Half the cost of a foreign tour package is constituted by airfare, which is not affected by the rupee exchange rate.
'People feel that if they belonged to some other community, their matters would've been resolved more easily.' 'It is because of the government's mistreatment and ill-will that this feeling has got into the community.'
It aims to grow gross merchandise value to Rs 19,000-25,500 crore.
Move aimed at forcing airlines to revoke decision to withdraw 5 per cent commission.
With commissions from domestic airline ticket sales falling victim to lower fares over the past two years, online travel portals like Travelguru, Cleartrip, Yatra and Makemytrip are increasingly exploring non-airline business avenues like hotel bookings, car and bus rentals and holiday package tours to boost revenues.
Travel portals have started to tie-up with online shopping portals and offline retail outlets to jointly promote their value-added offers as shopping portals gather huge traffic around festival time. They reason it will help them tide over the current lean phase in the economy.
Gandhi, however, acknowledged that his opinion is different from that of his party on the "emotional issue" after the Supreme Court last month lifted the ban on entry of women of menstrual age to the hilltop shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Kerala.
Investments are pouring into online portals for add-ons.
Interestingly, majority of the 26 highly user-friendly websites come from the world of e-commerce.
Efficient management of time and speedy decision-making have been the focus of President Ram Nath Kovind.
In November alone, year-on-year growth in flight bookings for the season was almost 40 per cent, said Ranjeet Oak, senior vice-president (flights), MakeMyTrip, a leading Indian online travel agency.
Today pay-later services are available for practically anything under the sun. And these include small purchases like clothes, gadgets, movie tickets, and even food.
Aggregators provide standardised amenities and predictability of services, whereas online travel agents give wider choices and packaged travel deals.
After a group of young hackers beat companies that claim to spend a bomb on cyber security, Karan Choudhury reports on just how easy it is to exploit digital wallets.
Seamlessly integrating multiple devices is becoming the single most important strategy for retailers, says Ritwik Sharma.
Taking a dig at Narendra Modi's demonetisation move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav termed cashless economy as a "bigger dream" than 'achche din' and said the note ban will be an issue in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
IndiGo is providing digital solutions to everyday problems, attracting customers to digital platforms and engaging start-ups to find solutions
Fifty-nine per cent of reserved tickets on Indian Railways are now booked online.
The move will help to reduce Air India's distribution cost by 60 per cent
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Government seeks stakeholders' comments by Jan 30 on discussion paper.
The year 2017 could be the third year of a double-digit growth in arrivals from China after years of low single-digit growth
The hotel is equipped with new, clean air technology which promises its guests the cleanest air in the city on par with global standards.
There were fewer promotion sales in January-February this year.
Tour operators in Odisha are set to suffer losses as tourists and pilgrims have started cancelling their bookings to various destinations in north India following the devastating floods in Uttarakhand.
In 2014, foreign tourist arrivals grew by 10.2 per cent over 2013.
Online travel portals have seen a surge in bookings aided by several rounds of discount offers and a strong demand over the festival weekend.
This is the first time domestic players have announced steep cuts.
Voicing concern over the Muzaffarnagar violence, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader and Union Minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday said it may spread to other states and become unmanageable" if not controlled by "strict action".
He recalled that democracy-lovers had fought a big battle against the Emergency.
Come August and the world's finest athletes from 206 countries will be out to prove their best at the Olympics.
Noel, Ratan Tata's half-brother and Mistry's brother-in-law, was a contender for the top position when Mistry was chosen as chairman in 2011.
Mera Job is a marketplace for both lower end white collar jobs and skilled blue collar workers.
On Thursday, all airlines (except for Air India) reduced fares on key domestic routes such as Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Bengaluru, Mumbai-Bengaluru, among others.
Hygiene and cleanliness of trains and stations a must
'I had expected them to fight this election on the issue of development, but they are not doing that.' 'Now they have decided to belittle Gujarat's development.'
Rediff.com presents the gist of the speech delivered by Mr. Kailash Satyarthi on the Foundation Day of Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh.
RailYatri offers a host of travel-related services to a 4.5 million user base. Shine Jacob finds out what's next for the app.
Budget proposals have set four goals to transform Indian Railways.
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