The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has decided to initiate one more travel mart, one dedicated to Domestic Tourism. From next year, FICCI will organise this mart christened as Great Domestic Tourism Bazaar (GDTB) in New Delhi every August. It will be on the lines of FICCI’s successful inbound mart, [...]
The Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) annual travel trade event, PATA Travel Mart 2011, scheduled to be held from September 6 to 9, 2011 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, will witness a thousand delegates and 310 buyers from fifty countries. The mart will showcase a variety of Indian and international travel and tourism products [...]
Seems like hair is going bigger with a number of celebs sporting the look lately. The bigger, the better, and these girls exemplify this look perfectly. This easy to-do style involves using a volumising shampoo, a little back combing and lots of volume spray. And there, you have the big hair you’ve always wanted!
IATO has decided to organise its annual convention from 22-25 September, 2011 at Gandhi Mandap Convention Centre in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Pranav Sarkar has been appointed as the Chairman of the IATO convention and the theme, business sessions, speakers etc. for the convention will be finalised by the Managing Committee shortly. The Managing Committee selected Ahmedabad [...]
RP Group of Companies (RP Group) has plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore in the hospitality sector in India in 2011. The company’s immediate project is a five-star hotel in Kollam district in Kerala. It will be inaugurated on August 19, 2011 by Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister, Government of Kerala. This information was given by [...]
During the period from January-May 2011, Germany saw a steep increase of 22.4 per cent visitor overnights, 2,05,991 were registered over the same period last year. In 2010, Germany received 455655 overnight depicting an increase of 26.2 per cent over 2009. The German National Tourist Office ‘India Pool” has undertaken aggressive initiatives to promote Germany [...]
National carrier Air India will ask Star Alliance to return the amount paid as membership fees, according to a report by Karan Choudhury in the Calcutta Telegraph. Air India is also planning to ask for a hefty compensation for the sum spent in preparing itself for Star’s membership. Star Alliance, a global group of 27 [...]
With smaller cities set to lead air traffic growth in the country, the government is planning to build nearly 200 low-cost airports in the next 20 years to meet the demand for air travel. This additional aviation infrastructure is likely to be developed on the private-public partnership (PPP) model, throwing business opportunities for developers like [...]
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) recently submitted a feasibility report by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO) recommending a second airport for Chennai on 5,000 acres in Sriperumbudur, to the State Government. A copy of the report was handed over by VP Agarwal, Chairman, AAI to Debendranath Sarangi, Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu. [...]
Truck rentals lost steam during July, recording a sharp drop of 20-25 per cent in cargo offerings from agriculture produce centres. The number of trucks reporting at agriculture produce marketing committees across the country were low during the month. This resulted in a drop of three-four per cent in truck rentals on various routes, due [...]