CBI faces Supreme Court heat over “absolute trash complaints” against Amit Shah Mumbai, 18 November, 2011 Maharastra State Road Transport Corporation(MSRTC) will operate AC Volvo buses from Mumbai to Surat, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Pune from 15th of December 2011. This is for the first time when MSRTC is going to operate AC Volvo buses to...
The Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited(TCGL) and Goa Tourism Development Corporation(GTDC) signed a memorandum of agreement for joint promotion of the tourist destinations in their respective states and also for the creation of a circuit on the western coast during Goa International Travel Mart(GITM). Goa Tourism Director Swapnil Naik said that Gujarat has been...
The first-ever Ahmedabad-Indore-Lucknow-Patna-Kolkata daily flight started operation today morning. The service flight no 9W-2513 has been started by Jet Airways with its 62-seater aircraft. The flight left Ahmedabad at 6.25 am and reached Indore at 7.45 am. After 30 minutes halt it took off to reach Lucknow and arrived at Lucknow airport at 10.10...
Ahmedabad’s 50 year old four star Cama Hotels Limited has entered into a management contract with Berggruen Hotels. As part of the contract, Berggruen will manage the 50 year old Cama Hotel with new name Keys Hotel Cama. Keys Hotel is the mid-market brand of Berggruen hotels. Promoted by New York based Berggruen Holdings,...
Dubai’s low cost carrier ‘flydubai’ has got government of India’s aviation controller body DGCA’s approval to start once-a-week flight between Dubai and Ahmedabad starting June 11, according to PTI report.The airline has communicated that it is likely to start operations from July 11 from Sardar Vallabhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport. The flights will depart...
Guajrat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will flag off two inaugural flights connecting Surat with Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar On April 29 in presence of Captain Gopinath of ‘Deccan 360′ air company. Gujarat tourism department and Gujarat government’s civil aviation department have tied up with Air Deccan founder Captain GR Gopinath`s new company `Deccan 360` to...
The Gujarat Government is taking steps to improve air connectivity so that foreign tourists can fly into Ahmedabad or Surat and fan out to other destinations in the State. For this purpose, the tourism department has tied up with Air Deccan which will run two ATR flight daily from Ahmedabad and Surat to 11...
Continuing its expansion of Radisson hotel brand in India, global hospitality and travel company Carlson today announced the signing of the the 117-room Radisson Hotel Kandla. With this Carlson has increased its Radisson portfolio in India increases to 42 hotels. This is Carlson”s fourth hotel in Gujarat. The USD 15 million Radisson Hotel Kandla...
Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board has approved today, the model concession agreement for Tourism sector to be developed in the state on Public Private Partnership. The Minister of state Finance and Industries Shri Saurabhbhai Patel chaired the 57th Executive Committee Meeting of GIDB held in Gandhinagar. The Chief Secretary Shri A. K. Jyoti, Tourism Secretary,...
The Government has extended the visa on arrival scheme for the tourists from Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines and Laos from January this year. This scheme was launched last year for the tourists from Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore as a measure to attract more foreign tourists to India. The number of visas issued...
Gujarat government has taken a decision to provide land at concessional rate to mega-tourism project in the state. Also the govt will decide upset price and issue tender to sell Gujarat tourism’s properties and unused land plots. In a meeting presided by Chief Secretary A.K.Joti, the procedure to sell Gujarat Tourism Corporation’s property and...