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With an aim to promote its tourism sector among Chinese population, the Spanish island of Ibiza, located in the east, has launched a new website in Chinese language. The island, which is the third largest of the archipelago of the Balearic Islands, launched the website the FITUR event being held from January 17 to 21. The Chinese travellers, who wished to travel in groups earlier, are now turning to individual travellers and this is the right time to attract them to the destinations. Conversing with a non-English speaking Chinese traveller is a bit of a difficult task for the destination ... Read more

Lamborghini Urus, the new Super SUV from the brand, got full booking in India after the global launch. Priced at Rs 3 crores, the car is the second version of its SUV segment. photo courtesy: lamborgini.com Though it’s an SUV, Urus follows the same design philosophy of its other sports models such as Aventador and Hurricane. Interior of the car has the same cockpit model arrangements in the dashboard that resembles a typical Lamborgini. Currently Urus is the fastest luxury SUV in the world with a top speed of 305 kmph. The car’s DNA is unleashed with a 4.0-litre V8 ... Read more

Sushma Swaraj inaugurating the 60th Post Office Passport Seva Kendra at Karaikal, Puducherry, in a function presided over by Shri V. Narayanaswamy, CM of Puducherry. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that the ministry had decided to reduce the cost of Passport fee for 10 per cent. “Children and senior citizen would be the main beneficiaries,” she added. “We are committed to simplify the entire process of passport services with a view to processing all applications in a speedy and transparent manner and have taken a series of reforms,” she said after inaugurating a POPSK (Post Office Passport ... Read more

Social Media giant Facebook is analysing its latest feature to add stories from desktop  in order to boost its stories section like that of Instagram. Facebook engineers are constantly researching on latest updates to generate more revenue through advertising. Photo courtesy:facebook.com “We are testing the option to create and share ‘Stories’ from Facebook on desktop and are also testing moving the Stories tray from the top right corner to above News Feed, just like on mobile,” said Facebook spokesperson. This feature could also add more prominence to group admins, event creators who are constantly in touch with a desktop. The ... Read more

The federal government of United States shutdowns after a funding bill collapsed due to the weak response from the Democrats. Problems occurred after the Democrats demanding to loosen the immigration law. “We will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands,” said a statement issued by White House. Photo Courtesy: The Hill Military and other services would be restored but government officers as well as diplomats won’t get their payment until the problem gets under control. This is the second time for America that the economic crisis repeated after 5 years. ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: VisitScotland Scotland sets new record with 15 per cent increase in overseas arrivals in 2017. The new flight routes and favourable exchange rates are said to be the driving forces behind the increase in foreign tourist arrivals. The combined number of domestic and overseas tourists in Scotland has increased by two percent, taking the tally to 14.1 million visitors. Overnight trips by Great Britain residents for holiday purpose increased to 8.5 per cent compared to the January-September 2016 period. Expenditure increased £163 million or 12.7 per cent to £1.5 billion over the same period. Although September 2017 saw ... Read more

Kestrel Adventure Holidays, in association with Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS), is about to conduct two-day Munnar Marathon from February 10, 2018. photo courtesy:munnarmarathon.com “The marathon would boost Munnar as an adventure tourism destination as well as in creating a health consciousness among the people,” said Sriram Venkataraman IAS, Employment and Training Department Director, who is also the chief leader of the Marathon. The Marathon, second in terms of altitude after Ladakh marathon, consists of 4 categories such as Ultra Challenge, Run for Fun, Half Marathon and Full Marathon. photo courtesy:munnarmarathon.com ... Read more

Avani Hotels & Resorts Avani Hotels & Resorts launches its first hotel in the historic town of Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Laos. The 53-room hotel is located on a narrow peninsula at the joining of the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers. Currently known as the Azerai Hotel, the rebrand will be completed in March 2018. The French neo-classical architectural design resembles the style of the grand villas found in Luang Prabang. The hotel is situated on the doorstep of the famous night market where guests will find locally made appliqué blankets, Hmong batik fabrics, lamps, ... Read more

Crowne Plaza London – Albert Embankment Crowne Plaza London – Albert Embankment, the first luxury hotel in the Albert Embankment area, is all set to launch in May 2018. Located on the South Bank of the River Thames, this new hotel is symbolic of the new brand platform from Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resort that launched earlier in 2017 called ‘We’re All Business, Mostly’. Created by ADS Design and RPW Design, Crowne Plaza London – Albert Embankment offers breath-taking views over The Thames, including the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. The sky terrace on the 14th floor offers ... Read more

The Met Department of the UK has issued ‘do not travel’ warnings as heavy snow storms hits different parts of the country. Drivers in Scotland and Northern England had been urged not to travel, as snow storms hit parts of the UK for a third day. “Snow showers will be heaviest and most frequent across western Scotland where a further 10-20 cm is likely to build up above 200-300 m with 30 cm possible over the very highest routes. The high ground of Northern Ireland and Northern England will also see 10-15 cm building up,” says the official statement. At ... Read more

Crowne Plaza, Kochi Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, issues fresh guidelines with aim to streamline hotel classification, to make them simple, transparent and time-bound. Liquor shops and stores on the premises of a hotel other than bars will not be considered for classification under star hotels “with alcohol” category, to remove any ambiguity. Besides, all hotels will now have to mandatorily display their classification status prominently at the reception and on their websites under a separate icon on the opening page, which will display the order of classification issued by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Unlike previously, ... Read more

A private tour company in Zambia lashes out at the US president Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about their country by releasing a new campaign.         photo courtesy:yahoo.com Trump opened this controversial statement about African countries as “****Hole countries” during an office meeting about immigration at the oval office in White House. In a fitting reply to this remark, the Zambian tour company, used the same words coined by Trump in their latest campaign, which is creating waves across social media platforms. The company titled its campaign as ‘Visit ****Hole Zambia’ with the tagline, “where the only stars ... Read more

  Madavoorpara. Photo-Courtesy: Praveen-Kattayikonam Kerala State Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran inaugurates the Rs. 7 crore historic Madavoorpara tourism project, on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. “Madavoorppara would become a major tourist centre in the district once the Rs. 7 crore development work by Uralungal Labour Cooperative Society completes. The project is expected to be completed in a-year-and-a-half,” says the minister. The 300-ft-high natural wonder at Chenkottukonam would be having cottages, adventure zone, amphitheatre, cafeteria, walkways, and green huts.  The cave temple at ‘Madavoorpara’ is believed to have been built around the 8th century A.D. The site, at present, has a children’s ... Read more

Web Desk International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) Kolkata, will open the country’s one and only tourism university. IIHM is investing over Rs. 150 crore in setting up the University out of which Rs. 70 crore has already been invested towards setting up the infrastructure and state-of-art facilities in Salt Lake Electronic Complex Sector 5. IIHM Campus in Kolkatta Named as the IIHM University and is registered under the West Bengal Private University Act, the new institution is a joint venture between IIHM and Institute of Advanced Management (IAM). “Our vision is to co-create one of the finest Tourism Universities ... Read more

Web Desk Photo Courtesy: India.com In what can be called as a historical statement, the Deputy Speaker of the Goa Assembly and BJP MLA Michael Lobo states that the state of Maharashtra is falling short of tourist revenues because it does not allow bikinis in its territory. Lobo made this statement while speaking at one of the events held to mark the Opinion Poll day, where he justifies that bikinis are allowed in Goa because of the Opinion Poll of 1967. At a time when Goa was liberated from the Portuguese rule in 1961, a historic referendum was held in ... Read more