In November 2008, three Indian students figured among the toppers in the Cambridge International Examinations, an international board for school education that has presence in 156 countries. Proving that the performance was no flash in the pan, as many as seven Indian students have topped individual subjects of the global test for CIE's International General Certificate of Secondary Education (Class X) and Advance Subsidiary (Class XI) levels.

With the Indian hospitality industry planning to maintain the same price range for rooms as last year, vacationers this festive season will not feel the pinch of the usual 10%-15% hike in room rates every October.

With the United States issuing a travel advisory warning its citizens about the possibility of terrorist attacks in India during the festival season, the troubles faced by Rajasthan tourism industry, which is already reeling under the H1N1 flu scare, have only depend.

India ‘s second – largest private carrier Jet Airways , which is planning to replace its off-peak hours flights in metro routes by its low-fare service to contain losses, will add six more B-737 aircraft to its no frill Jet Konnect network.

As part of its strategies to stay afloat in the present economic conditions, travel portal Yatra.com plans to introduce more value-added services, increase transparency in transactions and improve process efficiencies.

Hotel tariffs in Mumbai, which saw the second highest decline of 42 per cent in the first half, are however expected to firm up by around 10 per cent after December.

To provide publicity ahead of the inauguration of the newly constructed My sore airport, the Tourism Department is flying a team of VIPs including Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Art of Living founder Sri Ravishankar in a 65-seater chartered plane from HAL Airport in Bangalore to My sore on September 19 for them to take part in the inauguration of the Dasara festivities.

Airlines this year would lose $11 billion due to rising fuel prices and exceptionally weak yields, the International Air Transport Association has said.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation will shortly move a note before the Union Cabinet for infusing additional equity into the state-owned Air India, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, said here on Wednesday.

In a bid to encourage investment in the hospitality sector, the RBI recently notified that hotels be taken out of the high risk category of real estate exposure. This will ensure that banks will give loans to companies at a lower interest rate.