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South African Tourism trade delegation arrives in India to define targets and strategy for 2018
South African Tourism begins 2018 with the 15th edition of its biggest travel trade initiative in India. South African Tourism’s Roadshow will travel to five Indian cities; Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore,
India’s Air Odisha secures scheduled operator permit
Air Odisha (Bhubaneswar) has received a scheduled air operator permit from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), allowing it to launch scheduled operations planned to commence on February 17. “We
SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh awarded ‘EY Entrepreneur of the year 2017 for Business Transformation’
SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh — widely acknowledged as a turnaround specialist — was named ‘Indian Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 for Business Transformation’ by Ernst & Young
Kamats Restaurants to expand pan India to 150 outlets by 2019
VIDLI Kamats Restaurants, the Mumbai based restaurant chain which operates under brands “Vithal Kamats Original Family Restaurants” and “Kamats Original Family Restaurants” plans to expand its presence to 30 more
Overnight inter-city travel by trains could soon be at 250 kmph
Overnight intercity travel could soon get faster as railways plans to run trains at a speed of 200-250 kmph on new high speed corridors to be announced in April this year. Railways minister Piyush Goyal has
Thomas Cook India honoured with Best Risk Management Award
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. was honoured with the prestigious award for Best Risk Management Practices at the 4th edition of The ICICI Lombard-CNBC TV18 India Risk Management Awards 2018. Presented by
Cruise terminal in Chennai to be ready in a month
Chennai’s status as a holiday destination for cruise ships is set to get a boost in two years. To lure tourist operators, the Union shipping ministry has offered them special
Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani train gets a makeover under Indian Railways Operation Swarn
Passengers on the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express are in for a delight as the Indian Railways has introduced new coaches for the superfast air-conditioned train under Operation Swarn. The new coaches
Maldives tries to fight off travel alerts as tourists stay away
Tourists have been cancelling hundreds of hotel bookings in Maldives every day since the imposition of a state of emergency last week, tour operators say, despite government assurances things are
Airlines liable to pay passengers for denying boarding: DGCA to HC
Aviation regulator DGCA has told the Delhi High Court that it does not permit the practice of overbooking of flights and the airlines are liable to compensate the passengers who
