The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has launched the second part of its ‘Singapore - The Holiday You Take Home With You’ campaign that kick started last year. It has also prepared two new videos for the same which have been designed to be family centric…

Now all Emirates passengers will be able to travel on Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Dubai and back. Emirates’ customers will now have the option to travel on its five daily direct flights, as well as on the Jet Airways’ daily service between Mumbai…

Jet Airways has expanded its codeshare arrangement with All Nippon Airways (ANA), offering guests enhanced network connectivity between Japan and India. The reciprocal codeshare is open for sale and travel with immediate effect. The agreement will mean guests travelling on both Jet Airways and ANA…

Jet Airways has expanded its codeshare agreement with the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways. Jet Airways now places its code on Etihad’s flight operating out of Abu Dhabi to Paris Charles de-Gaulle airport. This codeshare allows Jet Airways to offer its…

The renewed thrust of US tourism products on India was evident at the Brand USA India roadshows in Mumbai and Delhi. The data shows visitors from India spent US$4.4 billion in the US in 2011, an increase of nearly 10 per cent from 2010. Indians…

ITB Asia, ‘The Trade Show for the Asian Travel Market’, which took place from 17-19 October, 2012 in Singapore and is now in its fifth year, was completely sold out five months ahead of the event dates, even after the increase in floor space. The…

The PATA Travel Mart 2012 that took place in Manila recorded approximately 925 attendees. Martin Craigs, CEO, PATA revealed that when Manila hosted the first PATA Travel Mart in 1978, just over 300 delegates attended. “Over 30 years later, our PATA has stayed ahead by…

Setting their eyes on India for the first time, Orient Express, owners or part-owners and managers of 45 hotel, restaurant, cruise and luxury rail businesses, has appointed The Luxury Trains as its agent in the country. Addressing the press at a briefing in Mumbai, Marco…

We are deep into the winter season now in the UK travel trade - and while customer sales are facing their traditional slowdown as we draw closer to 2013, it’s been a busy time for senior executives in the industry.The Travel Convention has just been…

Glimpses of SATTE 2012Over the years SATTE has received tremendous response from national tourism boards, Indian states, hotel chains, airlines and tourism products from across the globe. SATTE has also played a vital role in promoting diverse segments of tourism and has now evolved as…