For Independence Day break, travellers make tryst with luxuryThe extended weekends in August, including Independence Day, resulted in a booming demand for hotels and flights, causing prices to soar an...
01 Aug, 2024, 09.49 AM IST
New Goa airport may draw ₹2.7k cr realty investmentsThese investments will be directed towards the Mopa region in the state's extreme north, where the new airport is based. The funds will be ...
27 Dec, 2022, 09.21 AM IST
Flyers stuck at airport have right to free food, stayNational Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission noted that passengers have "the right to food, refreshment and accommodation" when they are...
30 Oct, 2019, 12.09 PM IST
Centre empowers 2 DMs in Goa to examine the issue of Indian and Portuguese citizenshipAccording to State government, the rise in number of people applying for Portuguese citizenship was witnessed after 1986 when Portugal beca...
30 May, 2019, 09.00 AM IST
With discounts on hotels and flights, no season is off season for the travel industryMakeMyTrip ran a Goa Hotel sale along with offers on IndiGo, SpiceJet and Air Asia last week that promised up to 40% off on select hotels i...
18 Jul, 2018, 08.04 AM IST
Demonetisation: Travel companies, hoteliers hit as vacationers cancel their holiday plansProperties of Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts in Goa and Udaipur have felt a bigger impact of demonetisation.
09 Dec, 2016, 10.43 AM IST
Over 2 lakh Goans,enjoying dual citizenship, will have to make a choice between India and PortugalA ‘bill of identity’ not only allows them to travel to Portugal and other EU countries without a visa, it also entitles them to invest in p...
01 Jun, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
Over 37,000 e-tourist visas issued by Dabolim airport in 1 yearA year after the launch of the e-Tourist Visa (ETV) facility, Goa's Dabolim airport has issued a total of 37,199 ETVs to visitors from as m...
13 Dec, 2015, 02.29 PM IST
Long weekend travel fast becoming a trend: SurveyThe survey revealed that 62 per cent of the respondents preferred hill stations during a long weekend break, followed by beaches (54 per ce...
06 Dec, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Goa faces prospect of falling tourist arrivalsWhile the ongoing St Francis Xavier exposition might to a certain extent off-set the impact of the decrease in tourist footfalls.
11 Dec, 2014, 11.25 AM IST
Manohar Parrikar, the man with impeccable integrityThere are many accounts of his spartan style — security personnel seeing him arriving at the airport in a rickshaw, carrying his own luggag...
10 Nov, 2014, 08.00 PM IST
AirAsia offers 20 per cent discountsThe fair, which began today at the Express Avenue Mall in city, was in association with Tourism Malaysia and MakeMyTrip.com.
19 Sep, 2014, 07.58 PM IST
Vested interests trying to jeopardise AirAsia India: Tatas"Vested interests, inimical to free and fair competition that can benefit air travellers, are spreading canards to jeopardise the operation...
12 Jun, 2014, 09.00 PM IST
Goa govt promoting gurudwaras to strengthen religious tourismIn a bid to strengthen religious tourism, Goa Government is showcasing gurudwaras in the coastal state to attract Sikh pilgrims from northe...
04 Jul, 2013, 12.22 PM IST
- Goa plans to brand handicrafts to revive cottage industry
The government also plans to give Travelling Allowance and Dearness Allowance to the artisans travelling for various fairs or exhibitions w...
25 Feb, 2013, 03.40 PM IST
IIM-Ahmedabad creates national platform for start ups and B-School studentsThe institute went for webcasting of the presentations made by start ups so that interested students from across the B-Schools can get info...
27 Oct, 2012, 08.40 PM IST
- 96th edition of Travel & Tourism Fair opened in Kolkata on July 13
The 96th edition of TTF opened in Kolkata on Friday, July 13. The fair is seeing representation from 27 Indian states, and 10 countries.
14 Jul, 2012, 06.36 PM IST