Madame Tussauds – a world renowned attraction– is back in an all-new avatar at a new venue at DLF Mall of India, Noida. The attraction at its new location will be known as Madame Tussauds India, and is set to provide the opportunity for fans to get up close to their favourite celebrities and experience their most iconic moments of fame through 360 sets and cutting-edge technology. The new location at DLF Mall of India, Noida will exhibit close to 50 figures of leading Indian and International personalities from the fields of sports, entertainment, history, and music. Madame Tussauds first…
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As the Badrinath and Kedarnath sacred pilgrimages are set to open on May 8 and May 6 respectively, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched a budget-friendly tour package by air. The IRCTC’s Char Dham Yatra tour will start from Bhubaneshwar airport on June 10, 2022, while the trip will end on June 21, 2022. The cost of the IRCTC’s pilgrim air tour package will start from INR 60,000. The IRCTC said that pony charges, helicopter charges, and palki charges are not included in the tour price. IRCTC Char Dham yatra package includes: Return Airfare (Bhubaneswar -…
Travel app ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Limited) has appointed Rahul Gautam as its Group Chief Financial Officer with effect from today. Gautam brings considerable experience in capital markets, corporate finance, and business advisory. He will succeed Ravi Gupta, who has resigned due to personal reasons. In his current role at ixigo, Gautam will be leading the finance function for ixigo with specific focus on corporate finance and corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, public markets and investor relations, growth, risk management and financial reporting. Gautam has held various leadership roles – most recently serving as Senior Vice President – Finance at…
Instituted for the protection, upliftment, and with a long-term mission to create synergy between rural and urban women to work in conjunction – TAAI touched upon several sensitive issues experienced by women at WITT 2022. In its second edition of Women In TAAI and Tourism, the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) chanted the mantra of involving and empowering women to become proactive, self-dependent, and commanding in every facet of their lives. Bettiah Lokesh, Secretary-General of TAAI, in his welcome address, enunciated a three-step process to aid women empowerment in tourism – promote women in entrepreneurship, encourage their participation, and…
India and Canada have discussed the expansion of the bilateral air service agreement that will allow more flights between the two countries. Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is on a nine-day visit to the US and Canada, met Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra. “I personally thanked my counterpart for India’s help in repatriating Canadians stuck in India in the beginning of the pandemic,” Alghabra stated on Twitter after the meeting. Alghabra said he had a productive meeting with Scindia regarding issues of mutual importance to Canada and India. “We spoke about expanding the Air Transport Agreement that will allow…
GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited announced on Wednesday that it had received permission to operate Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport for a further period of 30 years. In a statement, the company confirmed the receipt of a letter of confirmation from the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) extending the term of the December 20, 2004, concession agreement for operating the airport for a further period from March 23, 2038, up to March 22, 2068. The airport is India’s first greenfield airport built under public-private partnership. Commissioned in a record time of 31 months and inaugurated in March 2008, the airport…
In an interaction with Disha Shah Ghosh, Rajat Bhatia, Director on Board/VP –People & Culture (International) and Vikas Banga, VP-Products, Fareportal shed light on their technology innovation, manpower and and customisation for corporate travel needs. Q. How does Fareportal bridge the gap between a booking site and an agent? A. Fareportal provides high quality and high touch customer care 24/7 through its captive contact centre with phone numbers displayed on every web page, providing wide variety of travel products and assisted buying for our customers. Q. How do you position Fareportal in the global market vis-à-vis competitors in the same…
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that India is working on making its airports carbon-neutral in the future, reports DNA News. Taking to Twitter, Scindia said, “India is working towards making its airports carbon neutral in the near future so as to emerge as a responsible player in the international civil aviation industry.” “The way Indian civil aviation has bounced back post #COVID19 with all protocols in place shows its resilience & determination. With a robust and holistic plan for the future, we are sure, we will set new milestones in air, soon” – at the Reception of…
Having successfully hosted a 4-city roadshow in India along with experiential consumer, corporate and trade activations, South African Tourism (SAT) has announced yet another high impact association with South Asia’s leading travel show – SATTE 2022. The tourism board will showcase destination South Africa at the 29th edition of the trade show, which will be held at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida in Delhi NCR from May 18 to 20, 2022. South African Tourism, along with 35 prominent South African exhibitors, will introduce novel and upgraded destination offerings. The suppliers will include 3 South African provinces namely Mpumalanga Tourism…
The Assam Cabinet has approved the contract for construction of Terminal & Riverine Infrastructure at Guwahati Gateway Ghat; which will integrate connectivity and safe communication in ferry ghats of Guwahati & North Guwahati alongwith boosting tourism potential of the Brahmaputra. The total contract value is INR 289.45 crores, reports Northeast Today. Besides, the Assam Inland Waterways Company Limited (AIWCL) – a fully-owned state government will be constituted. The mandate of this company includes – establishment, maintaining and operating cost-effective water transportation services within Assam, including river cruises; developing & maintaining all-weather ports, jetties, passenger terminals, etc.
