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| Now, City Guesthouses To Be Graded By Tourism Dept | 9th Feb, 10 , Indian Express |
Negative feedback on the dismal quality of services offered by guesthouses in Delhi, especially those around Karol Bagh area, has prompted the Delhi Tourism department to start a scheme of grading guesthouses under silver, gold and diamond categories.
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| UK makes it tougher to work & study | 8th Feb, 10 , Times of India |
A week after the United Kingdom suspended acceptance of student visa applications in northern India
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| For travel agents, travails over commission continue | 5th Feb, 10 , DNA |
The impasse over payment of commissions to airline travel agents continues. The matter has now been placed before the Union law ministry.
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| Govt issues code of conduct for safe tourism | 3rd Feb, 10 , Times of India |
With major tourism destinations like Goa gaining the dubious reputation as a haven for sex crimes, the tourism ministry has finalised
a code of conduct for "safe and honourable tourism" to be adopted by major stakeholders like hotels, tour operators, cab drivers and other hospitality-linked services. The code is likely to be unveiled on March 8 to commemorate International Women's Day.
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| Delhi airport to be made global airline hub | 3rd Feb, 10 , Business Standard |
Air India to shift, unused capacity in existing bilaterals may be mobilised.
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| Revival in the air: foreign carriers add flights, destinations in India | 1st Feb, 10 , HT Mint |
Malaysian low-fare international carrier AirAsia Berhad last week declared it would “rock and paint the Indian skies red” by adding six direct flights to five new destinations in the country between 17 May and 4 August 2010.
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| Asia is world's biggest air travel market:Iata | 1st Feb, 10 , Financial Chronicle |
The Asia-Pacific region has overtaken North America as the world's largest air travel market with 647 million passengers in 2009, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Monday.
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| New port terminal set to boost Dubai cruise tourism | 31st Jan, 10 , Economic Times |
An new port terminal being built here in the United Arab Emirates is set to boost cruise tourism in a big way, WAM news agency reported. Though an exact launch date has still not been set, the new cruise terminal at Port Rashid is expected to open next month.
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| US issues fresh advisory on security concerns in India | 31st Jan, 10 , Economic Times |
The US State department has issued an advisory alerting its nation to “ongoing security concerns in India “. The travel alert has been issued on the basis of information that “terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India” and the “possibility of violence” in Andhra Pradesh over the issue of the creation of a separate state.
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| Single-window clearance for hotels in the offing | 30th Jan, 10 , Business Line |
In a bid to boost tourism, the Government is in the process of providing single window clearance for establishing hotels and green field airports to the private sector in small destinations.
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