Free Air tickets for jailed Sri lankan Domestic helpers in Bahrain

Sri Lankan Government has pledged to pay for the air tickets of female workers returning home from Bahrain’s prisons. Migrant Workers Protection Society (MWPS) action committee head Marietta Dias said the vow was made to the society by Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry officials.
“We have spoken with the Sri Lankan Government and they [...]

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American Express Issues Travel Insurance Warning

Many British holidaymakers are neglecting to take out travel insurance – because they believe that their EHIC cards offer them cover instead.
According to research from American Express, 2.3 million travellers who took a trip within the EU over the past year did not take out insurance for this reason. The firm also said that [...]

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South Asian Bar Association of Northern California to help ASA students

It seems that help is on its way for the students of the American School of Aviation,  South Asian Bar Association of Northern California (SABA) has offered assistance to the more than 100 stranded students for assessing their legal options to get justice and remain within the U.S.
A press release issued by the South Asian [...]

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Travel agent’s trial date vacated as defense looks at options

The Fallon (Fallon is a city in Churchill County, located in western Nevada, United States) travel agent accused of embezzling money from more than 30 people had her scheduled trial date of Sept. 15 vacated Tuesday morning.
Cynthia Lea Holland-Taylor, 60, is charged with 36 crimes, including 16 counts of embezzlement, 16 counts of use [...]

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Stranded Indian Medical students in China are being flown home by Air India

Dozens of Indian medical students who have been stranded in China after buying fake air tickets are being flown home, officials from Air India say.
The airline flew 12 of the students back to India on Monday.
Many students returning to India on holiday were left stranded in Beijing and other parts of China after they [...]

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Bangladeshi Travel Agent duped 154 Indian Medical Students in China

Chinese police have sealed the house of an absconding Bangladeshi agent, accused of duping 154 Indian medical students by selling them fake tickets for flights to India.
Indian embassy officials had requested the police to investigate the case after the students studying in Chongqing, Nanjing and Suzhou medical universities who had booked E-tickets through the agent [...]

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Kingfisher came inch closer to buying SpiceJet

Kingfisher Airlines is close to acquiring a controlling stake in another low-cost carrier SpiceJet.
The deal will value SpiceJet around $300 million dollars. It is likely to be a cash-and- share swap deal.
Mallya is likely to acquire 26% stake in SpiceJet, and make an open offer for an additional 20% stake. He is also likely to [...]

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American School of Aviation became biggest aviation scam of our times

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This whole issue of American School of Aviation has become such an important issue for all of us in travel industry that we cannot just let it go. I was most concerned by the reports being published in American media which are [...]

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Do we really need extra toppings?

Its not easy to be an agent only and remain an agent throughout. You need some extra toppings also, stuff like various accreditation, memberships an extra membership and another accreditation just in case you are barred from the first one. In the beginning I was thinking that only important thing for an agent is to [...]

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Let’s do it.

First of all let me clear every visitor about this Blog. Why I’d to create this particular Blog. Actually I wanted a helping hand from all of you people who are in this business since long time and by now we all have understood very well that unity is the key to success. There must [...]

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