In a bid to live up to its commitment to promote heritage tourism in India, Resbird Technologies Private limited (part of Bird Group) signed an MoU with the Ministry of Tourism to launch ‘Audio Odigos’ - a mobile audio guide app for travelers. The handing…

Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has re-appointed TRAC Representations as their India Representative to strengthen press relations and marketing strategy as a destination for diverse segments of travellers. The key objective is to enhance the positioning of Jamaica as a favoured travel destination for weddings, honeymoon,…

The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) announced plans to prohibit the sale of water in plastic bottles effective August 20, 2019. This move will require all airport retailers, restaurants, airline lounges, and vending machines to sell or provide water in recyclable aluminum, glass or BPI-certified…

Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) conducted a roadshow in New Delhi yesterday to enhance commercial ties with the Indian travel trade fraternity. The team interacted with over 300 key travel and tour operators, MICE providers, up-market leisure operators and media personnel. The Israeli delegation was…

IndiGo has announced the opening of the sale for its daily non-stop flights to China, after receiving the necessary regulatory approvals. Having announced its entry in June, IndiGo will operate daily non-stop flights between Delhi-Chengdu effective September 15, 2019. Chengdu, one of the busiest and…

An unexplored tropical paradise and China’s burgeoning resort city, Sanya is soon opening its tourism office in India in order to attract increasing number of Indian visitors to the seaside resort. Sanya is located along the South China Sea at the southern tip of Hainan,…

OYO Hotels and Homes will strengthen its workforce in India by adding 3,000+ OYOpreneurs over a course of six months (H1 2020). The development is aligned with the hospitality company's commitment towards investing around Rs 1400 crores by 2019-end in India & South Asia business,…

IndiGo announces to launch Bengaluru - Belgaum service effective September 08, 2019. Belgaum will be IndiGo’s 58th domestic and 77th overall destination. The airline has inaugurated 4 new flights on Bengaluru-Belgaum and Bengaluru-Madurai. Further strengthening its connectivity out of Bengaluru, these new routes will be…

In a move to support aviation bodies to revamp airport infrastructure at Delhi and Mumbai, IndiGo will shift a part of its domestic operations to terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and Terminal 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport from September 05,…

The Government has opened 137 mountain peaks for foreigners desirous of obtaining Mountaineering Visa (MX) for mountaineering and trekking. These peaks are located in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. While the highest numbers of 51 peaks have been opened…

Giving a new direction to the promotional activities, Destination Canada has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) recently in Mumbai to jointly conduct presentation workshops to its members in 7 cities across India. The purpose of this activity…

With the start of the school summer vacation period in India, overnight air arrivals from that segment soared by 21 per cent in May 2019, which propelled India as the 4th largest long-haul inbound market that month. Year-to-date growth for May 2019 for India at…

Ebix announced that India Post has unveiled a corporate customized stamp to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Ebix’s foreign exchange, remittances, payment solutions Indian subsidiary company - EbixCash World Money. The release of the stamp is a celebration of the company’s commitment to expand its…

Travelport announces the development of a blockchain solution to enhance the hotel commission reconciliation process. Working with IBM Services and BCD Travel as well as a number of high-profile hotel chains, the blockchain technology solution aims to optimize hotel commission processing on a distributed ledger…

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has begun using the online tourism management system ‘Local Kit’, as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the quality of and add value to community-based tourism in Thailand. Local Kit (localkit.app) is a web application from Find Folk…