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Crowne Plaza London – Albert Embankment Crowne Plaza London – Albert Embankment, the first luxury hotel in the Albert Embankment area, is all set to launch in May 2018. Located on the South Bank of the River Thames, this new hotel is symbolic of the new brand platform from Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resort that launched earlier in 2017 called ‘We’re All Business, Mostly’. Created by ADS Design and RPW Design, Crowne Plaza London – Albert Embankment offers breath-taking views over The Thames, including the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. The sky terrace on the 14th floor offers ... Read more

SATTE Awards 2017 South Asia’s Leading Travel Show, SATTE (South Asian Travel and Tourism Exchange), celebrates its silver jubilee this year. Organised by UBM, India’s prime exhibition, SATTE, which is at its 25th year, has announced its Silver Jubilee Celebration with it’s recently launched a campaign titled “I am 25”. This edition of SATTE is scheduled to be held from January 31 to 2 February 2018 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The 25th edition of the exhibition will witness participation from over 1,000 exhibitors and representation of over 50 countries. SATTE also organizes ‘Women in Travel’ as part of ‘I Am 25’ campaign. As ... Read more

Representational image The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) gears up for the proposed strike by tourist taxi operators on Friday, and assure its members of extending help with regards to their transport requirements for guests on that day. It has also asked stakeholders to let it know about their needs in this regard. This will be the third tourist taxi strike since 2012. “TTAG has spoken to Drishti Marine to arrange for ferry service to transport guests from the airport to Panaji and Verem,” assures Savio Messias, President, TTAG.  TTAG will set up help desks in North and ... Read more

The Met Department of the UK has issued ‘do not travel’ warnings as heavy snow storms hits different parts of the country. Drivers in Scotland and Northern England had been urged not to travel, as snow storms hit parts of the UK for a third day. “Snow showers will be heaviest and most frequent across western Scotland where a further 10-20 cm is likely to build up above 200-300 m with 30 cm possible over the very highest routes. The high ground of Northern Ireland and Northern England will also see 10-15 cm building up,” says the official statement. At ... Read more

2018ലെ ഓട്ടോ പ്രദര്‍ശനം ഫെബ്രുവരി ഒമ്പതു മുതല്‍ 14 വരെ നോയിഡയില്‍ നടക്കും. പുതിയ വാഹനങ്ങള്‍ പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന ഈ പരിപാടി ഇരുചക്ര, കാര്‍ പ്രേമികള്‍ക്ക് ആവേശമാണ്. വലിയ മാര്‍ക്കറ്റുകളില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള വാഹനങ്ങള്‍ ഇവിടെ പ്രദര്‍ശിപ്പിക്കും. ലോക വാഹന നിര്‍മാതാക്കള്‍ ഉറ്റു നോക്കുന്ന പ്രദര്‍ശന നഗരിയാണ്‌ ഡല്‍ഹി എക്സ്പൊ. രണ്ടു വര്‍ഷം കൂടുമ്പോഴാണ് ഈ രാജ്യേന്ത്ര പ്രദര്‍ശനം നടക്കുന്നത്. ഇന്ത്യയുടെ വാഹന വിപണി നിര്‍മാതാക്കളുടെ കൊയ്ത്തുനിലമാണ്‌. ടെസ്റ്റ്‌ ഡ്രൈവ് നടത്തിയും നേരിട്ട് കണ്ടറിഞ്ഞും ഉപഭോക്താവിന് വാഹനം സ്വന്തമാക്കാം. സാധാരണ ബൈക്ക്, കാര്‍ മോഡലുകള്‍ മുതല്‍ ബിഎംഡബ്ലിയു, ഹോണ്ട, കാവസാക്കി, സുസുകി, യമഹ, തുടങ്ങിയവയുടെ പുത്തന്‍ മോഡലുകളും എക്സ്പോയില്‍ പ്രദര്‍ശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. കൂടാതെ സാഹസിക വിനോദങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് വേണ്ടിയുള്ള മോഡലുകളും പ്രദര്‍ശനത്തിലുണ്ട്. ബിഎംഡബ്ലിയു കമ്പനിയും കവാസാക്കിയുമാണ് കൂടുതല്‍ മോഡലുകള്‍ പ്രദര്‍ശിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്. ബിഎംഡബ്ലിയു ജി 310 ജിഎസ്    picture courtasy: www.autocarindia.com ബിഎംഡബ്ലിയു ബിഎംഡബ്ലിയു നാല് മോഡലുകളാണ് പ്രദര്‍ശിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്. ബിഎംഡബ്ലിയു എഫ് 750 ജിഎസ്, എഫ് 850 ... Read more

