Sikkim has immense tourism potential: President |
17th Apr, 10
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PTI news
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Describing Sikkim as "a hidden paradise", President Pratibha Patil today said the state has immense tourism potential for revenue generation and employment opportunities for locals.
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Air France takes premium travel to a new high |
16th Apr, 10
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Daily news analysis
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With business or ‘premium’ travel reviving, Air France has joined Lufthansa, British Airways and Jet Airways in providing ultra luxury air travel.
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A great March -- airlines flew 23.5% more people |
16th Apr, 10
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Daily news analysis
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Domestic passenger traffic continued to soar with airlines carrying 39.03 lakh fliers in March this year, up 23.51% from the same month last year when they had flown 31.60 lakh passengers.
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Air France takes premium travel to a new high |
16th Apr, 10
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Daily news analysis
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With business or ‘premium’ travel reviving, Air France has joined Lufthansa, British Airways and Jet Airways in providing ultra luxury air travel.
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Biggest disruption to air travel as 4,000 flights halted |
16th Apr, 10
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Irish times dating
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AIR PASSENGERS face more disruption as they head into the weekend after hundreds of thousands of travellers were stranded throughout northwestern Europe because of the ash cloud from the volcanic eruption.
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Hope floats: Domestic air traffic climbs 23% in March |
16th Apr, 10
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The economics times
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The worst in the aviation sector seems to be far behind with domestic air traffic continuing the double-digit growth. Domestic airlines
flew 39.76 lakh passengers during March this year, up 23% over the corresponding month last year.
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UK airspace closed: Kingfisher cancels flights, AI reschedules |
16th Apr, 10
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The economics times
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Kingfisher Airlines cancelled its flights to London for the second consecutive day today while Air India rescheduled its flights to
London, Toronto and New York as airspace was closed over several North European airports due to drifting ash from a volcano in Iceland.
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Q+A-How badly will Bangkok violence hit Thai tourism? |
16th Apr, 10
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Reuters India
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April 16 (Reuters) - An anti-government rally in Bangkok spilled over into violent clashes last Saturday in which 24 people were killed and more than 800 were injured, Thailand's worst political violence since 1992.
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India's tourism push faces barriers in China |
14th Apr, 10
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The Hindu
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Last year, an estimated 47.6 million Chinese travelled overseas, spending in excess of $42 billion. Of them, only around 102,000, or a tiny 0.21 per cent, decided to splash their Yuan in Indian markets — a far smaller share than either South Korea or even Vietnam.
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75 per cent rooms completed for CWG 2010: Tourism Minister |
14th Apr, 10
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FnB News
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With a view to taking stock of the various arrangements related to the augmentation of hotel accommodation coming up for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010, a high level meeting of the Task Force was held with minister of tourism Ms Selja in the chair on April 12.
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