Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas announced plans to open Six Senses Fort Barwara featuring 48 suites in Rajasthan, India. The property is located in the village of Chauth ka Barwara on the site of a 700-year-old fort which was owned by the Rajasthani Royal Family and sits directly opposite the temple, Chauth ka Barwara Mandir. […]

Raffles announced brand’s first forthcoming hotel in India in the city of lakes, Udaipur. The Raffles brand is a global phenomenon that has set the benchmark for unparalleled excellence in guest experience and personalised services. The ethos of the brand is depicted across many noteworthy elements of the hotel.

The second wave of COVID in Nepal has almost subsided with low cases each day with the ongoing vaccination drive. With the declining cases in the country, especially the Kathmandu valley, the government has relaxed the restrictions. In Addition to the new orders, the government has also opened the international flights from 24th June while […]

As the deadly second wave of COVID-19 pandemic continues to be in a downward spiral, states and Union Territories across the country are gearing up to ease the restrictions which were imposed to arrest the rampant spread of the virus. The daily case count has been on a downward trajectory. India’s daily test positivity rate […]

The Taj Mahal and other ASI-protected monuments, sites and museums were declared shut till May 15 by the Union ministry of culture due to the onset of the second wave of Covid-19 in the country. The Archaeological Society of India (ASI) said that the Taj Mahal and other monuments protected by it and remained closed […]

Assam gets 2 new national parks namely Dihing Patkai and Raimona. Assam already has five national parks—Kaziranga, Manas, Dibru-Saikhowa, Nameri and Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park. “With the new notifications, Assam will have the third highest numbers of national parks in the country after Madhya Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands,” Assam forest and environment […]

Sri Lanka on 01st June reopened its international airport for passengers in the midst of the current COVID-19 lockdown with the first flight with 53 passengers landing from Qatar. However, those with a travel record to India and Vietnam over the last 14 days would not be allowed to disembark at the Colombo airport, said […]

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has granted tentative approval to Vistara for an exemption and a foreign air carrier permit to operate scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services between the US and India under the air transport agreement between the two countries. Earlier reports had mentioned that the airline aims to commence scheduled […]

American Airlines has increased the frequency of its upcoming New York to Delhi flights. The airline will now fly to India’s capital on a daily basis for the entire year, which is up from just three times a week during non-peak times. The route is on track to launch on 31st October. First spotted by […]

Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), the owning company of Taj Hotels & Resorts, has signed a 775-room Combo hotel with Bengaluru Airport City Limited (BACL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bangalore International Airport Limited, at Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru. The hotel will be a combination of a 450-room Vivanta and a 325-room Ginger hotel. The […]

Kerala will begin responsible tourism classification for hotels and resorts by August 31 this year. The government has included this as one of the 100-day projects of the new government. Announcing the different projects and initiatives that will either be started or completed in the next 100 days, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the […]

Six sites, including the Ganga ghats in Varanasi, temples of Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu and the Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, have been added to India’s tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites, Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said on May 19. Mr. Patel said six of the nine sites submitted by the Archaeological […]

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), which owns the Taj Group of Hotels, has announced the opening of a new Vivanta Hotel in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The stylishly designed hotel reflects the pulse and culture of God’s own country. With its vantage location in the heart of the city, the hotel is ideally suited for business, MICE and […]

juSTa Hotels and Resorts has now announced the launch of juSTa Birding Resort in Dharamshala. The opening marks the 12th juSTa Hotels and Resorts property in India. Located in the scenic Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, the resort is inspired by the region’s unique heritage and culture, which is designed to offer a comprehensive range […]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) recently announced that international passenger flights will not start operation until June 30, however, the restriction will not apply to international all-cargo flights, and scheduled flights under the travel bubble arrangements. Ban on scheduled international flights has been in place since March last year. Although international flights have […]

After being in the skies for 15 years, GoAir has rebranded itself as ‘Go First’ as the airline focuses on ultra-low-cost business model amid the aviation industry grappling with pandemic headwinds. The announcement on May 13 also comes amid reports that the airline was preparing for an initial share sale to raise funds for its […]

The Nepal government has decided to allow once-a-week flights to China, Qatar and Turkey as all international flights, except two flights per week to India, have remained suspended in the country’s efforts to curb a deadly new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, a Minister said on May 29. Authorities had suspended almost all international flights […]

When plotted on a graph, the curve of Bhutan’s COVID-19 vaccination drive shoots upwards from the very first day, crossing Israel, the United States, Bahrain and other countries known for vaccinating people rapidly. Those countries took months to reach where they are, painstakingly strengthening their vaccination campaigns in the face of rising coronavirus cases. But […]

The number of one-horned rhinos in Nepal’s wildlife sanctuaries has increased by more than a hundred, marking a positive milestone in the Himalayan nation’s conservation efforts. According to the results of the latest census, Nepal’s rhino population has risen to 752, from 645 in 2015. Nepal is among only a few countries where greater one-horned […]

The government has eased the earlier protocol for tourist travelling Nepal. Travelers now will not have to stay on quarantine. Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation under the Government of Nepal has issued a new circular regarding Tourism arrival and management protocol. As per new guideline, all tourists visiting Nepal must follow below. 1. […]

While reopening the e-visa facilitation for international visitors, India has reduced the number of countries eligible for the e-visa facility to 156 from the earlier 170. The major omissions in the new list of countries by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, are the UK, China, Canada, Malaysia, Indonesia, Iran, Hong Kong and […]

Kerala’s successful Responsible Tourism model has made a mark at the recent Africa Travel Week by World Travel Market (WTM) Africa. Rupesh Kumar, State Responsible Tourism Mission Coordinator, Kerala, presented the Kerala case study at the session on ‘How can Tourism Create more Value for Local Communities’. It was the first time somebody from India […]