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Air India is planning to start Red Eye flights to Delhi from Bengaluru. The first Red Eye flight will make its debut at 11 pm on June 5 from Bengaluru airport and reach Delhi at 1.30 am on June 6. The cost of a ticket on a Red Eye flight is much cheaper than day flights, which makes it attractive for a flyer. After a gap of 11 years, Air India relaunched its Red Eye flight from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad on November 2018, and followed it up with its Kochi route. “Both routes run full with the Kochi route even overbooked ... Read more

South Africa, a nation synonymous with magnificent wildlife offerings, bagged yet another accolade for being the ‘Best International Destination for Wildlife’ at the Lonely Planet Magazine India Travel Awards 2019 held on Tuesday, 7th May 2019. “By winning the prestigious ‘Best International Destination for Wildlife’ award for the 8th consecutive year, South Africa has truly staked its claim as one of the world’s most thrilling wildlife tourism capitals,” said Neliswa Nkani, South African Tourism’s Hub Head for the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia (MEISEA) region. Deemed as one of the most prominent travel magazines in the country, Lonely Planet ... Read more

Al Noor Island, one of Sharjah’s popular tourist destinations that combines nature, art and entertainment, is offering its visitors a peaceful and tranquil place to get together with family and friends to experience and share the spirit of Ramadan with a unique Iftar dining session at Al Noor Café or outdoors, by the bay of the island. Nestled in Sharjah’s calm Khalid lagoon, Al Noor Island invites all Sharjah visitors and residents to spend a joyful time with their families under the charming sky of Sharjah, while enjoying their meals. Visitors can sit back and relax to enjoy the beautiful ... Read more

Travelive, award-winning luxury destination management company for Greece, Italy, Spain, Egypt, and many other Mediterranean destinations, announced today that the company has entered a new representation agreement for North America with Waterstone. The representation agreement comes as a new milestone in the company’s steady growth and its aim is to reach an even greater number of travel specialists in North America hence increasing Travelive’s presence in this market even further. “We are extremely pleased to have Waterstone represent Travelive to the North American luxury travel market, “said Panos Chalvantzis, Chairman and CEO of Travelive. “Knowing Marcelo Vazquez and his reputation ... Read more

Standing tall at 182 m, the Statue of Unity, the towering structure dedicated to India’s first deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, has entered the prestigious World Architecture News Awards 2019 in the mixed-use category. The World Architecture News Awards described how the statue had been built to withstand a speed of around 180 km/sec and has the ability to endure an earthquake of 6.8 on the Richter scale. Further, the website also mentioned that the statue has the potential to generate thousands of direct jobs for tribal people and in the tourism sector every year. The project’s objective was to ... Read more

Virgin Atlantic is relaunching flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai, India, with flights on sale from May 28, 2019. The first service is set to commence on October 27, 2019 and will complement the airline’s long-established route between London and Delhi. The daily service will also provide seamless connections via Heathrow between India and the US. The new flights will depart and arrive Heathrow in the morning to align with connecting flows to and from US. The configuration will be 31 Upper Class, 35 Premium, 192 Economy. The Mumbai flights will be operated on Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft, offering ... Read more

Experts from across Europe will meet to explore the intersecting worlds of film, television and tourism on 29 November 2019 at Seen on Screen, the UK’s leading international screen tourism conference, this year held at the London Transport Museum. The one-day event, presented by Film London and VisitBritain, will kick-start with a keynote delivered by inspirational industry experts Pierre Bohanna, whose incredible career as a prop-maker has seen him play a vital role in the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films, together with Dan Dark, SVP and managing director of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden. As well as exploring strategies for ... Read more

Pride Hotels has launched ‘Pride Terrace Valley Resort Gangtok’, the group’s first property in North East India. The luxury resort is prominently located at National Highway 10, Ranipool, Gangtok, 18 km from Pakyong Airport and is well connected by road, rail and air. With major tourist attractions namely Nathu La Pass, MG Road, Rumtek Monastery, Tsongmo Lake, Ganesh Tok in close proximity, the resort boasts of elegantly furnished rooms and suites that will appeal to both leisure and business tourists. “We are pleased to expand our footprints in India’s North East with the launch of ‘Pride Terrace Valley Resort Gangtok’. ... Read more

Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts has been awarded the prestigious title of ‘The Most Valuable Hospitality Brand in Sri Lanka’ for 2019 by Brand Finance PLC. The leading hotel chain was presented with the award by Brand Finance, world’s leading independent brand valuation and rating firm, after an expert panel of brand analysts and consultants reviewed a detailed analysis of data obtained from public and other sources. The Brand Value for Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts recorded an increase of 23 per cent from the previous year to secure its position at #23 among Sri Lanka’s Most Valuable Brands in 2019. In ... Read more

Korean Air has announced that starting June 1, the airline will cease to operate First Class Cabin on Airbus A330-200 which operates on Delhi (KE 482/KE 481) and Mumbai (KE 656/KE 655) routes. The airline has a total of six first-class cabins, which will be discontinued starting next month. As per the revised configuration, the airline will only have two-class configuration on both the Delhi and Mumbai routes. The business class seats would increase from 24 to 30 and the economy class cabin would remain to have 188 seats. The statement from Korean Air also informed that the above mentioned ... Read more

AirAsia India is planning to start international operations by October this year, said Sanjay Kumar, Chief Operating Officer of the airline. “Our plan is to first fly to the Southeast Asian market and start with flights to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. Our target is that we will fly about 7-8 per cent of our total available seat kilometres to international locations in the first year of operations,” he said. Kumar said while the Indian locations have not been decided, it would be perhaps from Delhi, Bengaluru or Kolkata. The eventual plan is to fly from most of the 19 destinations ... Read more

Sublimotion, the leading gastronomic performance in the world, will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza, where it will launch its sixth season and share all the experience acquired over the last 5 years with the public. This development is based on the study and fusion of different disciplines, where haute cuisine, technology, music and staging bring this format into the realm of a new stage art. For this new season, Chef Paco Roncero (2 Michelin Stars, 3 Repsol Suns) and his partner, creative director Eduardo Gonzales (Vega Factory), have invited great talents from the world of gastronomy, technology, ... Read more

Now, you can easily book your domestic flights in addition to shopping, money transfers, utility bill payments, mobile recharges — all through one single app, the e-commerce giant Amazon said. Amazon has partnered with online travel and leisure activities platform Cleartrip to launch the service. “We are excited to partner with Cleartrip and share their passion of creating best in class travel experiences,” said Shariq Plasticwala, Director, Amazon Pay, in a statement. Amazon said it would not levy any additional charges in case customers cancel the ticket. They would only have to pay the airline cancellation penalty, the company said. ... Read more

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is all set to conduct Incredible India Roadshows in the US and Canada and Africa in June and July 2019. The Incredible India team will visit USA & Canada on June 24, 2019; Washington DC on June 25- Boston; on June 26 at Vancouver, Seattle on June 27 and San Francisco on June 28. The Africa Roadshows will start on July 01 from Johannesburg; July 03 in Durban and July 05 in Port Louis.  

Over 1,000 people watched the thrilling and vibrant live-action remake of Disney’s 1992 animated film, “Aladdin”, in a unique regional advance screening organized by the Royal Film Commission-Jordan (RFC) in Amman recently. The exciting tale of the charming boy from the streets, Aladdin, the courageous and determined Princess Jasmine and the Genie who may be the key to their future was introduced by stars of the movie: Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott, and the movie’s Director Guy Ritchie. The cast visited the Jordanian capital on the fourth leg of their Magic Carpet World Tour, following stops in Paris, ... Read more