Etihad will buy a 30 per cent stake this month and another 18 per cent by August next year; Last thursday KFA had extended its flights cancellation from December 15, 2012 to January 15, 2013 ... Read more

In India, Premier Inn currently has two operational properties – New Delhi and Bangalore with 3 more openings in Pune, Chennai & Goa scheduled for next year with 6th property to open in Chennai in 2014 ... Read more

Growth in Manufacturing & banking sectors have not been able to compensate for the slowdown in IT Industry ... Read more

Visas were also a big concern; Hoteliers in particular noted that the UK industry is subject to 20% VAT while European rivals pay single-digit rates: WTM Meridian Club Think Tank ... Read more

The flight will operate on Ahmedabad-Indore-Lucknow-Patna-Kolkata route ... Read more

There has been a growth of just 3 % in November 2012 over November 2011 as compared to a growth of 10.1% registered in November 2011 over November 2010 ... Read more

For promotion of Indian art and culture, exhibition of Warli (Tribal art of Western India) and Madhubani (Folk art of Bihar) by celebrated artist Sandhya Arvind at The Ashok Lobby from 10^th till 17^th Dec, 2012 ... Read more

Recommends that any increase in ticket prices should be approved by aviation regulator DGCA in the future ... Read more

Steady rise in cruise calls at Kochi — from 36 in 2008-09 to 44 in 2011-12 — and consequently the number of tourists also jumped from 19,264 to 37,201 during the period ... Read more

It has a population of 7.4 million people and receive about 7 million foreign tourists annually, however receive only about 3000 tourist from India ... Read more