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After winning the hearts of people across the world with its snack varieties, Haldiram’s is now turning to travel and tourism sector, launching a travel company by the name Travhos Experience. The Indian snack company is said to have hired a handful of experienced tourism professionals to head the company. Travhos is also planning to offer everything from package tours to treks. It will also be offering services in heritage and spiritual as well as in business and other packages for India and abroad. “Our model is to make all kind of travel experiences accessible to the public,” Siddharth Sharma, Managing Director ... Read more

The Berlin airport is all set to open in 2020 and an expansion is already planned in time to be completed for the opening. The airport, BER, has announced its plan to build another terminal before it’s opening date. With the new terminal, the airport will be able to handle an additional six million passengers every year. The new terminal is proposed with the hope that it would increase the total capacity at the airport’s opening to 28 million passengers. Together with Schönefeld Airport, which will remain in operation up to the end of 2025, Berlin’s airports will then be able to accommodate ... Read more

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) plans to operate daily direct flights between New Delhi and Ukraine’s capital Kiev from next year.  The carrier has started operating non-stop flight between the two cities from May 1, with thrice a week service. From June 7, the frequency of flights will grow to four flights a week. The airline has announced an inaugural return fare of Rs 27,500 in the economy and Rs 1,14,000 for return Business class. “We are opening 80,000 seats between two capital cities in a year,” said Sergey Fomenko, Vice President – Commerce, UIA. Flights to and from the Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport ... Read more

High-speed dust storm in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, Alwar and Dholpur districts have killed 22 and injured over 100 people. Eleven people died in Bharatpur, six in Dholpur, four in Alwar and one in Jhunjhunu. The dust storm left a trail of destruction leaving hundreds of trees and electric poles uprooted. On Wednesday, heat wave was reported in parts of Rajasthan with Kota recording the highest temperature at 45.4 degrees. The weather department had warned of dust storm, heat wave and light rains in different pockets of the state. “A detailed report of the disaster is awaited. Relief and rescue teams have been ... Read more

Maharashtra will get a new airport at ParuleChipi in Sindhudurg district in 2018. Work on the project is expected to be completed in June this year, before the onset of monsoon and the Ganesh Festival, which will begin in September this year. The airport is being constructed by IRB Sindhudurg Airport Pvt. Ltd. on a design-build-finance-operate-transfer (DBFOT) basis for the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). Sindhudurg airport will have a 2500-meter runway which has provision for future development. The airport will be built at an approximate cost of Rs 520 crores. Sindhudurg airport will have the capacity to handle 200 ... Read more

The Supreme Court was told that 22 models of electric cars of various vehicle manufacturers would be available in India soon. Major vehicle manufacturers like Tata and Mahindra have been pushing very hard for it. The Supreme court, which was hearing a pollution-related matter, was apprised about it after a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta asked vehicle manufacturers, “what are you doing about electric cars?” “They say that in auto shows, all kinds of electric cars are there,” the bench asked, following which one of the lawyers said that “cost is an issue”. However, another lawyer ... Read more

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is celebrating its 25th anniversary to Dammam. Originally operating two flights a week, Emirates now flies four times daily between Dammam and Emirates’ hub in Dubai. Since the start of the Dammam service in 1993, the airline has carried more than 3.8 million passengers. “We are embarking on a real milestone as we celebrate 25 years of service to Dammam. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a major market for Emirates and we take great pride in the role we play in providing global connectivity both for business and leisure passengers in Dammam and ... Read more

Bahamas, commonly known as an archipelagic state, that consists of over 700 island chains is all set to conduct its 3rd annual Caribbean Aviation meet-up from 24th June at the capital city of Nassau in Bahamas. Delegates from the field of includes aviation include Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, and tourism director-general; Joy Jibrilu, followed by professionals from US, Canada and Europe. The forum is said to conduct over 31 sessions that include presentations and conference. Discussion topics would be cornered within regional airlines, route development, airport development, airlift impact on tourism and the economy, investment considerations, trends ... Read more

