Over half a million readers of the Conde Nast Traveler have declared Udaipur’s Taj Lake Palace Hotel as the 3rd best in the world. These readers belong predominantly to US and UK. This was announced in the Conde Nast Travelers’ Choice Awards 2019. Annual reader surveys in the US and UK have been compiled into […]

For the first time in its 166-year history, Indian Railways is letting go of its monopoly on rail travel. Beginning tomorrow (Oct. 05), commuters between Delhi and Lucknow will be able to travel in a “private” train that comes with swanky, aircraft-like frills. The Tejas Express, flagged off by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath […]

Travellers get ready for some more delays and diversions as Mumbai airport’s main runway will be closed for five months, from November to March (2019-2020). The main runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai (CSIA) handles around 46 flights per hour. But with the renovation work lined, all commercial flights will operate from the […]

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road, Transport and Highways & Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (IC) inaugurated the India Tourism Mart (ITM) 2019 in New Delhi yesterday. The Ministry of Tourism and the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality […]

Driven by brand new content and fascinating visuals, the interactive Facebook page of Kerala Tourism has hit a new high, emerging as the most followed tourism page in South Asia, overtaking Tourism Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand by a fair margin. The number of ‘likes’ on Kerala Tourisms Facebook page has tripled in the past two […]

India has moved up six places to rank 34th from the 40th place on world travel and tourism competitiveness index (TTCI), according to World Economic Forum (WEF) report. The report states that India had the greatest improvement over 2017 among the top 25 per cent of all countries ranked in the report. In 2015, India […]

Addressing the media at before the inauguration of 2nd India Tourism Mart 2019, Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister for Culture & Tourism (IC) said that GST rate cut on hotel accommodation service will boost tourism sector. He said that the decision of the GST Council to lower the GST rate for hotels was the most […]

Air India passengers can soon avail ‘Namaskar Sewa’, a meet and greet service wherein dedicated personnel will receive the customers at airport entry gate and assist them till being seated in the aircraft. The disinvestment-bound national carrier, which is already providing similar services to first class passengers, would be rolling out the initiative on a […]

Air India has announced its new direct route of Delhi – Seoul, starting from 19 September. The national carrier will operate direct flights four days a week on the two route using the state-of-the-art Dreamliner aircraft with a capacity of 256 passengers. Air India was so far operating one-stop flight to Seoul via Hong Kong. […]

LOT Polish Airlines, the national carrier of Poland and the leading carrier of Central and Eastern Europe, has started Delhi operations from Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The opening of the Delhi – Warsaw route is part of the airline’s larger route expansion to Asia in recent times. Operated by Dreamliner, the airline will fly […]

Earlier this month, Vistara started daily flights to Singapore from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) and Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM). Vistara has started daily flight services between Delhi and Bangkok! Flyers can now travel in Premium Economy, Business and Economy classes to Thailand capital Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) airport. Bangkok is touted as […]

Budget carriers SpiceJet and IndiGo have started domestic operations from Terminal 3 (T3) of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport with effect from today, 5 September. “While Indigo would shift a portion of its operations from T2 to T3, SpiceJet would shift all of its domestic flights, operating from T2 to T3,” the GMR-led Delhi International […]

India will introduce a flexible e-tourist visa regime for over 160 countries based on tourist footfall, with higher fee for the peak season of July to March and a considerably lower fee during the lean period of April to June, officials have said. The fee for e-visa with a validity of 30 days to five […]

The Union Home Ministry recently announced that foreign visitors coming to India can avail treatment anywhere in the country without procuring a medical visa. However, treatment of diseases requiring an organ transplant would be permitted only on submission of a medical visa. The ministry said in a statement that indoor treatment can be taken on […]

Tired of waiting for long hours after a delayed flight or paying exorbitant cancellation charges, despite cancelling the flight on the same day as your booking? The Ministry of Civil Aviation recently released a draft Passenger Charter defining rights for air passengers which seeks to remedy a number of problems flyers often face. To resolve the issues, […]

Union Culture Minister (IC) Prahlad Singh Patel announced that opening hours of 10 historical monuments across the country has been increased and now these monuments will remain open from Sunrise to 9 pm for common public. The decision made public by Culture Minister while talking to media in New Delhi. Earlier these monuments used to […]

With Today’s publication of the All India Tiger Census by the Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister – on Global Tiger Day –  with a 33 per cent rise in Tiger numbers to just under 3000 wild tigers – we can all celebrate the extraordinary turnaround that has happened in India. The celebration is special given the […]

As per an official announcement, daytime flight operations at Cochin International Airport will remain suspended, starting from November 20, 2019. This is on account of a major re-carpeting work that will start in November and continue until March 28, 2020. All airlines flying to and from Cochin (Kochi) have been instructed by Cochin International Airport […]

ndoIndiGo ventures on the Buddhist circuit with the launch of daily non-stop ATR flights between Kolkata, Gaya and Varanasi. Effective August 08, 2019, IndiGo will initiate flight operations on Kolkata – Gaya, Kolkata – Patna, Kolkata – Varanasi and Gaya – Varanasi routes along with additional frequency on Kolkata – Varanasi route. Bookings on these […]

The Jammu & Kashmir government has said that the Kargil Airport will be developed into a full-fledged airport for commercial flight operations. According to an official spokesperson, BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir government held a meeting in New Delhi with Union Secretary, Civil Aviation and other Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials including […]

Visitors will be charged an additional fee for spending more than 3 hours at the monument, as a circular implementing the three-hour limit has come into force. In order to prevent unauthorised entry, turnstile gates have been set up. The Taj Mahal, among the famous seven wonders of the world, nestled in the city of […]

The Home Ministry has given its approval to Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport to set up an immigration counter- providing it the status of an international airport. This will enable the airport to commence direct international flight operations from the city. “The central government has designated Indore airport as an authorised immigration check post for entry […]