Duronto Express: Delhi to Kolkata in 16 hours!
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has flagged off the first of the many Duronto Express.
The first route being offered is between New Delhi and Kolkata (Banerjee is from West Bengal!).
This train promises to shorten the time taken by trains on this route by around 90 minutes compared to the [...]
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited to expand operations
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited has announced that they are now planning to expand their business operations.
The company is aiming to double its inventory through acquisitions and establishing new properties.
They already have more than 85,000 families as members and they are aiming to touch 100,000 [...]
Orbitz Worldwide replaces Expedia on MSN.com
Orbitz Worldwide has announced that they are now providing travel related services on MSN portal in US and UK market.
They are replacing the services earlier provided by Expedia.
Orbitz.com and ebookers.com are now featured on the MSN.com portal.
Orbitz said that this new development is likely to boost their viewership massively.
This [...]
Expedia enters Indian market
Online travel company Expedia has announced the launch of their Indian operations.
The company has now launched an Indian version of their website which is accepting payments in local currency (Rupees).
The online travel industry has seen a massive boom in the recent times with several players trying to lure customers.
Some of their [...]
Cashback doesn’t go back to you on ezeego1
Popular Travel and travel related services website ezeego1.co.in [http://ezeego1.co.in] has lately been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The website is presently running an offer that promises a cash back of 25% upto 50% for airtravel booked using ICICI credit cards.
But apparently, as this reporter [...]
Kingfisher Airlines to offer in flight mobile calls to travelers
Indian airline company Kingfisher Airlines has announced that they would soon introduce in-flight mobile phone capability to their customers.
The company would begin by offering this service on 10 of its aircraft. It would later be expanded to their entire fleet.
Kingfisher added that they would also begin [...]
Indian Oil Corporation pumps to sell Indian Railways tickets
Indian Railways have signed a MoU with Indian Oil to sell reserved tickets on the Indian railways from their outlets throughout the country.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) said in a statement that Ministry of Railways and Indian Oil Corporation have signed a MoU for the [...]
IRCTC to establish budget hotels in smaller cities in India
Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has announced that they would be setting up budget hotels in cities like Howrah, Sealdah, Darjeeling, New Jalpaiguri, Gaya, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Visakhapatnam and Tatanagar.
IRCTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Railways and these budget hotels would be established though [...]
Finnair announce plans to launch Mumbai-Helsinki flight
Finland’s Finnair has announced that they would soon launch a new flight between Mumbai and Helsinki to complete their existing flight between Delhi-Helsinki.
The company has seen massive response to their Delhi-Helsinki flight and this new flight is expected to be launched in June this year.
Finnair further said that they [...]
Continental Airlines to operate New York-Mumbai direct flights
World’s fifth largest airline company Continental Airlines has said that they would soon launch daily flights to Mumbai from New York.
This new flight is expected to be launched in October this year. The airline company is already operating a direct New York-New Delhi flight.
The company said that [...]
