July 31th, 2009 – Travel News

Erode's eco tourism project takes off

Hindu

THALAVADY: Finally, Erode district is on the tourist map of Tamil Nadu. Thanks to the initiative by the Sathyamangalam forest division, a small facility has ...

Jet Airways owes Service Tax Department Rs260cr

Moneycontrol.com

Jet Airways owes Rs 260 crore to the Service Tax Department. Mint's PR Sanjai reports that no service tax had been paid on import of services for the past ...

Charity challenges give new glow to tourism biz

Economic Times

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In times like these when tourism sector players can be expected to seek charity from governments, help is coming their way in a ...

Tourism authority mooted for Mysore

Business Standard

The Karnataka government has proposed to set up a tourism development authority for Mysore and Shimoga for the promotion and development of tourism in the ...

Weak demand, swine flu scare affect air travel: IATA

Press Trust of India 

New Delhi, July 30 (PTI) Fear of swine flu has affected the revival of air traffic in the Asia-Pacific region while international passenger traffic has ...

TN tourism on a marketing blitz to woo tourists

Mangalorean.com

BANGALORE, July 31, 2009: Several initiatives have been launched to attract tourists to Tamil Nadu including projecting destinations like Vellore with world ...

Jet Airways to phase out expat pilots by March 2010

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Mumbai: The country's largest private carrier by market value, Jet Airways, is set to replace expat pilots with Indian pilots by the end of the current ...

Oberoi Hotels in best hotel list by Travel + Leisure

Indopia

New Delhi, July 30 Hospitality player Oberoi Hotels& Resorts today said that two of its hotels have been ranked among the best hotels in the world by the ...

Travel agent murdered in Ghaziabad

Gaea Times

The body of Mahaveer Singh, 35, was found early Thursday in the Govindpuram area of Ghaziabad, police added. “The body of Singh, a private travel agent, ...

'Harry Potter' filming makes British cathedral tourism hotspot

Newspost Online

Keepers of Gloucester Cathedral in England have expressed their joy at the filming of Harry Potter in their ancient building, as it has helped restore ...

Travel agent murdered in Ghaziabad

Gaea Times

The body of Mahaveer Singh, 35, was found early Thursday in the Govindpuram area of Ghaziabad, police added. “The body of Singh, a private travel agent, ...

'Harry Potter' filming makes British cathedral tourism hotspot

Newspost Online

Keepers of Gloucester Cathedral in England have expressed their joy at the filming of Harry Potter in their ancient building, as it has helped restore ...

US envoy to travel to Russia, Asian capitals to consult on N. Korea

Khabrein.info

WASHINGTON, July 30 (KUNA) -- A US envoy will travel to next week to Moscow and stop off in Tokyo, Seoul and other Asian capitals to consult on North ...

IGNOU starts degree course in tourism, hospitality

SamayLive

New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a degree course, which will focus on training in security aspects of tourism and ...

MoT asks states for timely implementation of mega tourism projects

HospitalityBizIndia

By HBI Staff | Mumbai According to a PIB release, a conference of State/Union Territories Tourism Secretaries was held in New Delhi recently under the ...

Cebu City Tourism Commission turns focus on Indian market

TravelBizMonitor

In the latest tourism figures released by Department of Tourism (DoT), Cebu City Tourism Commission (CCTC); India has shown a growth ...

Trained manpower for tourism industry

Press Information Bureau (press release)

The Minister of Tourism Kumari Selja today said that it is a fact that there is a shortage of trained manpower in hospitality industry. ...

ETA bombing strikes at the heart of Spanish tourism

TopNews

Madrid - As the militant Basque separatist group ETA prepared to mark the 50th anniversary of its foundation on Friday, the Spanish government knew it might ...

Singapore's tourism industry plummets amid global economic downturn

TopNews

Singapore - Singapore's tourism industry plummeted in the first half of 2009 as travellers cut back on their spending because of the global economic crisis, ...

Fire destroys replica of 17th-century Dutch flagship, a major ...

Gaea Times

AMSTERDAM — Fire consumed a replica of the 17th-century flagship of the Dutch East India Company in the northern Netherlands on Thursday. ...

Brussels issues Ten Commandments for summer travel

TopNews

Brussels - Don't drink and drive, don't fly with dangerous airlines and don't forget to dial 112 if there is an emergency: those are some of the 10 ...

 


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