This year has not been good for any of the Industry, except I guess for Medical Industry in India (Thanks to Swine Flu, recession related diseases :)). The tourism in India has seen a steep decline over last 12 months and the effects of that have seen Hospitality Industry
» continue readingThe tourism statistics in the first quarter and up to MAY’09 as compiled by the Department of Tourism shows a sharp decline in the industry by a whopping 40-45%. This depressing situation can either be defended by obvious reasons which every sector seems to be falling trap to. i.e.
» continue readingTravel Thursday is our weekly news Digest that brings you buzzing stories about Travel & Tourism in India. We start this Travel Thursday with some great positive News ! Udaipur is Voted as the World’s Best city for travellers – WOW ! Now thats a real biggie and unbelievable
» continue readingIf you are new to Travel Thursday, here is a short explanation of what it is.This will be the first edition of our Weekly News Digest of Travel Thursday. Chartered Flights to Watch Solar Eclipse..WTF !Yes, you heard me right, the notion of Solar Eclipse being a bad omen
» continue readingEuphoria over Google Ocean an addition from Google where you can see what’s on the seabed hasn’t died yet. Google is out with yet another innovation of its own. This innovation is not a software or a new addition to the already feature rich Gmail. It is a bus,
» continue readingChartered : hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; “a chartered plane”; “the chartered buses arrived on time” I tried looking for the meaning of ‘Chartered” using define:chartered in Google and that is what I got. The definition mentions about a plane and a bus.
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iXiGO, an Indian travel aggregator has announced the launch of its hotel search engine, a natural progression for their travel search.As per the press release, ixigo hotel search engine can search and book accommodation in real time across 4500 hotels in 320 Indian cities.XiGO’s hotel search
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Last year I did a comparison of 10 OTA's operating in India. The comparison was done based on 5 different parameters like Ticket fares, Flight options, Destinations, User Friendliness and value added services. In that comparison IXIGO scored quite well on most aspects including user friendliness. Cleartrip and Yatra
» continue readingIndian Union Railway minister -Lalu Prasad Yadav - the darling of the masses and the favorite whipping-boy of the media has added another feather to Indian railways.Two premium trains of India - Shatabdi and Rajdhani - will now be boasting on-board free internet and direct-to-home (DTH) services.The premium trains
» continue readingIndians are getting richer and so are prices, from real estate to common commodities, all soaring through the roof. Even going on a vacation within India is more expensive than going for a short trip Singapore, Bankok or Sri
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