With Onam and Raksha Bandhan just around the corner, the festival season is ready to kick off in full swing. As people embrace the celebratory spirit, companies anticipate a surge in sales this year. Consumer durables firms are expecting strong growth of 40-50 per cent in the premium segment during the upcoming season. Appliance makers also foresee increased demand for cooling appliances - refrigerators and air conditioners - which were impacted by unseasonal rainfall.
After its forays into e-ticketing and hospitality, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has tied up with travel major Cox & Kings for offering tour packages
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The International Student Identity Card offers exclusive travel packages for students travelling abroad through the Student Travel Information Centre offices.
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.
Indian traveller is no longer satisfied with a single annual vacation, but is increasingly demanding multiple holidays and festive breaks offer an ideal opportunity.
The resolution seeking his reappointment as chairman and managing director of the diversified conglomerate will be put to vote at the company's annual general meeting to be held on August 11, 2023, according to a notice sent to the shareholders on Tuesday. The company under Puri drove the 'ITC Next' strategy in the last four years encompassing digital acceleration, cost optimisation, investing in new growth vectors and ensuring supply chain agility, its officials said.
Tour India packages are clearly aimed at the young traveller.
Yatra sees 15-20% cancellations in confirmed bookings to France.
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If the deal goes through this will be second deal for Ebix in seven months, having bought Centrum group's forex and travel business Centrum Direct for a reported Rs 1,2000 crore valuation last August.
At least 50 travel destinations would be developed as a "complete package" and states will be encouraged to set up a 'unity mall' for the sale of their products, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Budget on Wednesday, asserting that promotion of tourism will be taken up on a "mission mode".
July 14 features three big-ticket sporting events -- the World Cup final, the Wimbledon men's final and the British Grand Prix.
The increase in bookings has also meant a significant reduction in overall costs for the online travel agencies and a consequent narrowing of losses.
It's raining brand new seasons and shows on OTT this week.
With the advent of many online insurance web aggregators, buying an appropriate travel insurance plan to match your tour package has never been so trouble-free.
The Union home ministry and the labour ministry have asked state governments to coordinate with the chief labour commissioner's (CLC's) office to give a comprehensive data of all the migrant workers by April 11.
The train connects Mysuru and Chennai via Bengaluru.
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Johnson said that he has travelled to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy in person and show solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
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ITC Ltd on Friday reported a 23.09 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 5,070.09 crore for the third quarter ended December 2022, helped by growth momentum across its operating segments. The diversified company had posted a net profit of Rs 4,118.80 crore during the October-December quarter of the previous fiscal, ITC said in a regulatory filing. Its revenue from operations was up 3.56 per cent to Rs 19,020.65 crore during the quarter under review, as against Rs 18,365.80 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
A possible exit of Team India from the first round of the ICC World Cup has the tourism industry worried. Many fans and corporates
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High airfares and currency depreciation have not dampened the spirit of travellers in the country as they remain keen on travelling during winter break albeit with curtailed budget, according to a survey findings.
Fans allowed for the mega final as UEFA said that each club would receive 6,000 tickets which are expected to go on sale from today, May 13. The final capacity for the match has yet to be confirmed.
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Aaftab Poonawala, the accused in the case of brutal murder of his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar in May this year, shifted the belongings from his flat in Maharashtra's Palghar district to Delhi in 37 boxes in June and paid Rs 20,000 for it, a police official said on Monday.
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'People will say a lot of things -- ignore the noise.'
'Indian single malts have a very specific character.' 'They are sweet when you take a frontal palette approach and change significantly with the addition of water.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a package of Rs 80,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir.
Air India's turnaround plan staggered over a period of 9 years.
United States President Joe Biden who made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, days before the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, pledged a $500 million military aid package for the country.
Strategy Guru Roopa Unnikrishnan decided to go Mobile Only when she and her family took a recent vacation.
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