Sharjah has launched its first English language radio station Pulse 95 Radio on Monday. The opening ceremony, held under the patronage of Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Council (SMC), was held at the Al Majaz Amphitheatre. The channel can be accessed on 95 FM or from the Sharjah Media corporation’s (SMC) web and mobile application. The Pulse 95 Radio station has Emirati, Arab, and international presenters. Sally Mousa, Sara Al Madani, Ana Schofield, Amna Roberts, Omar Al Busaidy, Hassan Dennaoui (Big Hass) and Iman Al Majali are the presenters. Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, who took ... Read more

Republic of Albania, located in South-eastern Europe, has recently announced that the citizens of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar can enter Albania visa-free. Albania, having a pristine natural beauty with Mediterranean climate has attracted over 5.2 million tourists back in 2017. Tourism Albania mainly markets the rich culture and heritage of the nation, along with natural tourism products like mountains and beaches. “The citizens of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar can enter Albania without a visa from April 1 to Oct. 31, 2018.” said Sami Shiba, Albanian Ambassador. Albania has a coastline of over 450 km, well known ... Read more

Surfing, one of the oldest water sports adventure, was marked with a new award in the name of Rodrigo Koxa. The award named ‘Biggest Wave Award Big’ is the title given for the largest wave ever surfed by a contestant. Rodrigo Koxa, a professional wave surfer hailing from Brazil, achieved the title back in 8th November at Nazare beach in Portugal. He surfed at over 80 ft that overtook the previous record put by Garrett McNamara in 2011. Meanwhile, the Best Women’s Overall Performance award was given to Paige Alms, a Mauian surfer for the third time. “Thank you to my ... Read more

With an aim to bring more tourists from India,  Japan  is planning to conduct an exhibition, ‘Japan Calling’ in Gujarat. The event is organised by Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) in association with Indo Japan Friendship Association (IJFA) and Japan Innovation and Study Centre (JISC). “Bilateral ties between India-Japan and Gujarat-Japan have grown over the years on the business and cultural front. This is for the first time that a full-fledged exhibition focused on Japan tourism is being organized in Ahmedabad,” said Mukesh Patel, president, IJFA. The main objective of the exhibition is to promote the culture and heritage of Japan, ... Read more

Good news for Dubai residents! the free-to-use Artificial Intelligence (AI) pods to be installed installed in various places across the Emirate will do quick health scans and give immediate results. Bodyo, the company that has conceived and assembled the health pods in the UAE, would be installing at least 44 pod units by mid-August. The health pods will be set up across at malls, clinics, corporations or other places with a high footfall. “These are the first such kind of AI pods designed in the UAE. Only the RnD had been done by the biomedical scientists in France,” Tariq Hussain, ... Read more

Flydubai flights will soon be landing at Emirates’ Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport (DXB), thanks to the codeshare agreement and the growing passenger numbers. “The cooperation is growing very strongly, and in the future we’ll be moving flights to different parts of the airport, [and] absolutely to Terminal 3,” Ghaith al Ghaith, the CEO of the airlines said. Flydubai has announced routes to 10 new destinations including Helsinki in Finland and Krakow in Poland over the last few weeks. Figures reveal that Flydubai and Emirates show more than 400,000 passengers flying on codeshare flights between the airlines between November 2017 ... Read more

Gulf Air, the flag carrier of Bahrain has received its first 787 Boeing Dreamliner. The aircraft made exclusively in America is a mid-size, twinjet, long-haul jet airliner made by Boeing Commercial Airplanes back in 8th July 2007. Currently, Gulf air plans to introduce the Boeing 787 on its long-range service from Bahrain and London, with four more additional delivery from Boeing. Meanwhile, Gulf air introduced its new fleet of the 787, for the Bahrain Grand Prix Formula 1 race fans. “Gulf Air joins the growing number of airlines operating the 787 Dreamliner across the Middle East,” said Marty Bentrott, vice ... Read more