurboNews (eTN) today announced ...

Travel Thursday: India News Digest

India Business Blog

Travel Thursday is our weekly news Digest that brings you buzzing stories about Travel & Tourism in India. ...

Opening to tourism, Syria flaunts hidden treasures

Reuters India

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Iranian pilgrims pray beside Arabs at the 8th-century Umayyad Mosque, one of Islam's grandest sites. ...

IATA: Premium air travel down 23.6 percent in May

Sify 

Global airline passenger travel dropped faster in May than in the previous months, a trade group reported on Thursday, suggesting that things are not ...

Recession puts a dent in British tourism

Reuters India

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The global economic crisis took a heavy toll on travel to and from Britain last year, figures released on Thursday ...

Hitler-era plane offers tourist flights

Indian Express

In the 1930s, "Auntie Ju" was considered the absolute pinnacle of airliners - comfortable, reliable, even beautiful, despite its strange warehouse-like ...

Union Tourism Minister, Kumari Selja unveils first sample flat for ...

TravelBizMonitor 

By TBM Staff - New Delhi Union Minister for Tourism, Kumari Selja today unveiled before the media the first upgraded and fully furnished sample Delhi ...

Media hype of terror threat ruined Goa's tourism party: Kamat

Smash Hits

Panaji, July 15 (IANS) More than the terror threat in the aftermath of the Nov 26 attacks, it was the media hype about it that ruined Goa's tourism party in ...

Travel agents need new alliances and sales channels to survive ...

TravelBizMonitor 

By TBM Staff | Mumbai Win-win partnerships and new selling strategies are key to sustaining businesses and achieving success through the current downturn, ...

After seven tours, Soerensen tastes success

Daily News & Analysis

Vittel (France): Denmark's Nicki Soerensen, of the Saxo Bank team, maintained an impressive breakaway to win the 12th stage of the Tour de France here on ...

Terrorism declines, tourism grows in Kashmir

MSN India

New Delhi: The Indian government Wednesday said that terrorism incidents in northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir have decreased in the past years and the ...

Timberwolves president to travel to Spain to discuss Rubio's ...

Gaea Times

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves cannot do much financially to help Ricky Rubio with a multimillion-dollar buyout of his contract with DKV Joventut ...

Travel Smart – Dopplr Social Atlas launched on the iPhone

IT News Online

London and Helsinki, July 16, 2009 - Dopplr, the online service for smart travel, today announced the launch of Dopplr - The Social Atlas, a free iPhone ...

Bihar govt approves Tourism Policy to attract investments

TravelBizMonitor

By TBM Staff | Mumbai According to a PTI report, the Bihar government yesterday approved the much awaited Tourism Policy in a bid to attract investments in ...

IBM Widgets for LinkedIn, TripIt Simplify Professional Networking ...

Webnewswire.com

IBM today announced the first two in a new initiative to develop software widgets for a wide variety of business needs. New Lotus Notes software widgets for ...

No rivalry with Jet Airways, says Vijay Mallya

Indopia

Asserting that it has no rivalry with Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines today said both are cooperating on ground handling. When asked whether there is any ...

 


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