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Pandaw promises never a dull moment on new cruise along the Hooghly

Alastair Newport May 16, 2018
Pandaw, the self-styled ‘pioneer of boutique river expeditions’ in SE Asia has released details of its new week long odyssey on the Lower Ganges, ready to raise its sails at the end of 2018.
Airlines and Aviation

Johor Bahru gets first direct link to India

Mark Elliott Aug 22, 2017
Johor Bahru, the Malaysian city that neighbours Singapore, will get its first direct air link to India later this year. AirAsia will continue to expand its international network from…
Transport

Kolkata to get India’s first underwater metro

Mark Elliott Jun 13, 2017
Kolkata's metro network is being extended under the Hooghly River, making it the first "underwater" metro line in India. The Times of India reports that the new line will link the…
Airlines and Aviation

Asian air route updates: new flights from Hainan Airlines, AirAsia India, Cebgo and more…

Mark Elliott Apr 18, 2017
Top Asian beach resorts get first direct link Where? Sanya (China) to U-Tapao (Thailand) When? Three times a week, effective immediately Who? Hainan Airlines Why? Providing the first…
Airlines and Aviation

SpiceJet adds new country to route map

Mark Elliott Mar 29, 2017
SpiceJet has launched flights to its seventh international destination: Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The new short, cross-border hop between Kolkata and Dhaka commenced on 23…
Airlines and Aviation

Asian air route updates: Air China, Thai Smile, SpiceJet and more

Mark Elliott Mar 6, 2017
SpiceJet links South Asian mega-cities Where? Kolkata (India) to Dhaka (Bangladesh) When? Daily, effective 23 March 2017 Who? SpiceJet Why? Low-cost carrier creates a short…
Airlines and Aviation

Vistara adds island flights

Mark Elliott Feb 28, 2017
Vistara has announced plans to launch a series of new connections to India's Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The carrier already operates flights from Kolkata to the islands' capital,…
Airlines and Aviation

New Indian airline prepares for launch

Mark Elliott Feb 6, 2017
India's skies will welcome a new airline next week, when Delhi-based Zoom Air launches its inaugural flight. IANS reports that the carrier received its Air Operator's Certificate…
Airlines and Aviation

IndiGo boosts Singapore, domestic flights

Mark Elliott Feb 1, 2017
IndiGo, the Indian low-cost carrier, has unveiled plans to add a series of new domestic services this month. On 16 February 2017, the airline will double the frequency of its…
Train

New India-Bangladesh rail service to launch in January

Mark Elliott Dec 22, 2016
A cross-border new rail service connecting India with Bangladesh will start operating next month, it has been revealed. The Economic Times reported a "senior official" with India's…
Airlines and Aviation

Thai AirAsia spreads wings to Kolkata

Mark Elliott Oct 20, 2016
Thai AirAsia is expanding its Indian network with the launch of direct flights from Bangkok to Kolkata. The new route will commence on 16 December 2016, with daily flights connecting…
Airlines and Aviation

Jet Airways goes large on domestic routes

Mark Elliott Oct 17, 2016
Jet Airways has revealed plans to almost double its capacity on two key domestic routes. On 30 October 2016, the Indian carrier will start to deploy its twin-aisle Airbus A330…
Airlines and Aviation

New connections for remote Mizoram

Mark Elliott Oct 14, 2016
oram, the small Indian state sandwiched between Bangladesh and Myanmar, now has more connections to the rest of India following the launch of two routes by SpiceJet. In line with the…
Airlines and Aviation

Vistara starts flying to Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Mark Elliott Sep 30, 2016
Vistara, Singapore Airlines' Indian carrier, has launched its first flights to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The new daily service features arrival and departure times that are…
Airlines and Aviation

India pens open skies deal with Greece

Mark Elliott Sep 8, 2016
Indian travellers could soon be offered more opportunities to holiday in Greece, following the signing of an "open skies" aviation agreement between the two countries. Under the new…
Airlines and Aviation

SpiceJet opens up India’s northeast with new flights

Mark Elliott Aug 31, 2016
SpiceJet has unveiled plans for a series of new flights to India's remote northeastern states. From October 2016, the low-cost carrier will use its fleet of Bombardier Q400 aircraft…
Tourism Boards

Philippines turns to India for tourism boost

Mark Elliott Aug 24, 2016
The Philippines' Department of Tourism (DOT) headed to India this month to undertake a four-city tourism roadshow. A delegation from the Southeast Asia country, which included hotels and…
Train

