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Airport news: American Airlines moves into new, state-of-the-art Terminal 3 in Dehli

American Airlines

Airport news: American Airlines moves into new, state-of-the-art Terminal 3 in Dehli

FORT WORTH, Texas - Passengers departing on American Airlines 293 from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport tonight will be doing so from brand new facilities following the move by American Air

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Airblue crash in Pakistan may be worst in country's history

All 152 On Board Died

Airblue crash in Pakistan may be worst in country's history

More than 150 rescue workers are at the crash site of Airblue’s Airbus 321, which was traveling on July 28, 2010 for a two-hour flight from Karachi to Islamabad.

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Air Blue Airbus crashed on domestic flight in Pakistan

159 feared dead in Pakistani plane crash

Air Blue Airbus crashed on domestic flight in Pakistan

Reports are coming in that an Airbus has crashed in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The plane belongs to a private company Air Blue.

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Aviation news: Air India plans property, bonds sale to stay airborne

Air India

Aviation news: Air India plans property, bonds sale to stay airborne

National Aviation Co. of India Ltd., the state-owned parent of Air India, plans to sell new bonds to sustain the company that has never posted a profit.

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Study: India’s tourism sector to employ over 40 million by 2019

travel and tourism sector to grow significantly in India

Study: India’s tourism sector to employ over 40 million by 2019

NEW DELHI - India’s travel and tourism sector is expected to be the 2nd largest employer in the world which is likely to employ over 40,037,000

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Tourism news: India's Gujarat to develop whale shark tourism

Whale Shark Tourism

Tourism news: India's Gujarat to develop whale shark tourism

In an effort to develop whale shark tourism on the coast of Gujarat, the state forest department is planning to implement the Australian system of locating them by using plane and expert spotters in t

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Tibet and Nepal team up to boost Himalayan tourism

Himalayan tourism to be promoted by Nepal, Tibet

Tibet and Nepal team up to boost Himalayan tourism

LHASA - Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will work closely with Nepal to boost the tourism industry in the Himalayan region, officials said Friday.

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Projects in India likely not to be completed before Commonwealth Games in October

Developing Model Tourist Destinations

Projects in India likely not to be completed before Commonwealth Games in October

Giving the cities of Mathura, Vrindavan, and Varanasi a fresh lease on life, Mayawati, chief minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, ordered on Saturday that the three locations b

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Kashmir Tourism: Thriving tourism still a distant dream in Kashmir

peace and harmony in the Valley

Kashmir Tourism: Thriving tourism still a distant dream in Kashmir

What might have been a record in Kashmir’s history of tourism may now be another 15 years in the coming. And that too only if total peace prevails from this minute.

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Sunni insurgent group leaves 27 dead  and 270 injured in southeast Iran

Bomb Attack In Iran

Sunni insurgent group leaves 27 dead and 270 injured in southeast Iran

The death toll from the twin bomb blasts in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan has reached 27 while more than ten times as many have been injured.

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Green Globe Certification appoints accredited auditor for Sri Lanka and Maldives Islands

Corporate Social Responsibility

Green Globe Certification appoints accredited auditor for Sri Lanka and Maldives Islands

Green Globe Certification continues to build and develop its global presence with the appointment of STING Consultant’s CEO Ruchi Gunewardene, as its accredited auditor for Sri Lanka and Maldives Is

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Sri Lanka is back on the tourist map

Tourists are returning to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is back on the tourist map

COLOMBO - Decades of fighting between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan government battered the tourism industry, but a year after the war ended, tourists are returning in record

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New director of sales and marketing appointed for Anantara Kihavah Villas in Maldives

Tourism News

New director of sales and marketing appointed for Anantara Kihavah Villas in Maldives

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms.

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President of Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka steps down

Outgoing Speech

President of Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka steps down

Srilal Miththapala, a senior tourism personality, recently relinquished his duties as president of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL), after serving his 2-year term.

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Pandharpur Yatra to be given tourism accreditation

Visit Golden Maharashtra

Pandharpur Yatra to be given tourism accreditation

MUMBAI, Maharashtra - "Visit Golden Maharashtra" - a joint initiative of Maharashtra Economic Development Council (MEDC), Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), and the government of Maha

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Domestic tourists outnumber foreigners at Indian heritage hotels

Indian Heritage Hotels

Domestic tourists outnumber foreigners at Indian heritage hotels

PANAJI - Now, domestic tourists are outnumbering foreign travelers with regard to their stay in heritage hotels across India, a heritage hotel body has said.

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‘Oh so pretty on time’ - which Indian carrier would it be?

Indian Airline Industry

‘Oh so pretty on time’ - which Indian carrier would it be?

By Tripti Lahiri

We really, really wanted to say IndiGo because we like their “On Time” commercial so much, with its retro-looking pilots and winking air hostesses being escorted around on conveyor belts.

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Indian media baron seeks to acquire controlling stake in SpiceJet

open offer made to SpiceJet shareholders

Indian media baron seeks to acquire controlling stake in SpiceJet

NEW DELHI — Indian media baron Kalanithi Maran made an open offer to shareholders of SpiceJet Ltd.

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Tourists flocking to India to hire surrogate mothers

commercial surrogacy tourism

Tourists flocking to India to hire surrogate mothers

By Rosemary Black

Foreign tourists visit India by the hundreds each year to hire surrogate moms to carry their babies for them.

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Indian government to introduce legislation to improve airline safety

Indian Aviation

Indian government to introduce legislation to improve airline safety

NEW DELHI - The Indian government will introduce legislation to strengthen Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to improve airline safety mechanism in the aftermath of the Air India plane cras

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Air India strike is over - $2.6 million lost, 17 fired, 15 suspended

Air India Strike

Air India strike is over - $2.6 million lost, 17 fired, 15 suspended

Air India flights staggered back to normal Thursday, after a two-day strike that left 30,000 passengers stranded.

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A happy end to a Malaysian-Singapore agreement about a historic rail station

Malaysia-Singapore

A happy end to a Malaysian-Singapore agreement about a historic rail station

By Luc Citrinot, etn

Unaware passers-by or visitors would probably pay little attention to an old building, half hidden behind trees along a highway running parallel to Singapore Port.

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Air India gag order triggers workers' strike

Airline Workets Protest Gag Order

Air India gag order triggers workers' strike

Air India said some of its maintenance and engineering workers went on indefinite strike Tuesday to protest a company policy that prevents workers from speaking out publicly about the carrier's woes,

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Message from president of Centara Grand at CentralWorld in Bangkok

Damage Not As Bad As Initially Anticipated

Message from president of Centara Grand at CentralWorld in Bangkok

By eTN Staff Writer

After delibertly being set on fire by Red Shirt protestors, CentralWorld appeared to have been in ruins, once the flames were put out.

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Chairman of Air India's parent company defends safety record

Air India Crash

Chairman of Air India's parent company defends safety record

The chairman of Air India's parent company defended the airline's record after a fatal crash Saturday, saying that the pilot and co-pilot were qualified and experienced, not fatigued, and were flying

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