SilkAir, a wholly-owned subsidiary and regional carrier of Singapore Airlines, will start daily operations to Bangalore and Chennai in the next couple of months. ... Read more

Arabian Travel Market is the travel and tourism event unlocking business potential within the Middle East for inbound and outbound tourism professionals. ... Read more

Luxe WorldWide Hotels signs its first property in India with Mark Boulevard Hotel Bengaluru for sales and marketing representation. ... Read more

The 14 day cross country rickshaw run which drew 70 teams from 20 countries kicked off in Cochin ... Read more

World Travel Awards (WTA), which is celebrating its 17th anniversary, has unveiled 2010 Grand Tour Destinations. Dubai (UAE), Johannesburg (South Africa), Orlando (Florida, USA), Antalya (Turkey), New Delhi and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) have been selected by WTA for the same. ... Read more

The Executive Board of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has released its forecasts of tourism demand across Asia Pacific region for the next three years. ... Read more

Recently announced foreign arrivals to South Africa shows a 3.6% increase against a global decline of 4%, reaffirming the vitality of the country's tourism industry. ... Read more

The third edition of the Great Indian Travel Bazaar (GITB) this year will see the introduction of the concept of a theme state for the first time. Uttarakhand has been selected as the theme state for the event. ... Read more

The Seychelles Tourism Board is conducting a series of meetings with tour operators and airlines in India in a bid to open their Creole tropical islands to the Indian market. ... Read more

The Civil Aviation Ministry has given its go-ahead and procedural formalities will now be completed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. While SpiceJet completes its stipulated five years of domestic operations on May 23, IndiGo meets this condition only on August 4, 2011. ... Read more