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The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel opens in Delhi

The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts has announced a new addition to the group’s luxury portfolio with the reflagging of Ambience Group’s five-star deluxe hotel in East Delhi. Renamed The

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Qatar Airways launches new Durban flights

Qatar Airways has launched new services between Doha and Durban, offering passengers the opportunity to experience another idyllic subtropical destination. The four-times-weekly service to Durban further complements the airline’s existing

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GoAir explores Kuwait, Teheran routes for international foray

GoAir is evaluating destinations such as Kuwait, Male (Maldives) and Teheran for its planned international foray next year. According to sources, the airline is looking at limited international operations from

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Many positive developments this year in India’s travel and tourism industry

Interview with Shantha de Silva, Head of South West Asia, IHG. Q. How will you assess year 2015 for travel and hospitality industry? Do you think 2015 has been better

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SpiceJet offering airfares starting at Rs 716

SpiceJet on Monday launched the ‘Happy New Year Sale,’ offering one-way base airfares starting at Rs 716 (excluding taxes) on some popular routes on the domestic network. The four-day sale

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A stellar rise to the top

Q&A with Zubin Karkaria From joining travel firm SOTC as a young tour manager in 1991 to becoming the first Indian to head the 109-year-old Zurich-based Kuoni Group, as its

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Starwood expands footprint in Thailand

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with Grand Bay Hotel, to unveil the Sheraton Phuket Grand Bay Resort. Slated to open in January 2019 on Thailand’s largest island,

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OYO Rooms announces MoU with Tourism & Hospitality Skill Council (THSC)

Plans to train nearly 3 lakh workers across 150 cities in the next three years. MoU will be signed at 4th National Conference on Skill Development 2015 being hosted by

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Hellenic Tours of Greece visits India

Representatives of Hellenic Tours recently visited India in order to strengthen its relationship with the Indian travel trade and attract Indian tourists to Greece. Athens- based Hellenic Tours, one of

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New and improved UK Visa Application Centre opens in Connaught Place, Delhi

British High Commissioner for India, Sir James Bevan KCMG, formally opened the UK & Ireland’s new Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Connaught Place, Delhi. The new VAC brings a number