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 TBi now in the UK
TBi now has a local presence in the UK. Mr. Jonathan Wilkins has been appointed TBi Representative to promote India/TBi in the UK & Ireland. He will work closely with local tour operators and the travel industry. His contact details are:
Jonathan Wilkins –
Director, Select Representation Ltd.
Tel: + 44 (0) 797 290 8049.
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 TBi at ATM Dubai
TBi participated at Arabian Travel Mart - ATM Dubai from 30th April to 3rd May 2012. Our team comprised of Mr. Homa Mistry - CEO,
Mr. Abraham John - Head of Leisure FIT Outbound and Mr. R. Rajesh - General Manager Inbound. The Gulf & Middle East are important markets for TBi. This was a good platform to meet our existing and prospective partners from this region.
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 Accor to hire over 4700 employees in India
Accor, the largest operator of hotels in Asia Pacific is on a recruitment drive to meet the needs of its growing network in India. The company will add 1100 employees to the existing staff strength of 3600 employees for the eleven hotels opening this year.
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 Worldhotels signs 3rd hotel in Mumbai
Worldhotels has expanded its network of independent hotels in India, with The Peninsula Grand Hotel in Mumbai joining as a First Class Collection affiliate. The 81-room business hotel is located amid Indian and multinational blue chip corporations in Mumbai’s booming business hub of Andheri East, just 3 kms from the city’s international airport and 12 kms from the domestic airport. Business facilities include a Peninsula Club floor and conference and banquets venues for corporate events, seminars and exhibitions.
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 JAL launches Boeing 787 Dreamliner service to India
Japan Airlines (JAL) has launched its Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights on the Delhi - Narita (Tokyo) route, replacing its current fleet of Boeing 777. JAL is making best use of the aircraft's long-range capability, appropriate capacity, and economic performance.
JAL has five weekly flights from Delhi and will start daily flights from the winter schedule.
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 Lufthansa's new Boeing 747-8 to fly on Delhi-Frankfurt & Bengaluru-Frankfurt routes
India is the first Asian country where Lufthansa will deploy its latest fleet member - the B747-8 on its direct Delhi - Frankfurt and Bengaluru - Frankfurt routes in the current summer schedule. Lufthansa is the launch customer for this aircraft, the first of which will connect Frankfurt and Washington from 1 June 2012 with six flights per week. New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chicago and Los Angeles will be added successively during the summer schedule with the arrival of four additional aircraft scheduled to join the Lufthansa fleet in 2012.
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 Air China starts Mumbai-Chengdu-Shanghai route
Air China launched a new air route Mumbai-Chengdu- Shanghai Pudong service to link the two countries on May 3rd with four weekly flights. The growing number of flights makes it easier for passengers to transfer through Chengdu, Pudong or Beijing to reach destinations within China.
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Awards |
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 Jet Airways wins Lonely Planet Magazine Travel Award 2012
Jet Airways, has been adjudged the ‘Best Airline – Business/First Class (Indian) at the prestigious Lonely Planet Travel Awards 2012. Renowned for the warmth and hospitality of its acclaimed in-flight service, Jet Airways emerged victorious amongst several of the world's leading airlines. This Award is based on an exhaustive readers’ response study conducted through an online poll and magazine.
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 Pushkar International Hot Air Balloon Festival wins Silver at WOW Awards
E Factor, India’s premier hot air ballooning firm won silver at the prestigious WOW Awards for organizing Pushkar International Hot Air Balloon Festival. For hot air ballooning enthusiasts globally, Rajasthan is fast becoming one of the most popular destinations and E factor is playing a pivotal role in promoting this adventure sport. Organised by E Factor in association with Government of Rajasthan, the 2nd festival had 16 participating pilots from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada, Czech Republic, Poland and India.
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 Kerala promotes Ayurveda in Germany
A recently conducted workshop organized by Kerala Tourism titled 'Ayurveda: wellness or medicine' at Munich introduced Kerala's Ayurvedic traditions to the German people. The workshop aimed at creating a better understanding of Ayurvedic treatments and therapies. Germans constitute the highest number of foreigners coming to Kerala for Ayurvedic treatment. Europe is the fastest ageing developed region in the world and Germany has the largest above 50 years population in Europe.
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 Hundreds of thousands witness Thrissur Pooram
Elephants were all over the place in Thrissur, the cultural nerve centre of Kerala, drinking gallons of water and chewing watermelon and cucumber. Revelers packed the city streets to soak in every bit of the Thrissur Pooram, Kerala’s biggest temple festival with elephant parades, religious ceremonies and pyrotechnics. People admired the festival's celebration of age-old rituals, especially the processions carrying the deities of the Thiruvambady and Paramekkavu temples to the Sree Vadakkannathan temple in the heart of the city. There were also some wonderful music performances by Kerala's traditional ensembles.
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India's 1st Oceanarium covering 100,000 sq ft to come up in Greater Noida
A first of its kind and developed as a part of a Venetian-themed tourist resort named ‘Grand Venice’, the US$ 9 million Blue Planet Aquarium, will take off in Greater Noida by the end of this year. The aquarium will cover an area of 100,000 sq.ft. and the major exhibits will include huge sea-water tanks for large marine life like sharks and lion fish. Acrylic tunnels will let visitors walk through the aquarium itself. There will also be choreographed underwater performances by entertainers dressed up like mermaids and mermen. The 3 million sq.ft. tourist complex will include a 5-star hotel.
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