British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will open up more countries for hotel quarantine-free travel later this week, The Sunday Telegraph reported, saying that the UK’s “red list” of destinations would be slashed to nine from 54. Fully vaccinated arrivals from countries including South Africa, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia will no longer have to quarantine in a government-designated hotel for 10 days when they get to England from later in October, the newspaper said. The changes are set to be announced on October 07, and will likely result in a surge of bookings, boosting airlines and travel companies that have been…
Author: Prasenjit Chakraborty
The ETAA (Enterprising Travel Agents Association) North India committee organized yet another successful 2 night and 3 days orientation trip at Palampur and Dharamshala with Hotel Partner “JüSTa Hotels and Resorts from the 22nd to 24th September 2021. The event was packed to capacity, and was attended by 26 members who enjoyed the beautiful road trip to the beautiful locales of Palampur and Dharamshala. Surrounded by the dense cedar forests all over and located at an altitude of 1,457metres, Dharamshala is an immensely beautiful hill station. The Dalai Lama lives in the McLeod Ganj town of Dharamshala, which in-itself makes…
The Centre has decided to revive the Sree Narayana Guru pilgrimage circuit, also known as the Sivagiri pilgrimage, due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s affinity to the teachings of the sage, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said. Muraleedharan said, in a release, that this is the only project that has been revived after it was cancelled under the Swadesh Darshan scheme by the Union Ministry of Tourism. The minister made the announcement while handing over electric vehicles sanctioned by the Union Tourism Ministry for the Sree Narayana Guru Pilgrimage Circuit at Aruvippuram , the release said.…
At a time when the whole world is coming together to recover from the pandemic and bring growth back on track, a resurgent India is ready to take on the responsibility of being the frontrunner in this revival process, said Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Government of India, Piyush Goyal. The minister was inaugurating the India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, which will showcase India’s vibrant culture, along with the diverse partnership opportunities that the country is capable of offering. “The reforms unleashed in the last seven years by the government under…
As Thailand prepares to re-open its borders to the World, TravelBullz and the Tourism Authority of Thailand prepares to welcome Indian guests back to Amazing Thailand. In the first phase of the destination re-opening, the Indian Travel League (ITL), a fun-filled quiz program aimed at engaging the travel agent community in India will focus on Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga, Khao Lak, Koh Yao Yai & Noi. The goal would be to generate interest, awareness and educate sellers about the destinations and hotel & attraction partners. To help achieve the above objective we welcome the Indian travel agent’s fraternity to join…
The government has denied media reports that Tata Group has won the bid for the debt-laden Air India. Bloomberg had reported earlier that salt-to-software conglomerate would re-acquire the national carrier more than half a century after ceding control to the government. “Media reports indicating approval of financial bids by Government of India in the AI disinvestment case are incorrect,” the finance ministry said today, adding the media will be informed of any decision “as and when it is taken.” Tata Group and SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh in his private capacity had bid for the embattled state-run Air India earlier this…
Tata Sons has won the final bid for acquiring national carrier Air India, according to government sources. The salt-to-software conglomerate had submitted the final bid for the airline on September 15 and emerged as the frontrunner to acquire the airline. While SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh had also submitted a bid for the airline, government sources have confirmed that Tata Sons submitted a higher offer for acquiring the airline. Sources said a ministerial panel led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved the bid submitted by Tata Sons. The development comes a day after a report indicated that the government finalised…
India will have to look at the hub and spoke model to fly more passengers from and into the country, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. Speaking at PHDCCI annual general meeting on September 30, Scindia said the aim should be to make India a robust aviation hub, which will enable more passengers to fly from here to different parts of the world and vice versa. “We have to look at putting in place systems that allow connectivity on long haul travel, to places like Europe, where we currently have one or two airlines flying to such destinations,” Scindia said.…
The Transport Department of kerala has agreed in-principle to slash vehicle tax on tourist caravans to one-fourth, considering the potential of caravan tourism in revving up tourism and employment in Kerala. Transport Minister Antony Raju agreed in-principle to such a proposal from Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas at ‘Keravan Kerala’, a joint workshop of Tourism and Transport departments, held at Bolgatty Palace on September 30, to deliberate on the operational details of caravan tourism policy and to sensitise Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) on its procedural and regulatory aspects. The government would approve the proposal shortly after going through the formalities…
Vistara, has won two prestigious awards – Best Airline in India & Southern Asia and Best Airline Staff in India & Southern Asia, at the 2021 World Airline Awards. The airline also won the award for ‘Best Cabin Crew in India & Southern Asia’, besides getting ranked the highest in India for Cabin Cleanliness. Vistara was voted for by global air travellers based on their experiences, elevating the airline to the 28th position amongst 350 global airlines (up from 69th in 2019 and 86th in 2018). The World Airline Awards are based on surveys of more than 13 million travellers…
