The President of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), Mr. Rajiv Mehra, expressed his extreme disappointment on the decision taken by the India Ministry of Civil Aviation/DGCA to extend suspension of international flights until September 30, 2021, and of the e-Tourist Visa. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Indian government asked the states of Kerala and Maharashtra to consider night curfews as new COVID cases spike. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
So far, 175 out of 195 countries have lifted restrictions on Max, and over 30 operators have returned the plane to service. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
A number of suggestions were given by the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) in a meeting called by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, to get input from the exporters on required measures to be taken on PM’s call to increase exports to US$400 billion this year and taking India to a US$5 trillion economy in the future. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
The vaccine, ZyCoV-D, uses a section of genetic material from the virus that gives instructions as either DNA or RNA to make the specific protein that the immune system recognizes and responds to. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Air India Flight 243 on Sunday, operated with an Airbus 320, was on a scheduled flight from Delhi, India, to the Afghan capital of Kabul. While this Star Alliance member flight was en route and on approach, Kabul was overtaken by Taliban fighters. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
The Brand USA global marketplace is unique in many ways, not the least of which was conveyed in a message loud and clear to India travel and tourism stakeholders that the United States is serious about getting the India market back, once travel is back in place, post COVID. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
India and Germany have signed a bilateral tourism agreement via the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) and Deutscher Reiseverband e.V., (DRV) German Travel Association to promote two-way tourism between the two countries by taking suitable measures to reinstate tourism once the situation is normal, said Mr. Rajiv Mehra President of IATO. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
The Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) and Kazakhstan Tourism have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today, Tuesday, August 10, 2021. The signatories were Mrs. Jyoti Mayal, President, TAAI, and Mr. Kairat Sadvakassov, Acting Chairman of the Board of Kazakhstan Tourism. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Transport Canada is extending the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) that restricts all direct commercial and private passenger flights to Canada from India until September 21, 2021 - eTurboNews | Travel News
The Cabinet Minister of the Government of Uttarakhand, Satpal Maharaj, said today that the state government has extended various fiscal and monetary assistance to the tourism sector and has taken several steps to aid it. - eTurboNews | Travel News
The Union Cabinet Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of the Northeastern Region (DoNER), Government of India, Mr. G. Kishan Reddy, today said that the tourism sector is one of the major sectors in India for economic growth and employment generation. - eTurboNews | Travel News
The India aviation sector, including airlines, airports, and related services, have come under financial stress on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. - eTurboNews | Travel News
The first direct flight operations between Imphal (Manipur) and Shillong (Meghalaya) was flagged off yesterday under the RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme — Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of the Government of India. - eTurboNews | Travel News
The India aviation sector, like almost every travel and tourism endeavor, never has a dull moment, regardless of whether or not the moment at hand is positive or negative. This moment in time, however, has all the appearances of being positive. - eTurboNews | Travel News
The hill state of Uttarakhand, a state in northern India crossed by the Himalayas, plans to develop 13 tourism projects in its 13 districts. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Today, Mr. Rajiv Mehra, President, and Mr. Pronab Sarkar, Immediate Past President, of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), the national apex body of tour operators, called on the Hon. Finance Minister, Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, in her office. - eTurboNews | Travel News & more
Travel and Tourism leader Subhash Goyal, Chairman of the STIC group and former President of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), says the country needs to immediately begin allowing e-Tourist Visas in India and scheduled international flights in the months of September and October to begin to restore the sector. - eTurboNews | Travel News & more
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A cabinet reorganization by India Prime Minister N. Modi yesterday has sent some signals, however symbolic, that tourism and aviation, both in the doldrums, may actually see a revival. | New India Tourism Minister giving industry hope
The United Federation of Travel Agents Association in India held its Annual General Assembly (AGA) – Virtual, on June 28, 2021, which elected a new Board. | India United Federation of Travel Agents Association reveals new Board
The United Federation of Travel Agents Association in India held its Annual General Assembly (AGA) – Virtual, on June 28, 2021, which elected a new Board. | United Federation of Travel Agents Association reveals new Board
Go to a location where vaccinations are not so high, and you are likely to be looking at a place where the COVID-19 Delta Variant is rearing its ugly head and causing a surge in coronavirus cases once again. | COVID-19 Delta Variant surging across the globe
Jaisalmer is a quaint historical border town in the colorful State of Rajasthan in India. | Hidden travel gem in India: Quaint Jaisalmer
The Delhi government in India has allowed a waiver of the excise license fee for pubs, restaurants, and hotels serving liquor, having been put into lockdown due to COVID-19 from April 16 to June 20, 2021. | Delhi restaurants, hotels and pubs get a tax break
There is mixed reaction in the travel trade on the India Tourism relief measures announced by the Finance Minister to revive tourism. The general feeling is that it is too little, too late, although it does recognize that the industry is not totally orphaned. | Response to India Tourism relief package fast and furious
Turkey's Interior Ministry issued a circular stating that the country suspended flights from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as of July 1 and until further notice. | Turkey bans direct flights from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) expressed its gratitude to the Hon. Prime Minister and Hon. Finance Minister for giving some relief to the tourism industry including 5 lakh free visas applicable until March 31, 2022, whenever visas are open. | India Tourism grateful for government relief from severe COVID-19 crisis
The effect of the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the lives and livelihood of India travel and tourism as well as hospitality for the second consecutive year. While some sectors are slowly opening up again, the struggle continues to make ends meet. India travel and tourism facing urgent economic crisis
The founder of the Tata Group, Jamsetji Tata, said, “In a free enterprise, the community is not just another stakeholder in business, but is in fact the very purpose of its existence.”In line with this ethos, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) today announced that it had crossed the milestone of over 1 million meals delivered by its culinary platform, Qmin, to healthcare providers battling the fierce second wave of the pandemic. 1 million meals delivered to India healthcare providers in COVID-19...