Crowne Plaza, Kochi Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, issues fresh guidelines with aim to streamline hotel classification, to make them simple, transparent and time-bound. Liquor shops and stores on the premises of a hotel other than bars will not be considered for classification under star hotels “with alcohol” category, to remove any ambiguity. Besides, all hotels will now have to mandatorily display their classification status prominently at the reception and on their websites under a separate icon on the opening page, which will display the order of classification issued by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Unlike previously, ... Read more

A private tour company in Zambia lashes out at the US president Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about their country by releasing a new campaign.         photo courtesy:yahoo.com Trump opened this controversial statement about African countries as “****Hole countries” during an office meeting about immigration at the oval office in White House. In a fitting reply to this remark, the Zambian tour company, used the same words coined by Trump in their latest campaign, which is creating waves across social media platforms. The company titled its campaign as ‘Visit ****Hole Zambia’ with the tagline, “where the only stars ... Read more

Web Desk Mangalajodi Village located on the northern banks of Chilika Lake in Odisha has bagged the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation) Award for Innovation in Enterprise. The 14th edition of the award was declared on January 17, the first day of the five days long Fitur 2018 held in Madrid. photo courtesy:media.unwto.org Sanjib Sarangi of Indian Grameen Service, which overlooks the Mangalajodi project and Renna from Mangalajodi Ecotourism Trust attended the award event and unfurled an Indian flag while receiving the award. Mangalajodi eco tourism’s strong principles of positive contribution to ecology, environment and economic upliftment of the ... Read more

Web Desk Indian delegates at FITUR press conference. Fitur 2018, the annual International Tourism Fair in Spain, kick starts in Madrid with India as its Partner Country. India is the Fitur Partner and is the fifth country by presence in the five day event, which will be concluded on January 21, 2018, For the third year in a row, Fitur has allowed a participating company or destination the chance to become integrated in its communication strategy to gain better advertising and broadcasting. On this occasion, this partner programme has turned India into a Fitur Partner, adding its country brand to ... Read more

ഐക്യരാഷ്ട്ര സഭയുടെ ലോക സഞ്ചാര പുരസ്ക്കാരം ഒറീസയിലെ മംഗളജോഡി ഇക്കോ ടൂറിസ്റ്റ് കേന്ദ്രത്തിനു ലഭിച്ചു. സ്പെയിനില്‍ നടന്ന പരിപാടിയില്‍ മംഗളജോഡി അംഗങ്ങള്‍ പുരസ്കാരം ഏറ്റുവാങ്ങി. 128 രാജ്യങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള അപേക്ഷയില്‍ 50 രാജ്യങ്ങളെയാണ് അവസാന ഘട്ടത്തിലേക്ക് പരിഗണിച്ചത്. പതിനാല്‍ രാജ്യങ്ങള്‍ പുരസ്ക്കാരത്തിനര്‍ഹാരായി. ഇക്കോ ടൂറിസം വിഭാഗത്തിലാണ് മംഗളജോഡിക്ക് പുരസ്ക്കാരം ലഭിച്ചത്. ഒറീസയിലെ ചില്‍ക്ക തടാകക്കരയുടെ ഉത്തരദിശയിലാണ് മംഗളജോഡി ഇക്കോ ടൂറിസം കേന്ദ്രം സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നത്. ചതപ്പുനിലയങ്ങളാല്‍ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ട ഒരു ഗ്രാമം. പക്ഷികളുടെ സ്വര്‍ഗമെന്നാണ് ഇവിടം വിശേഷിപ്പിക്കാറ്. മൂന്നു ലക്ഷം പക്ഷികള്‍ ഒരുദിവസം ഇവിടെത്തുന്നു. കടല്‍ കടന്ന് രാജ്യങ്ങള്‍ താണ്ടി പക്ഷികള്‍ ദേശാടനത്തിനെത്തുന്നു. ശിശിര കാലത്താണ് പക്ഷികള്‍ കൂടുതലും വരുന്നത്. ജനുവരി മാസങ്ങളില്‍ അവര്‍ തിരിച്ച് സ്വദേശത്തെക്ക് പോവും. ഒരു ഗ്രാമം പക്ഷികള്‍ക്ക് ആവാസമൊരുക്കുന്നത് വലിയകാര്യം തന്നെയാണ്. പ്രകൃതിയും ഗ്രാമവാസികളും പക്ഷികള്‍ക്ക് വേണ്ടി ഒത്തൊരുമിച്ചു. ഒക്ടോബര്‍ മുതല്‍ ഫെബ്രുവരി വരെയാണ് പക്ഷികള്‍ മംഗളജോഡില്‍ ഉണ്ടാകുക. ഈ സമയത്താണ് സഞ്ചാരികള്‍ ഇവിടേക്കെത്തുന്നത്. ആഗോളതലത്തില്‍ ശ്രദ്ധയാകര്‍ശിച്ച വിനോദ ... Read more