New train could link Kolkata with Bangladesh

Mark Elliott Aug 23, 2016
Discussions are reportedly underway regarding the launch of a new passenger rail service connecting India with Bangladesh. The Press Trust of India (PTI) reports that the two countries…
Tourism Boards

Oman Tourism to conduct Indian roadshow

Mark Elliott Aug 19, 2016
Oman's Ministry of Tourism will conduct multi-city roadshow in India next month. Taking place from 19 to 26 September, the event will see Omani tourism representatives, including…
Airlines and Aviation

Air NZ connects to India with new codeshare

Mark Elliott Jul 28, 2016
Air New Zealand is now offering connections to multiple cities in India, following the start of a new codeshare partnership. The national carrier has teamed up with Singapore Airlines…
Airlines and Aviation

SIA adds extra Kolkata flight

Mark Elliott Jul 22, 2016
Singapore Airlines has unveiled plans to launch an extra weekly flight to Kolkata. Effective December 2016, the airline's existing thrice weekly direct service between Singapore and…
Airlines and Aviation

Vistara to launch first island flights

Mark Elliott Jun 23, 2016
Vistara will launch its first flights beyond the Indian mainland later this year, connecting to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Effective 30 September 2016, the airline will…
Hotels

West Bengal hotel inventory on the rise

Mark Elliott Jun 22, 2016
The supply of hotel rooms in West Bengal is on the rise, with the total number of rooms in the Indian state expected to increase by around 35% by the end of the fiscal year. The…
Airlines and Aviation

Vistara commences flights to Kolkata

Mark Elliott Jun 13, 2016
Vistara has continued the rapid recent expansion of its route network with the launch of its first flights to Kolkata. The inaugural flight departed on 10 June 2016 and Vistara will…
Airlines and Aviation

China Eastern links Hangzhou and Kolkata

Mark Elliott Jun 3, 2016
Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines will launch a daily flight from Hangzhou to the Indian city of Kolkata later this month. Commencing on 28 June, the new service will depart the…
Airlines and Aviation

Vistara to start flying to Kolkata

Mark Elliott May 13, 2016
Vistara will continue the rapid recent expansion of its route network next month, with the launch of its first flights to Kolkata. Effective 10 June 2016, the airline will offer 13…
Hotels

Golden Tulip launches hotel in Kolkata

Mark Elliott May 11, 2016
Golden Tulip Hotels has announced the launch of its first property in eastern India, Golden Tulip Salt Lake Hotel in Kolkata. The upscale hotel offers 55 rooms along with a…
Hotels

Holiday Inn plans triple launch in India

Mark Elliott Apr 25, 2016
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is planning to add three more midscale Holiday Inn hotels in India this year. The Business Standard reported the company’s head of Southwest Asia,…
Airlines and Aviation

Jet adds four new domestic routes this winter

Mark Elliott Oct 19, 2015
Jet Airways has unveiled a series of new domestic flights for the forthcoming winter schedules, including four brand new city pairs. Effective 15 November, Jet will introduce new…
Hotels

Worldhotels expands in India with Lalit partnership

Mark Elliott Oct 16, 2015
Worldhotels has added four new members in India as part of a new tie-up with The Lalit. The Lalit New Delhi, Lalit Mumbai, Lalit Ashok Bangalore and Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata will…
Airlines and Aviation

Jet Airways boosts domestic network with multiple flights

Mark Elliott Jul 21, 2015
Jet Airways is expanding its domestic network with the addition of new flights to multiple Indian destinations. The expansion has already commenced, with the addition of new daily…
Airlines and Aviation

Etihad arrives in Kolkata

Mark Elliott Feb 16, 2015
Etihad Airways has launched a new service to the Indian city of Kolkata. Flights commenced on 15 February 2015, operating direct to the West Bengal capital from Abu Dhabi. Services…
Tourism Boards

Vietnam hosts tourism night in Kolkata

Mark Elliott Feb 5, 2015
Vietnam and India strengthened their blossoming tourism ties recently, at major trade event in Kolkata. Hosted by the Embassy of Vietnam at the Novotel Hotel & Residence Kolkata,…
Airlines and Aviation

Etihad retimes US flights for better South Asian connections

Mark Elliott Jan 26, 2015
Etihad Airways has announced a number of changes to its North American flight schedules, intended to enable more convenient connections for passengers in the Indian sub-continent.…
Airlines and Aviation

