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‘Lash Lounge’ by Shagun Gupta has opened its second centre at Pappion Salon & Spa, One Avighna Park, Lower Parel, Mumbai. The centre offers the latest European, Russian, American lash techniques and advanced tint, curl and lift treatments. Lash Lounge already has a state-of-the-art facility in Metro House, Mumbai. Lash Lounge is led by celebrated beauty influencer Shagun Gupta, a practicing cosmetologist, aesthetician, and master in permanent make up. Shagun has been at the forefront of emerging techniques that has been immensely popular in the Indian beauty market. Announcing the launch Shagun Gupta said, “We are extremely pleased to announce ... Read more

The president of the South American nation, Jair Bolsonaro, said it will drop its requirement that visiting Chinese and Indian tourists or business people obtain visas. Bolsonaro, came to power at the beginning of the year, has made it a policy to reduce visa requirements from a number of developed countries. The announcement, made during an official visit to China, is the first he has made expanding that policy to the developing world. Earlier this year, the Brazilian government ended visa requirements for tourists and businesspeople from United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. Those countries, however, have not in return ... Read more

Effective December 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020, GoAir will operate direct flights to Malé five days a week from Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru. Bookings are now open for travel, and is timed ahead of the upcoming holiday and wedding season in India. For the winter schedule, GoAir is offering return fares as low as Rs 9,999 (all inclusive). Return flight for Mumbai-Male-Mumbai sector are Rs 11,999/- (all inclusive). The direct flight G8 23 will depart from Mumbai at 09:00 hours and arrive in Malé at 11:15 hours, every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. On its return journey, flight G8 ... Read more

Ayurveda Promotion Society (APS), in association with Kerala Tourism and India Tourism, has launched maiden International Ayurveda Ambassadors’ Tour and B2B Meet on October 25, Dhanwanthari Day. The 45 Ambassadors comprising International Ayurveda operators, agents, bloggers and media personnel from 30 countries around the world, will stay in Kerala for 12 days and discover the possibilities for Ayurveda tourism and discuss the unique health culture and Ayurvedic treatment in Kerala. Six B2B meetings will be held at Bekal, Kozhikode, Cheruthurthy, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kumarakom and Kovalam during the 12-day road trip across Kerala, for the visitors for direct interaction with ... Read more

Halloween is finally here, which means that the streets have become a rather frightful sight! Skeletons, cobwebs, and bats have begun to bespeckle neighbourhoods, and pretty soon you will be visited by all manner of ghosts and ghouls. These signs can only mean one thing: Halloween is here! And to make the season more spooktacular, Sayaji Pune brings to you the Halloween Special Dinner. This time the restaurant will be decorated with fruit carvings and scary food presentation. Lights will be dimmed and smoky effect will be used to create the theme of horror night. Light music’s with serious notes ... Read more

Pride Group of Hotels has appointed Amit Sidana as Vice President Sales & Marketing. A seasoned hospitality professional, Sidana has over 19 years’ experience in Sales & Marketing. He comes with a diversified knowledge base of sales as he had worked in other industries like Software Sales & Insurance sales too apart from the core hospitality sales. Prior to joining in the current role, Sidana has worked as National Head (Sales, Marketing & Revenue Distribution) with Orchid Group of Hotels. In his earlier tenures, he has been associated with Accor Group of Hotels and Intercontinental Group of Hotels.

Sharjah is set for a bigger, brighter Diwali this year at The Flag Island. On Friday, October 25, 2019 the outdoor destination on Khalid Lagoon will unveil ‘Indian Night’ – a nine-hour long Indian cultural extravaganza for the local and expat communities in the UAE, as well as visitors. From 3:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m., visitors will be treated to Bollywood dance performances to the season’s chart-topping numbers, local and international music bands who will be pleasing crowds with popular Indian and Indonesian songs, colourful fashion shows, dance shows featuring local dancers who will present the Indian classical style of ... Read more

