TRAVEL & TOURISM

MPSTDC rolls out attractive offers, incentives to bolster tourism and infra

MPSTDC, in a recent presentation, has highlighted plethora of investment opportunities in the state. With capital subsidies, fast-tracking of projects and online approvals, it is making a bid to better wayside amenities on highways, besides at a ...
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CAPA report indicates growing PPP investment in airport infrastructure

PPP mode of investment is finding many takers once again, reads the latest CAPA report. Although, airlines are back in black after a long while, thanks to global downfall in oil prices, apart from some key ...
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Air Asiana boosts its frequency to five flights a week; adds more teeth to India-Korea connect

Lending more teeth to air-connectivity between India and South Korea, one of the two major airlines of South Korea, Asiana Airlines has recently announced the expansion of its non-stop Incheon (Seoul) to New Delhi service from ...
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In travel industry, disruption is the new normal

According to Ankur Bhatia, Director, Amadeus India, striking the right balance between technological changes and personalised services to the travellers is the main challenge for the stakeholders in the business.As an industry leader please share your ...
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Inland Waterways Bill gets a green signal

This is a development which may have skipped the attention of many within the tourism and travel cir​cles, or its singificance may have got overlooked​. Nonetheless, it is quite significant in its own way. After the ...
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AAP government’s second budget paves way for pushing ‘Brand Delhi’

About a month back, Delhi tourism minister Kapil Mishra had promised that the AAP government’s second budget will pave the way for reigniting Delhi Tourism (refer to our story:  https://www.destinationindia.org.in/2016-17-will-witness-transformation-of-delhi-in-tourism-matters-kapil-mishra/). And when Delhi deputy chief minister and ...
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IndiGo receives its first A320 neo aircraft; 22 percent increase in fleet projected in 2016-17

In December last year, Airbus had informed its global customers that that there would be delay in the delivery of its new A320neo planes. This had created some ripples within the aviation world. The new A320 ...
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70% allocation hike for tourism infrastructure development

Even as Arun Jaitely’s third budget does not seem to have gone down well with the stakeholders in the tourism industry, a close analysis of the budgetary paper clearly testifies that most of the reactions could ...
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Our wish list for tourism in this budget

On the concluding day of this rarest February (all seven days of the week have appeared four times in the 29 days month, probably after 500 years) when the finance minister Arun Jaitely rises to present ...
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Kuoni Group valued at Rupees 9,800 crores; Zubin to continue as CEO of both Kuoni Group and VFS Global

EQT, one of Europe’s leading private equity houses founded by Investor AB, Scandinavia’s largest industrial holding group and part of the respected Wallenberg Group, has made an open offer for publicly held shares of Kuoni Group ...
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