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 Mr. Rajesh Mishra , New FHRAI President addressing a press Conference at  Hotel Cleredges in New Delhi

Mr. Kamal Sharma (Click for his profile) who recently took over as the Secretary General of FHRAI addressing Press persons on the occasion of a get together organized to welcome new FHRAI president Mr. Rajesh Mishra

Christmas cake mixing celebration at 

Le Meridien New Delhi.

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With India’s foreign tourist arrivals experiencing an unprecedented growth in the recent years, India is heading high on the list of preferred destinations. The year 2005 alone registered 13.2 percent foreign tourist arrivals compared to the last year. This has resulted in increased foreign exchange by 21% in US$ terms in the year 2005. For more focus attention of the travel and tourism industry, Incredible India pavilion at WTM 2006 put up an impressive presence. Over 15 states and Union territories and other service providers such as hotels, tour operators, and airlines unveiled their products at the mart from November 6-9 at London. According to Ambika Soni, Union Minister for tourism and Culture "India is one the most preferred destination 

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RAJESH MISHRA NEW FHRAI PRESIDENT, DEMANDS INFRASTRUCTURAL STATUS FOR HOTEL INDUSTRY U/S 80 IA OF INCOME TAX ACT

Mr. Rajesh Mishra, Managing Director, Mishra's Group of Hotel and Restaurants, Kolkata took over as President of Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) on 12"' November 2006 at the Executive Committee Meeting held in Hotel Mountview, Chandigarh. He took charge from the immediate past president was Mr. Manbeer Chudhary. FHRAI is the most prestigious body of the Hotel & Restaurant Associations formed in 1955.....The long awaited demand of the Hotel industry to grant the infrastructural status u/s 80 IA of Income Tax Act which allows a 10 years tax holiday as in the case of infra-structural projects like road, ports, power, telecommunication etc., and declaring Hotel as an Industry under Industries (Development & Regulation) Act, 1951 so that the Hoteliers can get the benefit of electricity at industrial rate and other benefits applicable to the industries has to be again highlighted before the Government. The time has come that uniform taxation policy must be followed by all the State Governments and Union territories for...........

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THE GRAND CHRISTMAS CAKE MIXING CELEBRATION AT LE MERIDIEN, NEW DELHI

Santa has an early appointment at Le Meridien New Delhi this Year'! This year Delhi has a special treat in store for it. As Finnair, the official Carrier of Santa Claus, flies in the Original Santa from the Santa Claus Village near Rovaniemi, in Finnish Lapland to Le Meridien New Delhi. Santa will be in residence in the hotel from November 10, 2006 to usher in some pre-Christmas cheer. He will participate in the spectacular grand Christmas cake mixing celebration, meet children and bring in general bonhomie and the X-Mas spirit at Le Meridien New Delhi. Traditional cake & pudding mix begins 45 days in advance for maturing and marinating. The ingredients that go in to preparing the cakes and pudding include 500 kg of delicious dried fruits raisins, candy fruits, almonds, black currant orange, lemon and ginger peel, glazed cherries, rum, brandy, whisky, spices and condiments.Mixing will be done by Santa Claus & pastry Kitchen team with flair and style.

ABU DHABI TOURISM AUTHORITY WINS PRESTIGIOUS WTM GLOBAL AWARD 

Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority has been presented with one of seven prestigious World Travel Market Global Awards at WTM’s Opening Ceremony today, Monday 6 November. Director General Mubarak Al Muhairi received the Award from World Travel Market’s Managing Director Fiona Jeffery. WTM’s Global Media Network, representing key travel industry media around the world, were invited to nominate companies who have made a remarkable contribution to their region’s travel and tourism industry.

The ministry of tourism recently launched 'Incredible India Bed & Breakfast scheme'. The ministry of tourism has also laid down certain guidelines for the approval and registration of rooms under this scheme. Permission to run a B&B establishment will be given only in those cases where the owner of the establishment along with his/her family is physically residing in the same establishment and letting out minimum one room and maximum of five rooms or 10 beds. The owner should be able to provide good comfortable beds with all the necessary facilities. Serving Indian/continental breakfast is also mandatory under this establishment. The owner is also required to display the room rates and the breakfast charges prominently.......

JET AIRWAYS GETS SECURITY CLEARANCE TO COMMENCE FLIGHTS TO US

The US State Department has given security clearance to Jet Airways, enabling the private carrier to launch flights to America. The clearance was formally granted to Jet by the Department of Transportation (DoT) after the State Department said the airline had passed security. Earlier, Wolfang Prock-Schauer, CEO, Jet Airways has said on the sidelines of CAPA symposium that the carrier is planning to start flights to US

Kingfisher Airlines has announced the launch of 58 new flights across 15 new routes, connecting nine important cities across the length and breadth of India. The cities between which new services have commenced are Varanasi, Pune, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Jammu and Hyderabad. The launch of these new routes takes the number of daily flights operated by Kingfisher Airlines to 130 flights connecting 23 destinations.

IITF provides a common platform for the manufacturers, traders, exporters and importers. It will once again be held in India's largest and only world class exhibition complex, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from November 14 - 27, 2006. To mark its 26 profitable years, ITPO this time will be having SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES and TOURISM as special theme. Companies from all business avenues will be encouraged to participate, to represent India in its totality and open fresh avenues for major business expansions.

The prestigious "L.K.Bakhshi Excellence -In- Journalism Award " was presented to S.Suresh of UNI New Delhi for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of tourism through his writings. Her Excellency Smt. Pratibha Patel, Governor of Rajasthan presented the award to S.Suresh on the inaugural function of the XXII Annual Convention of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) at Jaipur.