Emirates airline offers special package for Ramadan
The United Arab Emirates airliner Emirates is offering a special package to visitors to Dubai to mark the ensuing Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The offer, which runs Sep 1-30, involves six select hotels in Dubai. The package includes, among other things, extra nights with bed and breakfast at special rates, inclusive of all accommodation-related taxes and charges. The offer is available worldwide to all Emirates passengers traveling in any class and includes a meet-and-assist service at the Dubai International Airport. Passengers will receive chauffeur-driven transfers between the airport and the hotel. The offer is available for individual passengers only and not for groups.
SpiceJet offers concessional air fare for armed forces
Low-cost carrier SpiceJet announced 'freedom to fly' offer for armed forces, under which they can fly on SpiceJet aircraft anywhere in the country by paying only the surcharges and other taxes of the air ticket. The new offer that waves off basic fares for soldiers will be effective from August 15, 2008. This is for the first time that any private air carrier offered such concessions for air travel to the armed forces.
Volvo Ocean organizers satisfied with Kochi stopover arrangements
Top officials of the 2008 Volvo Ocean Race expressed satisfaction at the arrangements being made by Cochin Port Trust (CPT) for the race's stopover, the only one in India, from December 3 to 13, 2008. No in-port race would be held, the participating yachts, during their departure on December 13, would take a loop into the city backwaters so that the maximum number of people can view them from various vantage points. As of now, seven teams had confirmed their participation in the 39,000 nautical mile round-the-world sailing marathon which would start from Alicante in Spain in October, 2008 and stop over at 11 ports before reaching the finishing line at St. Petersburg, Russia.
Indian Carriers record growth in domestic passengers
According to a recent report by Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), Indian scheduled carriers have recorded growth in Quarter Two of 2008. The total domestic passenger carried by scheduled airlines of India from April to June 2008 was 115.14 lakhs. The total domestic passengers carried by scheduled airlines of India from January to March 2008 were 111.90 lakhs.
Kerala Travel Mart – September 20th - 23rd
Kerala Travel Mart, the biennial event showcasing the best of the ''God's Own Country,'' will be held at Cochin during September 20-23. As many as 750 buyers and sellers have already registered to attend the only tourism mart in the sub-continent that brings together the business fraternity and entrepreneurs behind the tourism products and services of the state. Road shows are being organized in the cities of Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai to increase the number of domestic tourists visiting the state.
