DGCA keeps 'rigorous oversight' on airfares for festivals; airlines to operate additional flights

Aviation watchdog DGCA monitors airfares and flight capacities. This action prevents steep price hikes during the upcoming festive season. The civil a...

Millennials lead India's festive travel boom, driving over half of visa applications: Atlys

New data from Atlys highlights a major shift in India's festive travel trends. Millennials accounted for 53.5 per cent of all visa applications betwe...

Top line hotel chains line up big-ticket projects as Goa records strong growth

Goa's hospitality sector is witnessing a significant boom, with numerous new hotel projects driven by record occupancy and surging tourist arrivals. D...

India to get 2 new airports amid govt's infrastructure push

India's aviation sector will transform. Delhi and Mumbai get new airports this month. Navi Mumbai International Airport opens October 8. Noida Interna...

Tourist arrivals in Rajasthan rise but foreign visitors decline

Rajasthan experienced a rise in domestic tourism. Over 15 crore visitors arrived between January and August 2025. This marked an 11 per cent increase ...

Starscapes, UTTB and THSC launch Uttarakhand's first statewide Astro-Tourism Guide training programme

Starscapes, in partnership with the Uttarakhand Tourism Board (UTTB) and the Tourism & Hospitality Skill Council (THSC), has introduced a government-s...

Qantas to resume non-stop DelhiMelbourne flights ahead of IndiaAustralia T20

Qantas will restart non-stop flights between Delhi and Melbourne from 27 October 2025, offering three weekly services through 28 March 2026. The resum...

SpiceJet announces special Diwali flights to Ayodhya from Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad

SpiceJet has announced daily non-stop flights to Ayodhya from Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, and Hyderabad starting October 8, 2025, coinciding with the...

ITC Hotels to expand luxury portfolio with new property in Patna

ITC Hotels has signed an agreement with Kumar Infra Hotel Private to manage a new 140-room luxury hotel in Patna, Bihar. The project, part of a gover...

US tourist visa wait times: Chennai improves, Delhi faces longest delays for B1/B2 visas

Indian applicants for US B1/B2 visas still face lengthy interview waits, with New Delhi now experiencing a 12-month delay, a significant increase. Whi...

Tourists stranded as heavy rainfall, landslides ravage Darjeeling hills

Incessant rainfall triggered multiple landslides across the Darjeeling hills on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and leaving hundreds of tourists st...

Bihar government approves land acquisition for two airports

Bihar's Nitish Kumar-led Cabinet approved land acquisition for two new airports in Saharsa and Bhagalpur, significantly boosting regional air connecti...