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» India signs MoU with Abu Dhabi to increase weekly seat capacity to 50,000

Currently, all domestic carriers taken together are allowed to operate 13,300 seats per week on India-Abu Dhabi route besides a two per cent operational flexibility ... Read more

» Tourist taxis in Goa to be equipped with wireless radio sets

A group of around 25 taxis could be clubbed together and provided with facilities like wireless sets, introducing a radio-taxi concept in the state for the first time ... Read more

» Tourist Visa-on-Arrival facility extended to five more airports across India

Goa, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi airports added to the existing list of Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai & Kolkata Airports for Tourist Visa-on-Arrival facility ... Read more

» Jet Airways board approves 24% stake sale to Etihad for over Rs. 2,000

The deal would give Etihad a bigger foothold in India, a fast-growing but challenging market, and provide Jet with cash to retire debt and give it a partner with global expertise ... Read more

» Goa Tourism Dept. bans drinking of alcohol on its beaches

The rise in crimes against women across the country led to this decision; The department also received complaints that tourists are being injured after stepping on broken liquor bottles on the beaches  ... Read more

» New Campus of IITTM at Noida inaugurated by Union Tourism Minister Chiranjeevi

In India, the travel and tourism sector is estimated to create 78 jobs per million rupees of investment compared to 45 jobs in the manufacturing sector for similar investment: Minister ... Read more

» Chairman and CEO of French hotel group Accor sacked by the Board

Centre to the rift between Hennequin and his board was a strategy demanded by Colony and Eurozeo for Accor to unload its property holdings in order to turn itself into a hotel franchise business ... Read more

» Singapore Airlines increases its ownership in Virgin Australia to 19.9 percent

Singapore Airlines has been keen to establish a stronghold in Australia to secure passenger feed on to its long-haul services ... Read more

» Nepal Tourism Board organising roadshows in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Ranchi

Nepal will organise various programmes to mark 2013 with Mt. Everest Diamond Jubilee Celebrations ... Read more

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