Association News

» PATA Awards Malaysia Airports for ‘Exceptional Service’

Was the first in the world to be listed on the stock market; has increased its profits, yet its charges are the lowest in its competitive set ... Read more

» Southern Hoteliers seeks more sops to revive industry, promote tourism

Extension of bar timings, imposition of a uniform VAT, relaxation of stringent food safety norms & applicability of luxury tax on the actual room tariff were some of the demands made by the association ... Read more

» PATA Awards Leading Travel Professionals

Mr Ram Kohli of Creative Travel in India won the 2011-2012 PATA Chairman’s Award; He has also served as PATA Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer in the past ... Read more

» Hospitality sector upbeat on domestic tourist flow

The country had 740 million domestic travellers across segments in 2011 and the figure is set to grow ... Read more

» PATA Commits to Next Gen Action at its Annual Conference

Over 600 tourism professionals from many travel industry listened to details of Next Gen as the two-day PATA gathering officially commenced at the Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ... Read more

» The 10th Annual Convention of ATOAI to be held in Guwahati on October 28-31, 2012

Outdoor activities like swimming with the dolphins, visiting tea gardens, etc to be part of the meet ... Read more

» UP transport dept. creates online facility for payment of road taxes

Tax collection barriers on the State borders of UP have been causing inconvenience to tourists, MoT wanted them to be shifted to interiors in UP to have freedom of movement for tourists in NCR ... Read more

» GITB 2013 will be held on April 14-16

GITB 2012 witnesses close to 23% increase in prefixed appointments ... Read more

» Global tourism industry eyes travellers from emerging nations

Encouraged by the prospect of the so-called BRICS nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa ... Read more

» Business class travel to grow: IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its premium travel monitor for February 2012 on Thursday ... Read more

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