Travel & Tourism Trade Shows in November 2008

Caravan Bremen (07-NOV-08 to 11-NOV-08)
Place of Trade Show: Bremen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Bremen, Germany

Gaste (08-NOV-08 to 11-NOV-08)
Place of Trade Show: Leipzig Exhibition Centre, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (IHMRS 2008) (08-NOV-08 to 11-NOV-08)
Place of Trade Show: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, United States Of America

Gastronomia Expo (09-NOV-08 to 12-NOV-08)
Place of Trade Show: Lausanne Switzerland, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

World Travel Market (WTM 2008) (0-NOV-08 to 13-NOV-08)
Place of Trade Show: ExCeL Exhibition Centre, London, England, United Kingdom

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River Ganga as National River

The Indian government has decided to declare the river Ganga as a national river, following campaigns from several quarters to preserve its cultural and religious significance. A High Powered Ganga River Basin Authority, to be chaired by the prime minister, will be set up as an empowered planning, implementing and monitoring authority for the river. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, or moef, has decided to conduct a basin-wide pilot study of the ecological impact of hydel projects coming up on the Ganga.

The study will be conducted from Dharasu to Gangotri lying in the stretch of the Ganga’s tributary Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand. It will help in the planning of hydropower projects and maintaining adequate water flow in the river for its ecological health. IIT Roorkee and G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora, have been asked to submit proposals for conducting the study.

Barack Obama President of the United States

Barack Obama, elected as the first black president of the United States on 4 november 2008. He is 44th president of US. He is from Democratic Party. This is the first time in US history that an African American won presidential election. Barack Obama done his graduation from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.

Barack Obama announced his presidential campaign in February 2007, and was nominated at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate. In the 2008 presidential election he won 53% of the popular vote and 364 electoral college votes against Senator John McCain's 46% of the popular vote and 162 electoral college votes.

Ban on Airlines Advertisements

Indian government put ban on all such type of airlines ads which gives incomplete information about fairs and other conveniences. The ban focussed those ads which shows low basic fares and do not showing high surcharges and taxes. The aviation ministry and DGCA recently probed a leading low cost carrier, which had started advertising fares of Rs 99 with the steep add-ons amount finding no mention, to withdraw the campaign.

Apart from a low passenger service fee of Rs 225, all other hefty surcharges are pocketed by airlines. On the basic fee, Indian carriers levy four different types of taxes and surcharge passenger service fee, fuel and congestion surcharges and transaction fee.