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» Tourism Ministry to launch new website listing major tourist destinations within India

So far details of 243 destinations have been compiled and the effort is to cover every tourist spot in the country ... Read more

» Expedia to acquire stake in German hotel site Trivago for USD 632 Million

Expedia raised the possibility that it might spin off trivago in coming years to expand shareholder value, the approach that it took with TripAdvisor ... Read more

» Indian users searching more for services like travel: Google

An analysis of the top searched travel websites showed that railways, airline tickets, and hotel booking sites were an obvious trend; Mobile driving the search growth ... Read more

» World Travel Market to expand and improve its mobile offering

WTM technology region has been the fastest growing segment of the WTM exhibition floor, increasing by 40% and 30% over the past two events with mobile exhibitors being a key part of the expansion ... Read more

» ITB Berlin connects the travel industry with the world of bloggers

A matchmaking event for exhibitors and bloggers – reception for bloggers at the Travel Massive event on the eve of ITB Berlin 2013 – eTravel World ... Read more

» ITB Berlin Convention Programme 2013 now online

The event features leading speakers and discussions on key themes concerning tourism, politics and society; Free admission for visitors to the show ... Read more

» UAE Exchange Launches Six-currency Prepaid Travel Card Gocash in Dubai

Customers can load up to six currencies out of a bouquet of 15; Card can be used across 34.3 million MasterCard-enabled merchant locations ... Read more

» TripAdvisor Becomes PATA Strategic Partner

The partnership will enable PATA and TripAdvisor to collaborate on joint initiatives such as surveys, reports and data sharing ... Read more

» US agency urges to ease ban on use of electronics during flight takeoffs and landings

A 2006 FAA study had found that there was no evidence saying these devices can interfere with a planes system ... Read more

» 48 per cent Asia-Pacific tourists still prefer travel agents to book their holidays

57% are influenced by travel television programmes on deciding the destination of their choice as per a survey ... Read more

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