Yes Bank is the first bank to receive the prestigious National Tourism Award for its unique ‘Edge of India’ initiative, which focuses on developing cooperative tourism models to ensure liv…
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MakeMyTrip opens new technology centre in Bengaluru
This new development is a true reflection of the company’s vision of being reliable, efficient and at the forefront of technology.Rajesh Magow, Co-Founder and CEO-India, MakeMyTrip said, “…
Barbados reveals rise in visitor spending in 2016
The findings are contained in the quarterly survey conducted by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO). According to the report, total visitor expenditure on the island grew from $280 million to $33…
Jamaica displays positive growth in tourism in 2016
The Jamaica Tourist Board has released statistics that show that 2.084 million visitors came to the island during the first half of 2016 giving Jamaica earnings of $1.3 billion. There were a total of …
Nepal Tourism launches new National Tourism Strategy
The new scheme has recommended a budget of Rs 6.44 billion to implement the action plan. One-fourth of the funding is expected to be spent in the first and second years and one-fourth during each of t…
Bangladesh to boost Adventure Tourism, suggests Minister
The Tourism Minister was addressing a a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony held at Hotel Obokash in Dhaka. The MoU was signed between Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) and The Base…
Maldives greets its 750,000th tourist to the country
This is the third event held this year to celebrate the achievement of arrival milestones of Visit Maldives Year 2016. Visit Maldives Year 2016 aims at achieving the target of 1.5 million tourist arri…
ITQ organises an interactive knowledge-sharing platform on GDS
Global Distribution System (GDS) provider InterGlobe Technology Quotient (ITQ) recently organised a special interactive event, ‘Travel-Tech Knowledge Point’ for the media to familiarise an…
Florida registers record-breaking tourist arrivals in the first quarter of the year
“It’s exciting that we are starting the first half of 2016 off with back-to-back record quarters, which puts us on pace to reach our goal of 115 million tourists this year and $100 billion…
Yatra to tap the tier II and tier III markets in India through Yatra Mini
The new app Yatra Mini weighs approximately 4.5 MB and is fast loading even in poor network areas. What adds to its accessibility is that it is multi-lingual comprising several regional languages apar…