Delhi has bagged the Best Destination for Food & Drink at the Lonely Planet Magazine India Travel Awards, 2013. Delhi Tourism chairman Manish Chatrath and chief manager (PR) Sudhir Sobti received the award at a special ceremony held in Mumbai. “The Best Destination for Food & Drink award is a prestigious award for Delhi and is a step forward towards making Delhi a preferred tourist destination,” a statement from Delhi Tourism read.

Minister of State for Tourism K. Chiranjeevi has said that India as a part of its the look east policy is sparing no effort to add more content to its ''strategic partnership'' with Vietnam, in the fields of defence, economic, scientific-educational and cultural cooperation.

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Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh’s order to Air India pilots and cabin crew to put in more flying hours reached the Delhi High Court (HC) with the Court asking the Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA) to give details of the “drastic”

Over 60 years after architect Le Corbusier gave shape to Chandigarh, a French photographer is delving into the heart of the city to map its human element. India's first planned city is captured through the lens of Manuel Bougot, who spent over two years in Chandigarh in "quest of its soul,"

Air travel website Goibibo.com recently launched a VIP programme at Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru airports, whereby travellers booking on the portal can experience personalised treatment on their arrival at the said airports. Goibibo members will get a special concierge service, and will be welcomed by photographers and hostesses holding placards of their respective names. The travellers will then be escorted to chauffeur-driven cars for a ride in the city.

grew up in a small town on the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, cradled in the Nilgiri hills. I grew up in a small town on the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, cradled in the Nilgiri hills. I now work as a conservationist in the same area.

The Delhi Tourism department is set to introduce around three open-top, hop-on hop-off (HoHo) buses in the city on the lines of similar tourist buses in London, Paris and New York. Purple UMTC Transit Ltd, the company that would operate these buses, said the proposal has been forwarded to the Delhi government for consideration. “A meeting is expected at the chief secretary’s office on Tuesday. We will work out the modalities to run these buses,”

The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on commercial and tourism-related activities in the habitat of endangered Jarawa tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The order follows reports of video footage featuring the aboriginals dancing for food in front of foreign tourists and officials on "human safaris".

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) New Delhi will co-sponsor International Bangla Film Academy (IBFA) Awards 2012, scheduled to be held from June 30 to July 2, 2012 at Alangkarn Theater in Pattaya, Thailand. Speaking about the awards, an official source from TAT New Delhi said that Kolkata is an important market for Thailand as a tourist destination.

A 25-year-old travel agency employee was arrested from the Jama Masjid area on Wednesday, for allegedly forging the signature of BJP MP Shahnawaz Hussain to get his client a railway ticket. On June 5, Hussain’s secretary Rajesh Verma filed a police complaint regarding the forged signature. In his complaint, Verma said, “Someone has forged the letterhead and signature of Hussain to give a ticket request to the Ambala Divisional Rail Manager (DRM). He told us that the letterhead and signature were used to confirm a waitlisted e-ticket.”

Fraport AG, the world’s second-largest airport operator, is weighing the option of selling its 10 per cent stake in Delhi airport, and has decided to shut its India operations this month, signalling its lack of confidence in the government’s ability to push ahead with infrastructure development, The Economic Times reported. “We had some re-assessment…

With the sliding rupee making overseas travel 15-30 per cent costlier, local hotspots have become favoured destinations for most Indian tourists this holiday season. As the domestic currency oscillated between 52 to 56 against the US dollar over the past month, the volatility forced Indian tourists to either postpone their vacation overseas or choose less costly domestic destinations.

Gate Gourmet, a subsidiary of Swiss giant Gategroup which provides in-flight catering and services, and Indian food catering firm Travel Food Services(TFS), have forged a joint venture alliance to provide in-flight on-board catering services targeted mainly at low-cost airlines.

Foreign tourist arrival in India grew by close to 9 per cent to 6.29 million in 2011, Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai told Rajya Sabha today. "The number of foreign tourist arrivals in India increased from 5.78 million in 2010 to 6.29 million in 2011, registering a growth of 8.9 per cent,"

Brazil’s TAM Airlines is looking to tap the burgeoning Indian aviation market. To this end, the carrier and the Brazilian Embassy in India together organised workshops in Mumbai and Delhi last week to educate the Indian travel trade about Brazil’s tourism products and TAM Airlines’ offerings.

The Delhi Tourism & Transport Development Corporation (DTTDC) is planning to sign Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with other state tourism boards in the country in the coming months to jointly promote travel packages and products of the respective states in a mutually beneficial manner. According to a DTTDC official, the corporation has already signed MoUs with the Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Goa and Gujarat tourism boards.

The Delhi Tourism & Transport Development Corporation (DTTDC) is planning to sign Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with other state tourism boards in the country in the coming months to jointly promote travel packages and products of the respective states in a mutually beneficial manner. According to a DTTDC official, the corporation has already signed MoUs with the Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Goa and Gujarat tourism boards.

Delhi Tourism recently set up kiosks at the Airport Express Corridor’s New Delhi and Shivaji Stadium stations. The kiosks will provide detailed information and arrange sightseeing in Delhi for airport metro commuters and tourists. The two stations already provide check-in facilities for international and domestic fliers, according to a report by PTI.

The Lithuanian State Tourism Department and the Lithuanian Embassy in India will be holding the first Lithuanian tourism presentation at the residence of the country's ambassador today.