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'Hospitality industry hobbled by land costs, taxes, delays'
SME Times News Bureau | 13 Feb, 2012
High real estate costs, lack of any tax incentive and bureaucratic hurdles are huge problems for the growth of the hospitality industry that is one of the country's top job earners, a survey revealed Sunday.
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Kingfisher one thousand pc safe: Mallya
SME Times News Bureau | 09 Jan, 2012
United Breweries Group chairman Vijay Mallya Saturday said its Kingfisher Airlines was "one thousand percent safe to fly" and that safety was the airline's top priority.
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Data, not voice, will now drive telecom growth: Report
SME Times News Bureau | 13 Dec, 2011
Value-added services like mobile banking will drive the growth of India's booming telecom sector in the next phase, with the market for such offerings set to rise four-fold to Rs.482 billion (USD 9.64 billion) by 2015, says a new report.
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Tourism Minister eyes 25 mn new jobs in 12th plan
Saurabh Gupta | 24 Nov, 2011
Union Minister for Tourism, Subodh Kant Sahai Wednesday asked industry to help govt in achieving the set target of about 25 million new jobs in the sector during the 12th Plan period.
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Govt to attact more tourists to northeast: Minister
SME Times News Bureau | 19 Nov, 2011
The tourism ministry has proposed a Rs.600 crore package under the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) for developing tourism infrastructure to attract more tourists in the northeastern region, Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay said in Shillong on Friday.
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Fears on Kingfisher's viability grow, seeks Govt bailout
SME Times News Bureau | 12 Nov, 2011
Kingfisher Airlines has sought the government's help in dealing with a major crisis which has seen the carrier cancel a number of flights while struggling with a pilot exodus and huge debts.
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Max Bupa bids for state health insurance in three states
SME Times News Bureau | 18 Oct, 2011
Health insurance provider Max Bupa has bid for a product distribution tender under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) scheme in three states, a top company official said Monday.
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'BSNL's disconnection threat illegal and coercive'
SME Times News Bureau | 14 Sep, 2011
Private telecom operators Tuesday slammed the state-owned BSNL saying that the operator has been trying to charge an unfair amount as carrier charge from all the private operators and termed the threat to disconnect networks as "illegal and coercive".
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Govt to focus on building tourism infrastructure: Minister
SME Times News Bureau | 10 Sep, 2011
The tourism ministry proposes to use additional funds it has been allotted under the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) for developing tourism infrastructure to attract more tourists to the country.
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Tech in tourism is PATA focus in 2011
SME Times News Bureau | 08 Sep, 2011
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is trying to leverage more technology in tourism, help destinations recovering from disasters and build better business environment as part of its travel trade strategy in 2011.
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