  Madavoorpara. Photo-Courtesy: Praveen-Kattayikonam Kerala State Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran inaugurates the Rs. 7 crore historic Madavoorpara tourism project, on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. “Madavoorppara would become a major tourist centre in the district once the Rs. 7 crore development work by Uralungal Labour Cooperative Society completes. The project is expected to be completed in a-year-and-a-half,” says the minister. The 300-ft-high natural wonder at Chenkottukonam would be having cottages, adventure zone, amphitheatre, cafeteria, walkways, and green huts.  The cave temple at ‘Madavoorpara’ is believed to have been built around the 8th century A.D. The site, at present, has a children’s ... Read more

Web Desk Sao Paulo   The World Health Organization warns travellers to Sao Paulo stating the destination is at risk for yellow fever. WHO is also recommending that all international visitors to the state be vaccinated. However, Brazil’s Health Ministry said in a statement that things are not that worse and updated map of at-risk areas, which includes only certain parts of the state and city. The ministry said that the WHO’s more-cautious recommendation for foreigners was made in light of the fact that it is impossible to know where visitors might travel once they arrive in Sao Paulo state. ... Read more

Web Desk International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) Kolkata, will open the country’s one and only tourism university. IIHM is investing over Rs. 150 crore in setting up the University out of which Rs. 70 crore has already been invested towards setting up the infrastructure and state-of-art facilities in Salt Lake Electronic Complex Sector 5. IIHM Campus in Kolkatta Named as the IIHM University and is registered under the West Bengal Private University Act, the new institution is a joint venture between IIHM and Institute of Advanced Management (IAM). “Our vision is to co-create one of the finest Tourism Universities ... Read more

Web Desk Mövenpick Resort & Spa Boracay Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced its plans to open a third property to its portfolio in the Philippines. Located in Metro Manila, the Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Quezon City, is scheduled to open by Q4 2021. The new hotel will have 350 guestrooms and suites as well as 250 residences. All 600 units will offer state-of-the-art technology and upscale amenities, making the hotel ideal for both short and extended stays. The new Manila hotel will also feature two upscale restaurants serving Chinese and international cuisine respectively, plus a chic rooftop restaurant and ... Read more

Web Desk Photo Courtesy: India.com In what can be called as a historical statement, the Deputy Speaker of the Goa Assembly and BJP MLA Michael Lobo states that the state of Maharashtra is falling short of tourist revenues because it does not allow bikinis in its territory. Lobo made this statement while speaking at one of the events held to mark the Opinion Poll day, where he justifies that bikinis are allowed in Goa because of the Opinion Poll of 1967. At a time when Goa was liberated from the Portuguese rule in 1961, a historic referendum was held in ... Read more