10 Top Tourist Places in India

Ah, it's so hard to choose! What are the most popular tourist places in India? A lot of the time, it comes down to personal preference. However, some places to visit in India remain perennially more popular than others. These 10 destinations all capture the diverse charm of India. Want to know more about India's top destinations? Check out this India Travel Planner...

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Long weekend, discounts boost sales for travel sites

Online travel portals have seen a surge in bookings aided by several rounds of discount offers and a strong demand over the festival weekend. "Fliers appear to have utilised the promotional fares and discounts to travel from October 2. This is evident from the number of airline passengers who have booked (with us) for October, two-thirds of the total...

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Tour operators, portals see a jump in bookings around Jan 26 weekend

There has been a surge in bookings on online travel portals for the January 26 on the back of lower airfares with demand for destinations including Puri, Puducherry and Gangtok. “Keen holiday planners are exploring interesting and offbeat destinations for the Republic Day weekend....

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Olacabs to Buy Rival TaxiForSure for $200 mn to Take on Uber

Olacabs is on the brink of closing the deal to buy out rival TaxiForSure for about $200 million (₹1,250 crore), in its bid to take on arch-rival Uber and gain a dominant position in India's taxi aggregation market. An Uber taxi driver shows an application software in his mobile phone used to track the taxi's location, during a...

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Last Minute Travel Deals App Reaches Half a Million Downloads

Last Minute Travel, a leader in last minute travel deals on hotels, flights, vacation homes, cruises, car rentals, activities and other travel products, today announced that its mobile app, Last Minute Travel Deals, has been downloaded over half a million times since launching in late-March of last year. LastMinuteTravel.com was founded in 1996 as the first web site serving time-starved travelers. Today, the Last Minute Travel...

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SpiceJet joins low fare race; ticket prices start at Rs 1,499

New Delhi, Jan 28: Budget carrier SpiceJet today joined the low fare race in the domestic market putting on the block half a million seats with ticket prices starting at Rs 1,499 under a limited period promotional offer. The bookings under the three-day “Super Sale” offer can be made from today for a travel period between February 15 to June 30, SpiceJet said in...

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Travel Search Consolidation: Expedia Buys Rival Travelocity For $280M

The move puts most US and global travel market in just a few hands. Sluggish travel industry growth and pressure from insurgent travel providers have prompted Expedia to buy competitor Travelocity. The Wall Street Journal reports the deal is worth $280 million. The US online travel market is largely controlled by four companies: Expedia, Travelocity,...

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9 of Seattle’s top luxury hotels

Seattle is a multi dimensional city that offers a great combination of outdoor activities and urban entertainment. You’ve got seaplanes flying overhead, quirky neighborhoods to explore, fantastic food, a busy iconic market on the water and a ferry system that provides infinite possibilities. If it’s culture you’re looking for, Seattle has theatre, museums and art galleries,...

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Weird and wonderful: Quirky hotels around the USA

This nearly 100-year-old hotel boasts the largest collection of keys (20,000) in the world.  Baldpate Inn Standard hotels are no longer the name of the game with so many boutique guesthouses springing up across the country that are full of personality as well as unique charm. We take a look at...

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India’s New Pink Taxi Fleet for Women Offers Pepper Spray, Panic Buttons

Sarita Dixit, 22, a Meru Eve driver, the new women-only taxi service launched Friday January 16, 2015 in new Delhi. One of India’s largest taxi companies says it has a solution for women worried about their safety after the alleged rape by an Uber driver: pink cabs with pepper spray. Meru Cab chief executive Siddhartha Pahwa announced the new service–called Meru...

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Uber resumes cab service in Delhi

Ads by Google Uber said it wiill improve passenger safety by introducing additional safety measures including more stringent driver checks. By: Reuters | Delhi | Posted: January 23, 2015 11:06 am | Updated: January 23, 2015 12:05 pm US taxi-hailing app maker Uber Technologies Inc has restarted services in India’s capital, after its three...

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These are the world's 10 safest airlines — and the 4 least safe — for 2015

The website Airline Ratings released a list of the top safest and the least safe airlines for 2015. The rankings are based on government audits, fatality records, incident records and operational history. BOBBY YIP/REUTERS The Airline Ratings website recently released a report of the top 10 safest airlines for 2015. The safety...

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The Best Airlines For Business Travelers In 2015

A new year has dawned and with it, a blank slate for business travelers hitting the road. This year though, the game has changed dramatically. Both Delta and United will now be both awarding miles and assigning elite status based on how much a passenger spends with the airline, shifting benefits away from the casual traveler and towards the high-spend, frequent...

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Shut hotels on Agra routes: US agency

NEW DELHI: A week ahead of Barack Obama's visit, the US secret service has requested police to ensure that hotels and eateries around the Delhi-Agra routes are closed for three days from January 25. Delhi Police sought cooperation from their counterparts in the neighbouring states to implement this during an inter-state security meet chaired by commissioner BS Bassi on Friday. A liaison team of US secret service and CIA met Delhi Police...

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5 top holiday attractions for kids in 2015

How do you decide where you should go for a great family holiday abroad? What is it that makes somewhere the ideal family holiday destination? And how will you know where is right for your family? Well, one of your top concerns will be making the holiday fantastic for the kids. Many of Europe’s most popular family holiday destinations keep people coming back year after...

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Obama in India: Will he accept an invite to travel the ultra-luxury Maharajas' Express to Agra?

The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation has formally invited US President Barack Obama to travel on the $3000-a night ultra-luxury Maharajas' Express to Agra along with his family. According to a report in the Economic Times, IRCTC Chairman and MD AK Manocha had said that the invitation had been sent to Obama through the proper channels after taking clearance...

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