Ending its three-round itinerary in central Kerala, Champions Boat League (CBL) is set to return to the state’s heartland of water-races this Saturday when Kainakary in this coastal district will host the eighth leg of the three-month event concluding next month. Celebrated for its scenic beauty, the Vembanad lake would be the venue for the nine snake-boats to vie yet another time for honours at the 12-leg championships being organised by Kerala Tourism. The non-saline water body has five rivers draining into the tip of Kainakary, which has a tradition of boat races. Located in Kuttanad taluk which is India’s ... Read more

UK-based TUI Airways has been awarded slots at Dabolim airport, giving a big relief to the tourism industry in Goa as TUI Airways brings around 30,000 tourists throughout the season. “The first TUI aircraft is scheduled to land at Dabolim airport on November 2 at around 11.30 am. Around 30,000 British passengers are expected to arrive in Goa this season and who will spend at least 10 days during their trip, thereby generating revenue to the government, said Savio Messias, President, Travel and Tourism Association of Goa. “It is a big relief to the tourism industry in Goa with the ... Read more

With an aim to encourage more Indian film productions to shoot in its scenic and historic locations, the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan is planning to roll out an attractive incentive scheme next year. “There will be 20 per cent capital subsidy available for film production units interested to shoot films in Uzbekistan from 2020. Twenty per cent of the expenses incurred for film production in Uzbekistan will be reimbursed by the Uzbek government to make it an attractive proposition for film production companies,” said Temurbek, Representative of the Tourism Committee of Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan intends to expand tourism co-operation and ... Read more

The Fern Hotels & Resorts, India’s leading environmentally sensitive hotel chain, is pleased to announce the opening of The Fern Residency in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. This is the 16th hotel which the company is managing in the state. Overall the company’s count has extended to 69 hotels across the country and in Nepal and Seychelles. The hotel is situated in the heart of the city, with easy access to the airport, railway station, major sightseeing attractions in town and to public transport. “People visiting Aurangabad which is steeped in history will be delighted by the hospitality extended to them. The Fern ... Read more

Alitalia has recently launched its B2B community platform, called ‘Alitalia Connect’ in Italy to offer personalised relationship between Alitalia and its B2B customers like travel agencies, companies and SMEs. Now, Alitalia is all set to launch ‘Group Connect’, a web platform under Alitalia Connect in India on November 13, aimed to manage and speed up quotations and group bookings. “Other prominent features of ‘Group Connect’ include requesting an offer, booking a group and having the quotation and the contract in real time, monitoring the contract terms and conditions, changing the reservation (increasing or decreasing the group) and entering passengers’ names ... Read more

AirAsia India has launched flight services to Imphal, Guwahati, Kolkata and Delhi from Agartala, the capital of Tripura. Biplab Kumar Deb, Chief Minister, Tripura flagged off the first AirAsia India flight to Kolkata from the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport. Sanjay Kumar, COO, AirAsia India informed that 14 flight per week would be operated from the Maharaj Bir Bikram Airport on the Agartala-Kolkata, Agartala-Delhi, Agartala-Guwahati and Agartala-Imphal routes. “We also have plans to extend our service for connecting Agartala with Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai. This is our 20th destination in the country,” he said. On the occasion, Sanjay said that air ... Read more

Club Med, the premium all-inclusive operator and global snow holiday leader has unveiled the results of their recent Asia-Pacific (APAC) Snow Brand Study 2019 as a follow-up from their first snow holiday report in APAC last year. This year’s study took a deeper dive into the habits of snow holiday goers, identifying key insights and influences across 11 markets with 2,200 respondents from India to Australia. Indian travellers are getting more diverse, adventurous, experimental and are increasingly looking at snow holidays in addition to summer vacations. Switzerland is an aspirational and preferred destination for Indian tourists owing to a plethora ... Read more

World’s largest river island, Majuli island in Assam In a bid to promote the heritage, history, and culture of Guwahati city, Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) has launched Guwahati Heritage Walk, to showcase the heritage sites of the city to the domestic and foreign tourists through the morning commute. Jayanta Malla Baruah, Chairman, Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC), launched the tour recently in the presence of tour operators and association members. Guwahati Heritage Walk starts from the North Brook Gate of Sukreswar Temple, then Cotton College, Latasil, Jurpukhuri, Ujanbazar, Shattrakar Devalay and ends at Raj Bhawan. The main aim of ... Read more