Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) joins the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Board of Directors as an Affiliate Member for the 2022-2025 period. Representing Türkiye, TGA is expected to have a decisive role in the World Tourism Organization’s goals towards the development…

Choice Hotels India adds another glorious property to its portfolio with Comfort Inn Coral River in Madhopur near Pathankot further strengthening its presence in the Punjab region after Patiala, Bhatinda, Amritsar, and Zirakpur. Vilas Pawar, the CEO, Choice Hotels India, said, “Punjab has a huge…

Qatar Airways celebrates its 25th Anniversary by launching a global sales campaign for passengers in India, offering great savings of up to 25 per cent on flight tickets. This is in addition to special savings on seat selection, extra baggage allowance, hotel bookings and car…

The hotel industry demand has recovered at a sharp pace post Covid 2.0, aided by easing restrictions, high pace of vaccination and pent-up demand. The demand for hotel stays in the last few months has come primarily from staycations, weddings, travel to driveable leisure destinations,…

Etihad Airways has launched a Global Sale with exclusive offers for travellers looking to explore new destinations or visit friends and family overseas in 2022. From Abu Dhabi, guests can fly to any of Etihad’s select destinations, such as London, Paris, New York and more,…

Domestic air passenger traffic grew by ~5-6% at ~111 lakh in December 2021, compared to ~105 lakh in November 2021. The same reflects a Y-o-Y growth of ~52%, wherein passenger traffic stood at ~73 lakh in December 2020. The airlines’ capacity deployment for December 2021…

The hospitality industry was slowly getting into a recovery mode on the strength of domestic tourism – leisure and events, only to be plunged back into uncertainty on account of the omicron threat. It is critical to protect the industry during such prolonged periods of…

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and UKinbound have welcomed the government's decision to remove pre-departure tests for travellers and replace damaging Day 2 PCR testing with antigen tests. Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said: “The removal of pre-departure tests and replacing Day…

Rakesh Kumar Verma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, said that India offers best of both modern and traditional systems of medicines and can provide holistic healing to people from across the world. "Our country is one of the prominent destinations for medical…

Greater Bay Airlines has signed an agreement with Amadeus to make its schedules and fares available to travel agencies worldwide via the Amadeus Travel Platform in the first quarter of 2022. Flights will commence in the same quarter, subject to regulatory approvals. Amadeus-connected travel sellers…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has been voted ‘Best Cruise’ at India’s Best Awards (IBA) 2021 — the annual flagship awards of Travel + Leisure India & South Asia. “This is a very special honour indeed, more so because it comes from the readers of Travel…

IndiGo reinstated four weekly flights between Delhi-Port Blair effective January 09, 2022. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer, IndiGo said, “We are pleased to strengthen our domestic presence and recommence operations between Delhi-Port Blair. These flights will enhance connectivity and promote tourism, trade, and…

Sayaji Hotels commemorates its 32nd anniversary on January 7th, 2022. The first stone of the hotel was laid in Vadodara in the year 1990. To celebrate this momentous occasion with its esteemed patrons Effotel by Sayaji Vadodara is offering discount on rooms and F&B facilities…

The hotel industry demand has recovered at a sharp pace post Covid 2.0, aided by easing restrictions, high pace of vaccination and pent-up demand. The demand for hotel stays in the last few months has come primarily from staycations, weddings, travel to driveable leisure destinations,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the New Integrated Terminal Building of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport. In his address, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that a new chapter has been added to the glorious history of Tripura with the inauguration of the new…