Articles for Travel

India Leads as Dubai's Top International Tourism Source Market in 2016

Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing released a report which states Dubai welcomed 1.8 million overnight visitors from India, reflecting growth of twelve per cent.

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It's About Being in the Right Place at the Right Time: John Boulding

We spoke to Insight Vacations CEO John Boulding and Jt MD of Signature Tours, Rajeev Kohli on their new venture which targets the upper end of the Indian tourist trade. It's a timely venture as the market has developed sufficiently, they said.

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VIA Facilitates Seamless Payments with mPOS

VIA has tied up with various mobile payment solutions startups to deploy 1000-odd new stores on mPOS machines. Number of transactions on mPOS has now increased to over 2000 a day.

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Via.com UAE Launches Cash on Delivery Service

The COD facility will now enable the customers to make travel bookings with Via.com and pay cash against the travel bookings. This facility is currently available only for international flight bookings and will eventually be available for holiday packages and hotel bookings in the near future.

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Indonesia's Garuda Airlines Introduces New Service Between Jakarta and Mumbai

The opening of Garuda Indonesia’s flight to Mumbai is part of its international network development program, especially in the South Asia region, as well as the manifestation of the airline’s strong commitment to continuously support the Indonesian government’s program to double the number of international tourists visiting the country by 2019.

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Airports, Passengers & the Future Use of Technology

There are a host of opportunities available through new tech that can boost engagement between customers and providers and the future will see this being used to ever greater degrees for the benefit of both parties.

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We want India to rediscover Switzerland: Claudio Zemp

Bollywood may have already made the scenic beauty of Switzerland a hit with Indian tourists, but the Director India of Swiss Tourism told us that there was much more to see and do in his country and the Indian market was only now discovering 'new' destinations in his country.

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AirAsia India Launched Food Truck to Publicize its Meals

Put together by Taj Sats Air Caterer, AirAsia India offers its guests, world-class food and beverage on-board at pocket-friendly prices in its menu, ‘Santan’! This first-of-its-kind endeavour by AirAsia India aims to take the airline’s in-flight menu offerings to the streets of Bengaluru for a limited period.

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