At the recent 13th WTTC Global Summit in Abu Dhabi, David Scowsill, President & CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) stated that the private and public sector must come together and focus on long term strategies, infrastructure and initiatives, not just short term goals,…

Aviation information and intelligence provider OAG views the Indian market as one that is dynamic. The advent and growth of the Low Cost Carrier (LCC) model in India is evident and the progress of the model world over has been predicted to continue. Speaking with…

Nepal Tourism Board in association with Blue Square Consultants successfully completed a 3- city road show with the aim of increasing awareness and educating the Indian travellers about Nepal as a tourist destination. The road show also being coined as the ‘East India Mission’ targeted…

Air Arabia recently announced today its financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2013, reporting a net profit of AED 59 million, exceeding analysts’ forecast and registering an increase of 20 per cent compared to AED 49 million in the corresponding quarter in…

Encouraged by the recent International Passenger Survey figures for 2012 that showed an increase in visitors to London in 2012, London & Partners, the official promotional agency for the capital, has unveiled a new dedicated strategy to work with the domestic and international travel trade.With…

At the recently concluded Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2013, SATTE – South Asia’s leading travel and tourism event, enjoyed great response and witnessed great interest among exhibitors as well as visitors.At ATM 2013, GCC countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United…

Zimbabwe Tourism Authority and the country’s private sector were in India recently to meet with the trade and associations in Delhi and Mumbai. Rachael Marufu, Marketing Executive – India, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority; Blessing Munyeniwa, Managing Director, Love for Africa; Gavin Rennie, Director, The Hide and…

India is a strategically important market for Singapore Changi Airport being the seventh largest market for Changi based on current seat capacity. “We were looking at launching ourselves in the market through an interactive platform to promote the airport as a gateway to other parts…

Domestic and outbound travel has been the talk of not just Indian industry stalwarts but international ones as well. The mere statistics of tourism in India is enough to raise eyebrows and contribute to heated discussions that fuel a growing opinion of India’s tourism potential.…

Tourism Ireland views India as a major market amongst the emerging ones and is looking to increase the total number of visitors from India to 40,000-50,000 in a period of five years. Jim Paul, Head of Australia & Developing Markets, Tourism Ireland, said, “We are…