Tata Sons has been selected as the winning bidder for the debt-laden national-carrier Air India, government announced in New Delhi during a press conference. Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) informed the decision and said that a panel of union ministers accepted a proposal from officials recommending the offer […]

The Delhi airport will resume flight operations at its T1 terminal from October 31 onwards after almost 18 months of closure, said its operator DIAL on Friday. The T3 terminal and the T2 terminal of the Delhi airport resumed handling flight operations from May 25, 2020, and July 22, 2021, respectively, the GMR group-led DIAL […]

Sri Lankan authorities said that foreign nationals and dual citizens holding foreign passports would no longer be required to obtain approval from the local Civil Aviation Authority and the Foreign Ministry to arrive in the country following the easing of the Covid-19 pandemic. Xinhua news agency, reported that in a new circular amending the quarantine […]

With the nationwide vaccination drive and increase in passenger confidence in air travel, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) is reopening its Terminal 1 (T1) for domestic flight operations starting October 20. The Terminal 1 will cater to approximately 156 flights daily, while close to 396 flights will fly from Terminal 2. After brief […]

French hospitality major Accor has announced the launch of its full-service 120-room Novotel property in Chandigarh. Of the existing portfolio of brands, Novotel, the company said, forms the largest network of mid-scale hotels in the country with 20 properties operational. Puneet Dhawan, senior vice president of operations – India & South Asia, Accor, said “India […]

Pride Group of Hotels announced that it will expand its portfolio in India to 50 hotels by 2022. The group presently has a presence in around 34 locations and boasts of over 3200 keys. Once the new openings are complete Pride Hotels will have 50 properties and over 5000 keys offering unique guest experiences across […]

Aiming to provide a boost to tourism in the Himalayan nation, Nepal has resumed the on-arrival visa facility for fully vaccinated international travellers. In another significant move to increase the number of tourists, the Nepal government has also removed the mandatory seven days quarantine requirement for such visitors. Travellers should have received their last dose […]

Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has launched “Su-Swagatam (Visit India)” App to facilitate Foreign Visitors intending to Visit India. The main objective of the app is to facilitate Visitors seeking Indian Visa abroad and obtaining visa related services within India while their stay. The app will ease out the Indian Visa related information […]

International charter flights will be hitting the runways at the Dabolim international airport in Goa soon, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said. Speaking to reporters after a government function in North Goa district, Sawant also said that domestic and international tourists will be confident of travelling to Goa after the state is 100 per cent vaccinated […]

Jammu & Kashmir is set to get onto the international aviation map with the Ministry of Civil Aviation okaying the launch of the first commercial flight between Srinagar and Sharjah in the UAE in about a month. “This is a historic step both for J&K and its people. Foreign travellers will soon be able to […]

The Kolkata airport is now geared to roll out the Biometric Boarding System (BBS) with technicians completing installation of all equipment and testing of hardware. The system that will allow paperless and seamless travel experience is expected to be commissioned sometime in November after the software platform is tested and receives the go-ahead from the […]

Full-service carrier Vistara has announced the launch of non-stop flights between Delhi and Paris CDG (Charles de Gaulle) from November 7 under the bilateral ‘transport bubble’ agreement between India and France. The airline will fly twice a week between the two cities – on Wednesdays and Sundays. Vistara will accept all eligible customers meeting visa […]

Radisson Hotel Group (RHG) has reached the milestone of 100 hotels operational in India with the opening of the Bhopal property. Operating in India for the last 20 years, Radisson is one of the leading international hotel companies in India with presence in over 60 locations in the country spread over leisure, business and gateway […]

American Airlines, which will start nonstop flights between Delhi and New York from October 31, and between Bengaluru and Seattle from January 4, 2022, has entered into a codeshare agreement with IndiGo. American will put its code on 29 of IndiGo’s domestic routes in India, providing an option for its customers arriving on the carrier’s […]

Fully vaccinated tourists and Sri Lankans having a negative PCR test result at the point of embarkation will no longer need to get a PCR test at Sri Lankan International Airport, Health Ministry said, announcing new guidelines for domestic and foreign passengers effective from midnight today, i.e. 29th September 2021. Policies for partially vaccinated tourists […]

India administered over 25 million Covid-19 vaccine doses on 17 September 2021, setting a new record on PM Narendra Modi’s birthday. This is the first time that more than 20 million jabs have been administered in a single day. India took 85 days to touch the 100 million vaccination mark, 45 more days to cross […]

In a bid to boost the economy as daily Covid-19 cases in the country have come down, the Central government is considering to resume issuing tourist visas very soon, confirmed a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official said. A senior MHA official confirmed that things have been formalised and a meeting has been called in […]

Acknowledging the potential of the wetland just behind the Atal Bihari Vajpayee International (Ekana) Stadium, the state forest department and Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) have agreed to develop it into an eco-forest. Besides the regular presence of ducks, bee-eaters, kingfishers, sparrows, parakeets and jacanas, deer, golden jackal, monitor lizards, water snakes and butterflies, some extremely […]

The Rajasthan state assembly passed a new bill on 20th September night to insert a new section 27-A in the Rajasthan Tourism Trade (Facilitation and Regulation) Act, 2010, making misbehaviour with tourists a cognisable offence in Rajasthan and a non-bailable one if repeated. According to the section 27-A, “All the offences punishable under the Act […]

In an indication to resume all tourism activities in Goa, the state government has announced the reopening of casinos with 50 per cent capacity. Fully vaccinated visitors and travellers with a negative Covid-19 RT-PCR test report will be allowed to visit casinos from 20th September 2021. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant reviewed the existing restrictions in […]

Two more beaches in India have been awarded ‘Blue Flag’ certification, an international eco-level tag, taking the total number of such beaches in the country to 10, the Environment Ministry said. The two beaches to receive the certification this year are Kovalam in Kerala and Eden in Puducherry, the ministry said. The Ministry of Environment, […]

India’s cumulative vaccination coverage against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on 13th September surpassed the 750 million-mark, an official statement by the Union ministry of health and family welfare read. World Health Organisation’s (WHO) South-East Asia regional director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh congratulated India for achieving the feat at an ‘unprecedented pace.’ “While it took 85 […]