Emirates upgrades Kolkata service

Mark Elliott Jan 20, 2015
Emirates has announced two enhancements to its Kolkata service that will offer more travel options for passengers. On 29 March 2015 the airline will add a 13th weekly flight on the…
Airlines and Aviation

IndiGo expands domestic operations

Mark Elliott Nov 18, 2014
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has continued to expand its domestic network with the launch of a series of new flights. Commencing this week, the airline will add a second daily…
Airlines and Aviation

SpiceJet commences Kolkata-Bagdogra-Kathmandu route

Mark Elliott Aug 13, 2014
SpiceJet has commenced flights from Kolkata and Bagdogra to Kathmandu. The new route will run three times a week every Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting in Kolkata then landing at…
Airlines and Aviation

SpiceJet goes international from West Bengal

Mark Elliott Jul 11, 2014
SpiceJet has announced plans to launch its first international route from West India. Commencing on 13 August, the low-cost carrier will fly from the city of Kolkata to Nepal's…
Airlines and Aviation

Etihad to add Kolkata flights

Mark Elliott Jul 10, 2014
Etihad has announced plans to launch direct flights to Kolkata. Commencing on 15 February 2015, the new route will operate daily, direct from Abu Dhabi. This will mark Etihad's 11th…
Airlines and Aviation

IndiGo adds four new flights

Mark Elliott Jan 17, 2014
IndiGo has added four new flights to its India network. The airline has commenced a new daily non-stop flight between Pune and Kolkata and a fourth daily non-stop flight between Pune…
Hotels

The Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata unveiled

Mark Elliott Nov 20, 2013
The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group has expanded its foot-print in Kolkata.  The Great Eastern was unveiled as The Lalit Great Eastern on 19 November. The inauguration ceremony was led…
Airlines and Aviation

Bhutan Airlines to start Kolkata flights next month

Mark Elliott Nov 11, 2013
Bhutan Airlines will commence flights to Kolkata next month. The airline will start daily flights on the Bangkok-Kolkata-Paro-Kolkata-Bangkok route later this month, after completing…
Tourism

West Bengal plans tourism campaign

Mark Elliott Sep 4, 2013
West Bengal Tourism has mounted a massive campaign to promote tourism and investment in the State. As part of this campaign, the tourism board will organise roadshows in seven cities,…
Airlines and Aviation

Air India adds Yangon flight

Mark Elliott Jul 19, 2013
Air India has added an additional direct flight between Kolkata and Yangon from 17 July. With the addition of this flight, the national carrier now flies three times a week.…
Tourism

VoA numbers up 23% in June

Mark Elliott Jul 15, 2013
The number of Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) tourists increased 22.9% in June 2013, as compared to June 2012.  Last month, India issued a total of 1,062 VoAs, as against 864 in June 2012.…
Tourism Boards

Tourism Flanders conducts educational seminars

Mark Elliott Jun 19, 2013
Tourism Flanders & Brussels (Belgium) conducted educational seminars “Fabulous Flanders” for the trade and corporate partners in Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Kolkata. These seminars…
Tourism

VoA scheme grows 37% in May 2013

Mark Elliott Jun 14, 2013
India’s Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) scheme registered a 37.2% growth in May 2013 as compared to May 2012.  Last month, a total of 1,114 VoAs were issued as compared to 812 during May 2012.…
Tourism

California educates Indian agents

Mark Elliott Jun 5, 2013
Visit California has conducted educational seminars in Tier I and Tier II cities in India.  These educational seminars were held in the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru,…
Airlines and Aviation

Dragonair boosts Kolkata service

Mark Elliott Mar 25, 2013 0
Dragonair will boost its Kolkata service by deploying a larger A330 aircraft from 15 May to 10 June, 2013.  This wide bodied aircraft will offer greater capacity with 40 seats in…
Airlines and Aviation

No ADF at Chennai and Kolkata airports – MoCA

Mark Elliott Oct 15, 2012 0
The AERA to only determine UDF, landing and parking charges at Chennai and Kolkata airports… The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has directed Airports Authority of India (AAI) to not levy…
Tourism

Switzerland to open more Visa Application Centers in India

Mark Elliott Mar 2, 2012 14
First two phases to open seven centres by March, while three centres to launch in mid-2012...   Switzerland yesterday announced to open 10 more regional Visa Application Centres (VACs)…

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