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Rishi Sunak landed in Israel on Thursday, a Reuters witness said, beginning a visit in which he will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog before travelling on to other regional capitals. Sunak will share his condolences for the loss of life in Israel and Gaza as a result of the October 7 attack on Israel by Gaza-based Palestinian Hamas gunmen, his office said, and warn against further escalation of conflict in the region. «Every civilian death is a tragedy.

Air India has recently announced a special sale on its India-Singapore and India-Bangkok routes. This sale offers irresistible fares in economy and business class for travel until March next year. For bookings made from India, the economy round-trip fares on select India-Singapore routes start from Rs 13,330, and on select India-Bangkok routes from Rs 17,045.

Indian Railways are executing projects better than ever. India has the fourth-largest railway system in the world due to its extensive network of rail tracks that almost encircle the whole country. More than 1.4 million (m) people are employed along its 67,850 km of travel.

Delhi Public School (DPS) in Siliguri, Jalpaiguri and Kolkata, is set to partner with a luxury hotel chain to start his first hospitality venture on six acres of land in Siliguri, a city in West Bengal on the foothills of the Himalayas. Agarwal's land parcel, surrounded by tea estates, is close to the Mayfair Resort in Siliguri. «Mayfair Resort has become a hub for destination weddings and I was amazed at the kind of business this resort was getting,» said Agarwal, who is chairman of the three DPS schools. From pharma companies and regional industrial groups to car dealers, school owners and book publishers in tier-2 and -3 markets, an increasingly diversified group of entrepreneurs across segments and sectors are taking the plunge in the hospitality industry. Last year, Mankind Pharma entered the sector with the Courtyard by Marriott Aravali Resort, and added The Westin Rishikesh Resort & Spa earlier this year.

NEW DELHI : Indians will spend $410 billion on travel and accommodation by the end of the decade aided by a growing economy, swelling incomes and youthful population, a new study said. This is about three times the amount ($150 billion) spent in 2019, the last pre-covid year of normal consumption. Indians are keen on non-traditional accommodation such as hostels, campsites, vacation rentals and chalets, the study by Booking.com with knowledge partner McKinsey & Company said.

₹50 to travel from Sahibabad to Duhai depot. according to the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). The fare for the same route will be ₹100 in a premium-class coach, it said.

Loyalty program operator Air Miles has announced an exclusive partnership for hotels and vacation rentals with Expedia Group Inc. as part of its of newly launched travel booking platform.

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Northern Railway has introduced 34 special trains starting Wednesday to clear the festive rush of passengers planning to travel to their home destinations. These special trains will make 377 trips — 351 towards the eastern part of the country and 26 towards the northern region — between October 18 and December 11. «Besides these 34 trains, additional coaches will be added to existing 69 trains and, in all, the Northern Railway will create 5.5 lakh additional berths and seats considering the increase in passenger movement during the festive session,» Shobhan Chaudhuri, General Manager, Northern Railway, told reporters.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 18: In an exciting development for travel enthusiasts, leading travel platform Musafir.com has entered into a strategic partnership with Vistara, India’s finest full-service carrier, to offer global visa services to its customers. With this partnership, Musafir.com has integrated its comprehensive visa services into Vistara's official website to offer a convenient one-stop solution for all visa needs, thereby significantly streamlining the often complex and time-consuming process. Customers applying for their visas will also benefit by earning 5 CV points for every INR100 spent.

Wall Street’s third quarter earnings season kicks into high gear this week, with some of the biggest names in the market set to report their latest results.

Meeting the client in person and on time has become more challenging for road warriors with the rising number of air-traffic delays and full flights. During the first nine months of 2023, more than 22% of flights to or from U.S. airports were delayed, according to data from FlightAware.

metro line project, which Tamil Nadu is very keen on, has moved a step ahead. The Chennai Metro Rail Corporation (CMRL) will soon award a tender for the feasibility study after analysing financial bids from the 11 major firms that have applied to undertake the study, A Chellakumar, the Congress MP of Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu told ET. This will be south India’s first interstate metro. The 20.5 km metro line has been proposed between the industrial hub Hosur in Tamil Nadu to Bommasandra in Bengaluru.

Investing.com — U.S. futures slipped lower Wednesday, as investors digested heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East as well as the ongoing quarterly earnings results.

weight limits for their checked baggage as automated baggage drop machines have been introduced. The leeway previously provided by airline ground staff to accommodate minor variations in weight has been eliminated.

₹11925 crore were signed with various industry groups on the first day in Dubai. Uttarakhand Minister Dhan Singh Rawat was also present on the occasion.

SYDNEY (Reuters) — Australia will ask its competition watchdog to monitor domestic passenger flights in a bid to boost competition in a sector dominated by national carrier Qantas, which is under scrutiny for alleged anti-competitive behaviour.

travel inconvenience cover which includes – loss of baggage, passport, flight delay or cancellation, trip delay or cancellation, and other covers associated with your overseas trip. As per Nitin Deo, Chief Technical Officer, Zuno General Insurance, this is an often-ignored type of insurance cover due to a lack of awareness.

India’s largest publicly-traded companies employ three men for every woman in their workforce, indicating a wide, persistent gap despite growing corporate clamour about diversity. The 94 companies on the BSE 100 index that have reported this data had an aggregate 25.9% women on their staff as of 31 March 2023, a Mint analysis of their latest annual reports showed. A clear trend over time isn’t clear as many companies had not reported comparable data earlier.

United States authorized non-essential personnel and their families to leave their embassy near Beirut on Tuesday, citing the unpredictable security situation in Lebanon due to the Israel-Hamas war. The State Department also raised its travel advisory for Lebanon from level three, issued in July, to the highest available level four, as it told Americans to avoid the country. «Do not travel to Lebanon due to the unpredictable security situation related to rocket, missile, and artillery exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah or other armed militant factions,» the State Department said in a statement Tuesday. Hamas launched a massive assault against Israel on October 7, shooting, stabbing and burning to death more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Reeling from the worst attack in its history, Israel launched a wave of retaliatory air strikes against the Gaza Strip, killing about 3,000 people, mostly civilians. Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which like Hamas is backed by Iran, has since been involved in a series of tit-for-tat incidents along the south Lebanese border with Israel. After a blast ripped through a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, killing hundreds, Hezbollah called for a «day of rage.» Israel and Palestinians have traded blame for the blast, though neither's claim could be independently verified. Following Hezbollah's call, hundreds of demonstrators scuffled Tuesday night with Lebanese security forces outside the US embassy in the Beirut suburb of Awkar, where protesters hurled stones and set a building on fire, according to AFP correspondents. Hundreds also gathered at the French embassy in Beirut, raising Hezbollah flags and also hurling stones which piled up at the embassy's main entrance. Palestinian