Mumbai: Bollywood star Salman Khan has turned into a businessman - he has invested in the online travel portal Yatra.com and will also be the face of its new marketing campaign in India and the US. The association will strengthen the company's connect with the masses and increase the brand's recall value in tier-II and III towns, said a press statement. Salman is looking forward to the venture. "I am...
04:42 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Mumbai: From a big-ticket brand, in a short span Kingfisher Airlines has nosedived to one with few takers. And now the snub seems to be coming from people who matter the most - travellers. If the city-based ticketing agencies are to be believed, commuters are saying no to Kingfisher tickets, despite their being offered at unbelievably low prices. According to Devang Sanghvi of Andheri-based Venus Holidays, "We purchased Kingfisher e-coupons...
01:37 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Washington: Indian and American officials are slated to discuss aligning visa policies and children's issues between the two countries during the second US-India Consular Dialogue to be held in New Delhi on March 21, the state department has said. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Janice Jacobs will travel to New Delhi leading her countries delegation to the second US-India Consular Dialogue, the State Department said. Jacobs will be...
05:27 AM, Mar 20, 2012
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11:23 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Budget 2012 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, March 16, makes eating out and phone bills and other comforts of life costlier, pinching the common man. Increase in service tax will increase one's mobile bills by 2 per cent every month. Two and four wheelers will get more expensive and so will refrigerators, air conditioners (ACs), washing machines, watches, cosmetics and tobacco products. The FMCG industry...
08:58 AM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: It's almost been a decade since passenger fares were increased and railway finances are in the red. The Indian Railways is the country's 24*7 lifeline with 23 million passengers a day and 2.65 million tonnes of freight traffic. With the Railway finances going from bad to worse, a question often asked is whether the railway sector is going the aviation sector way. Union Minister Dinesh Trived says, "No,...
08:49 AM, Mar 14, 2012
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Chennai: American travel firms are wooing South India and tourists from Chennai in particular, as the United States expects the Indian travel market to grow by 90 per cent. James Golsen, Principal Commercial Officer at the US Consulate, told City Express that South India, including Chennai, would be the factors that would help spearhead the growth in the travel industry. Although no concrete statistics were available, Nicholas J Manring, Chief...
08:47 AM, Mar 07, 2012
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12:59 PM, Feb 26, 2012
HYDERABAD: Even as struggling Kingfisher Airlines cancelled 20 more flights nationwide, Hyderabad remained insulated from any kind of disruptions on Monday. This after around 80 flights were earlier cancelled on Sunday across the country, which affected Hyderabad, among other five metro cities. Officials with the Kingfisher Airlines and the Shamshabad Airport, confirmed the same. Operations in Hyderabad went as per schedule. No flight of the airline, either departing or arriving...
09:32 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Male: The unrest in Maldives not just has political implications, but its biggest casualty could be the island's biggest source of income. But luckily, the tourist hotspot still remains a favoured holiday destination. It is for the silver beaches, the turquoise water and the good life that the rich and the famous from across the world come holidaying to enjoy the sunny side of life. It's the many resorts, mostly...
09:01 AM, Feb 20, 2012
CHENNAI: Bullet train between Chennai and Bangalore could become a reality only after a feasibility study clears it, according to Shinya Fuji, director general of Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO). Fuji told reporters here on Tuesday on the sidelines of seminar on Innovative Technologies in Environment and Clean Energy that both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments had approached Japan for a bullet train project between Chennai and Bangalore. The project...
12:09 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Mumbai: Shares in Thomas Cook (India) Ltd rose as much as 16 per cent in early trade on Thursday, a day after its UK-based parent Thomas Cook Group Plc said it will look to sell its stake in the Indian travel operator. Shares in the company rose their maximum daily limit of 20 per cent on Wednesday after the announcement. India's Mercury Travels, Cox & Kings, Chinese firm HNA and...
11:13 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Washington: The US has issued a travel alert, warning its citizens about the risks in travelling to Pakistan in view of recent developments and tension in US-Pak ties following the NATO raid that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Replacing its previous travel warning dated April 8, 2011, the State Department yesterday asked its citizens to avoid protests and large gatherings which are happening in Pakistan after the November 26 cross-border fire....
11:06 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday further eased tension in the country's worst crisis in civilian-military ties since a 1999 coup by lifting a travel ban on a former envoy to Washington, who angered the generals after the emergence of a murky memo. Husain Haqqani was barred from leaving the country in December by the Supreme Court, which is investigating the memo that sought US help in reining in Pakistan's...
01:58 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Mumbai: Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces on Monday said several hotels from its portfolio have been rated as best in Asia and the world in the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Awards 2012. Not only does Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur steal the show as being the best hotel in Asia and ranking 16th in the world, it also ranks second for the best service in the country, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces...
10:53 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Mumbai: Habitual rooftop passengers on suburban local trains, get ready for the shock of your lives, quite literally. Western Railway (WR) is in the process of completing the long-pending project of switching over to a 25,000-volt alternating current (AC) from the present 1,500-volt direct current (DC) by February 5. This means that power of extremely high-voltage will be flowing through the overhead cables that supply electricity to the trains. If...
01:04 PM, Jan 30, 2012
If you have any interest at all in travelling - buy this book. If you don't have any interest in travel - but have a few hours to kill on a bus or plane or metro - buy this book. It's a lot better than any Chetan Bhagat novel you've ever read, a lot more value for money. And it's got that "thing" which for me separates a good book...
06:52 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Mumbai: At a time when the rich tapestry of family ties are slowly disintegrating, here comes a heart-warming and yet a heart-stopping tale of a five-year-old. The little girl ran away from home and undertook a solitary train journey across six railway stations from Mulund to Vidyavihar, just so she could see her grandmother. Selvia Muttu Thevar, a resident of Indira Nagar, Mulund (W), came back home from her kindergarten...
02:12 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Ramallah: Israel has stripped Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of VIP status and given him a watered-down travel permit that is valid for just two months, Palestinian officials charged on Sunday. The officials said that Abbas complained about the permit at an internal meeting of his Fatah Party last week. In a speech, Abbas said the new permit, similar to those required for Palestinian labourers entering Israel, was a reflection of...
10:24 AM, Jan 16, 2012
Mumbai: It can only be described as bizarre. A man in his early forties became the latest victim of rooftop train travel after he sustained severe burns due to electrocution on Thursday around 5.40 pm at Dahisar. Train services got delayed and the unidentified man was admitted to Bhagwati Hospital at MHB Colony, Borivli (West) at about 6.10 pm. A few hours later, things took an extraordinary turn. At around...
05:50 PM, Jan 13, 2012
