Hong Kong New Year Countdown celebration goes online
Hong Kong: Despite Covid-19, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is gearing up for festive cheers. This New Year’s Eve (31 Dec 2020), for the first time, the HKTB’s signature “Hong Kong New Year Countdown Celebrations” will go online.
Welcomhotel Shimla: Your window to the Himalayan splendor of Mashobra
Shimla/IBNS: One of India’s most popular hospitality brands, ‘Welcomhotel’, recently launched its first property in Himachal Pradesh, not far from the state capital Shimla.
Himachal Pradesh: major tourist spots experience rainfall
Shimla/UNI: All major tourist attractions in Himachal Pradesh, including Shimla, Kufri, Fagu, Mashobra Narkanda, Chail (Solan), Kasauli, Manali and Dalhousie, received major spell of snowfall on Monday while many other places were lashed by light rainfall.
X-mas in J&K: Tourism department organising special programmes in Gulmarg
Srinagar: Christmas, the birthday of Jesus Christ (AS), would be celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety across J&K on Friday.
Nagaland to re-open for tourists from Dec 27
Kohima: Nagaland will re-open for domestic tourists from Dec 27 after a prolong ban due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Nagaland to re-open for tourists from Dec 27
Kohima/IBNS: Nagaland will re-open for domestic tourists from Dec 27 after a prolong ban due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Sigmund Freud Museum reopens in a new format
Vienna/New Delhi: Berggasse 19 is Vienna’s most famous address as it was in this apartment that the secret of dreams was revealed to Dr Sigmund Freud on July 24, 1895.
Etihad Airways updates travel rules for passengers departing UK
Abu Dhabi/IBNS: Following an announcement by the National Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, effective 24 December 2020, Etihad Airways requires all guests flying from the United Kingdom to present a negative PCR test within 72 hours validity of their flight departure time.
Canada blocks travel from UK over the new coronavirus variant
Canada/IBNS: Canada joined several European nations by halting flights from the UK on Sunday in an effort to prevent a new, potentially more contagious strain of the coronavirus found in the UK, media reports said.
Direct flight connecting Shillong to Delhi launched at Shillong airport
Shillong/IBNS: The inaugural flight of Delhi-Shillong-Delhi was launched at Shillong Airport, Umroi, by the Meghalaya Transport Minister S Dhar on Monday.
J&K: Gulmarg hotels sold out as tourists return to Valley
Srinagar: Despite little promotions by the local travel and tourism fraternity in the ongoing COVID pandemic, the recent snowfall has attracted a good number of travellers to ski resort Gulmarg.
Skyview Patnitop in Jammu to host winter carnival at Himalaya gateway Sanget Valley
As the year dominated by the pandemic draws to an end and the world looks forward to a brighter year ahead, Skyview Patnitop by Empyrean, Jammu’s latest adventure and lifestyle destination is all set to welcome visitors for the first ever Winter Carnival in the region.
Kolkata/IBNS: SBI General Insurance, a leading general insurance company in India, has partnered with IntrCity RailYatri, a multi-modal intercity mobility platform, to provide Domestic Travel Insurance to customers opting to travel or commute through IntrCity RailYatri.
Tel Aviv enjoys the dancing Northern Lights thanks to Visit Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi (Finland)/IBNS: The home of Santa Claus, in the heart of the Lapland, Rovaniemi surprised everyone with its special greetings to mark the 70 years of diplomatic relations between Finland and Israel.
Etihad Airways inaugurates pioneering 2020 Ecodemons Tractor aircraft
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Etihad Airways on Tuesday officially inaugurated the pioneering 2020 ecoDemonstrator aircraft into commercial service at a special ceremony at the airline’s Abu Dhabi base, following a series of industry-leading test flights across the United States.