The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has planned to open a new world-class executive lounge at the New Delhi Railway Station. “The new state of the art executive lounge aims to provide all services and facilities required for comfortable wait for the passengers during pre-departures and post arrivals,” said an official on September 12. “The lounge has been designed on the looks of airport lounges with much more space and serene environment,” he added. The new lounge has been set up on the first floor of platform number 1 of New Delhi Railway Station and would be functional…
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Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) urged the civil aviation ministry to direct International Air Transport Association (IATA) to ensure that all refunds are processed in cash by the bankrupt Italian airline Alitalia. TAAI also appealed to MoCA to direct IATA to ensure all refunds are processed by the Airline and not place it under suspension as per the IATA-BSP rules. Jyoti Mayal, President – TAAI, in her communication to the government, said, “No Credit Shells shall be acceptable and all refunds should be refunded back in cash into the bank accounts of accredited member agents immediately.” She further added,…
According to Kerala Tourism Department, this app would help the tourists of Kerala find out new tourist attractions and to record their travel experience. The app was launched by actor Mohanlal in a function conducted at Kovalam. Additional Chief Secretary K Venu was also present at the function. Kerala Minister for Tourism and Public Works Department, P A Muhaad Riyas said, “The mobile app highlighting Kerala’s tourist destinations aims to projects the unexplored places.” “Tourism Department identified one such destination in each panchayat that will help tourists to experience the fascinating tourist attractions of God’s own country,” he added. Talking…
IndiGo, one of Asia’s biggest budget airlines, is aiming at running at full capacity domestically and is targeting just over two-thirds in international routes as the virus pandemic eases and people start traveling more. “Things are improving slowly,” Chief Executive Officer Ronojoy Dutta told while speaking to Bloomberg Television adding that it was “hard not to be bullish as traffic is going up.” He said the current load factor for the airline is around 70% and yields are likely to rise in coming months. Current cash levels were “pretty good,” Dutta said, though he added that the company wanted to…
Andhra Pradesh will soon launch an app for the convenience of the public to provide information related to tourism destinations, hotels and special packages, said Muttamsetti Srinivas Rao,Tourism Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The app will be launched by Dasara. Rao has said that the tourism department had suffered huge losses due to the Covid pandemic. The department has netted a revenue of INR 60 crore as against the usual income of about INR 120 crore. The minister said the government has proposed to establish five and seven-star hotels across 13 districts to boost tourism and the hospitality sector through Public-Private…
In a recent update, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has announced a set of fresh Standard Operating Procedure(SOP) for the temple opening. As per new SOP, the famous Jagannath Temple in Odisha will now remain open on Saturdays too for the devotees. The temple will only remain closed on Sundays and on public holidays for the sanitisation purpose. The SOP will come into effect on September 13. Not only this, the darshan timing is also extended by two hours so now devotees will be allowed in the temple for darshan from 7 AM to 9 PM on all days. The…
TAAI, in association with the MSME Development Institute (DI), Ludhiana, organised a web workshop to educate and update its northern region members about various schemes of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise. The workshop is a part of the series initiated by TAAI at pan-India level to educate its members about the benefits and reliefs extended by the Ministry of MSME. Initiating the discussions, Neeraj Malhotra, Chairman, TAAI (NR) delivered introductory remarks and briefed the participants about this unique initiative. He conveyed that how TAAI at the regional level is working wholeheartedly for the members to survive during…
According to ANI report, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Udaipur has recorded maximum tourist footfall in 10 years, said Gayatri Rathore, Principal Secretary, Tourism, Rajasthan. “At a time when tourism has been the worst-affected sector amid COVID, things have improved here. In fact, better than in previous years. Udaipur has recorded maximum tourist footfall in 10 years. Occupancy rate (in hotels) has gone up,” said Rathore. She said the state had become a monsoon getaway and de-stressing point in COVID times. She said that the state had become a monsoon getaway and de-stressing point in COVID times. “On weekends, popular…
After the great success of VTM2020 last year, TravelGyaan is pleased to announce the launch of the 2nd edition of Virtual Travel Mart (VTM2021) on 15th and 16th September (Wednesday & Thursday). The Expo will witness quality travel trade attendees from India. Register FREE for Virtual Travel Mart on http://events.travelgyaan.com Speaking about the event, Nikita Rawtani, Founder, TravelGyaan, said, “VTM2021 is a quality focussed Buyer – Seller Expo and aims to kick-start an initiative to rebuild travel. We are on a mission with a cause and truly believe that participation in VTM will give the Sellers a wonderful opportunity to…
With international travel opening in a phased manner amidst pandemic-induced restrictions being lifted, data analysis of visas processed over the past six months indicate the emergence of a discerning set of travellers opting for premium services for a safe and convenient travel experience. This trend comes to light as a result of a significant increase in customers requesting for the Visa At Your Doorstep (VAYD), service offered by VFS Global. This optional service empowers customers to complete their entire visa application submission process from the comfort of their homes or any other location of their choice. According to data analysis…
