Category: Round Up

Emirates is celebrating the Easter holiday with a range of treats available to customers across all classes on board and in the airport lounges from 30th March to 2nd April. Emirates customers travelling from Dubai to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Argentina, Brazil and the Philippines will be able to enjoy the Easter offering. Special menus have also been created for the lounges at Dubai International Airport and selected Emirates lounges worldwide. Across all classes, customers can look forward to special buns on board – handmade using Emirates’ signature recipe with spiced dough and orange peel, sultanas and currants. Various ... Read more

Tourism being the primary industry of South Africa, the country hosts a vast number of universities, colleges and vocational schools that conduct specific travel and tourism programmes The country is blessed with endless beaches, wildlife parks, reserve games, that are dynamic for a tourism student to start their successful career. The programmes are highly specific in nature in which the student can choose what he/she prefers. Hotel management, hospitality services, and travel booking, as well as business and finance concepts, are taught with full attention to detail. Students are also allowed to think creatively, that progresses innovation and new opportunities in ... Read more

South Korea announced a change in tourist visa application for Filipinos, following substantial increase in the number of applicants. ‘In the near future, walk-in applicants will no longer be accepted,’ the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines wrote on their Facebook page. Only travel agencies will be allowed to file tourist visa applications on behalf of the travellers. Since the embassy will no longer accept walk-in applicants, it will be designating travel agencies in Philippines to facilitate the application for tourist visa. Only the designated travel agencies will be authorised to apply for visas at the embassy. ... Read more

The government has started implementing the policy and issuing ‘visa-on-arrival’ to foreigners from a select group of 68 countries — including the US, Russia and the UK. The visa-on-arrival facility has been introduced under the ‘business visa on arrival (BVOA) for businessmen of these countries. The BVOA facility has 30 days validity for single entry and is being issued to businessmen coming to Pakistan from business-friendly countries. Pakistan is also offering visa-on-arrival to group tourists from 24 friendly countries.

An IndiGo flight suffered a tyre burst on a flight from Tirupati while landing at Hyderabad Airport. The flight had 77 people on board when it was landing at the airport wednesday evening during which the tyre burst. All passengers were evacuated safely, as per the airlines’ statement. After the aircraft was stuck on the runway, the authorities at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport had to suspend the operation. Two flights were diverted to Bengaluru due to the runway closure following the incident. “IndiGo flight 6E 7117 operated by an ATR (aircraft) from Tirupati to Hyderabad suffered a tyre burst ... Read more

If tourism needs to get a boost in the Kashmir valley, it needs to raise civic infrastructure and build institutional framework within tourism industry so that the benefits reach the local economy and help common people. “Limited number of five-star hotels in Kashmir is a lacuna that needs to be overcome. Kashmir needs more of them. What is the point of asking more airlines to fly to Srinagar when the starred hotel infrastructure is quite weak?,” said Kapil Kaul, CEO of New Delhi-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) India while addressing a session at the second day of the three-day convention of ... Read more

Qatar filed a serious complaint at United Nations, regarding a Bahrain warplane over breaching the Qatari airspace. According to reports, two Qatari warplanes had flown dangerously close to two civilian aircraft approaching from UAE. The incident took place at Bahrain airspace and the complaint has been forwarded to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). However, Qatar denied the claim and said that UAE is covering its own violations happening at the Qatari airspace. Back in June 2017 Qatar has been banned by UAE along with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt in terms of its diplomatic and trade associations.

Jaguar Land Rover has launched India’s first luxury SUV convertible – the Range Rover Evoque Convertible – at Rs 69.53 lakh (ex-showroom). It is based on the Evoque’s HSE Dynamic variant and is available with a 2.0-litre petrol engine option. The vehicle utilises a fabric Z-folding Convertible Roof System offered in black and it takes 18 seconds to be lowered and 21 seconds to be pulled back up at speeds up to 48kmph. “We are excited to launch India’s first luxury SUV convertible today. The Range Rover Evoque Convertible combines the bold design and refinement of Evoque with a sophisticated folding ... Read more

Dhaneesh Kotharamban, a 25-year-old Indian, has won a million dollar at the Dubai Duty Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draw held today. Dhanesh bought his first ticket in the million dollar promotion a few weeks ago while traveling to Kerala for a holiday. Dhaneesh, who has been living in Dubai for a year and a half, works as an electrician. “I’ve never thought that I could win this big at such a young age! Thank God for this wonderful gift and thank you Dubai Duty Free!,” Dhaneesh said after receiving a call from the DDF representative. The second Millennium Millionaire winner of ... Read more

The Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that the road in Industrial Area 3 will be closed for three weeks from March 25 until April 15 Motorists have been advised to use alternative roads heading into Dubai through the industrial area, and can instead use the second industrial street and the fourth industrial street. The road works include putting down new asphalt will affect motorists travelling towards Sharjah Ring Road, reads the official Twitter account of the Sharjah RTA. The temporary road closure is part of a series of works to improve the infrastructure.

Internet giant Google is on a new mission to authenticate online news contents, through their new program named as ‘Google News Initiative’. “The new project worth $300 million would really help journalism in the digital age,” said Google in a statement. The main objective of Google News Initiative (GNI) are spread in three categories like providing accurate breaking news, strengthen quality journalism and empowering news companies via new technologies. In order to reach digital news to audience effortlessly, Google also announces ‘Subscribe with Google’ option, that directs users to choose contents of their choice. Google further is all set to ... Read more

Vembanad lake in Alappuzha, famed for its ornately carved traditional houseboats, is the centerpiece of Kerala’s tourist trade. Pollution is turning the largest wetland ecosystem in south India, Vembanad lake in Alappuzha into a weed-clogged swamp, hampering the recovery of tourism in the region. Cleaning up the lake is vital to tourism and referring to this the Kerala state Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said the Responsible Tourism Mission will lead the cleaning up activities of the lake. “The RT Mission will initiate various measures, including a ban on plastic in houseboats, their classifications and various other cleaning activities to rectify the situation,” ... Read more

The Karipur airport runway will remain closed for seven hours in the morning from March 25 onwards. The runway will remain closed as part of the construction work of Runway End Safety Area (RESA) From March 25 to April 15, the runway will be closed between 12.00 pm and 07.00 pm. As per the new summer schedule, IndiGo will start services to Hyderabad from March 25. The daily flight which will take off from Karipur at 9.30 am will reach Hyderabad by 11.15 pm and will return from Hyderabad at 6.20 pm and reach Karipur by 8.05 pm. The afternoon ... Read more

Ukraine and Kuwait have agreed on bilateral simplification of the visa regime during the meeting of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the Emir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. “An agreement was reached on simplifying the visa regime on the basis of reciprocity and including Ukraine in the list of countries for which citizens visas will be issued at the international airport of Kuwait or electronically. This step should help to increase business contacts and open additional opportunities for national tourism industries,” said a statement. During the meeting the countries also discussed the possibilities ... Read more

Vietjet Air, an international low-cost airline from Vietnam, is all about to launch their controversial ‘Bikini Airlines’ in India. Vietjet Air, headed by the CEO ‘Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao’ is the first woman billionaire in Vietnam. The airline’s uniqueness is that the air hostess of the airlines dresses in bikini and swimsuits rather than conventional uniforms. The airline operations are scheduled to begin from New Delhi to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, during the month of July to August this year, followed by a frequency of flying four times every week. Meanwhile, the controversial airlines can create huge debates ... Read more