Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) and UBM India Pvt Ltd are co - organising
iTTE 2010- India Travel Trade Expo. Scheduled for 18-20 February 2010 in Mumbai.

India’s Exclusive B2B Travel Trade Exhibition

The objective of iTTE 2010 is to provide the travel trade and visitors a platform which will offer domestic and overseas tourists new vistas of business. The format of the event has been designed to offer the best networking and business opportunities and provide an interactive platform for all industries associated with Travel Trade.

Airline losses to halve to $5.6 b in 2010, says IATA

THE global airline industry is expected to halve its net losses to $5.6 billion in 2010 from $11 billion this year, with carriers in Asia-Pacific likely to experience a “dramatic improvement” as they improve their financial bottomline.

Two sides to New Zealand travel industry fortunes

New Zealand travel statistics for November showed visitor arrivals from Australia had boomed, up 9 percent compared with the same month in 2008, but those coming for conferences had more than halved because of two large conferences that boosted numbers last November.

Domestic air traffic takes off in Nov

DOMESTIC air travel picked up sharply in November as improved economic environment encouraged both business and leisure travel, but air fares are yet to recover, suggesting that financial performance of airlines may not look as good.

South Africa could lose R3.6bn in tourism revenue

Foreign airlines may have to reduce their flights to South Africa because of the mounting cost of building the new international airport in Durban and massive airport tariff hikes by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA).

IATA wants India to drop airports user fee hike

In an effort to convince the Indian authorities to lower airport charges, the Geneva-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) will play host to the Chairman of the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), Mr Y.S. Bhave, in January.

Three new theme areas being developed by Hong Kong Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland has started construction of three new theme areas as part of its expansion phase for the theme park.

Air Asia to start services in more cities

Air Asia, the low-cost airline, has taken 15 landing rights in various cities as part of the airline's expansion programme in India, according to Ms Kathleen Tan, Regional Head of Commercial Air Asia.

Travelzoo Pan-European Survey Reveals Consumer Optimism For 2010 Survey reveals strong consumer demand for 2010 travel

Travelzoo, publisher of the original Top 20 list of the best travel & entertainment deals to more than 3.5 million subscribers across Europe, announced the findings of its annual subscriber survey. The survey revealed that travel enthusiasts across Europe are planning to travel more in 2010 than they did in 2009.

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Lufthansa wants AI in Star Alliance

German airline Lufthansa wants the Air India-Indian Airlines combine to speed up the merger and its entry into Star Alliance, a delay that is directly benefiting the Gulf carriers.

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Luxury hotel spas feel recession’s pinch

Luxury spa participants in the Spa STAR performance report continued to show declining performance metrics through the third quarter of 2009, according to data released by STR.

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