Two Oberoi hotels have been ranked amongst the 10 best in the world in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards. For the third consecutive year, the readers of the magazine have rated .The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur and The Oberoi Vanyavilas, Ranthambhore amongst the 10 best hotels in the world. The readers have also ranked .The Oberoi Udaivilas the best hotel in Asia and The Oberoi Vanyavilas amongst the two best resorts in Asia for the third year in succession.

Air Arabia, the low-cost carrier in west Asia and North Africa, has launched a special promotion from across the airline’s 13 destinations in India to the UAE. The offer includes roundtrip tickets to Sharjah.UAE along with a one-month UAE tourist visa, for just Rs 12,919. The promotion includes a UAE tourist visa that is valid for 30 days from the date of entry and is valid for bookings made before December 15 for travel to/from Sharjah till December 31.

The ex-CEO of erstwhile Air Sahara , UK Bose, is getting together with Manav Singh of Delhi-based fractional aircraft operator ClubOne Air to set up a non-scheduled domestic air service connecting cities to very small towns.

Captain Gopinath, pioneer of low-cost flying in India, will start his second innings in aviation by launching a dedicated air cargo business, branded Deccan 360, on Wednesday in Nagpur.

The Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation will shortly start online booking facility for its hotels to attract the domestic and foreign tourists visiting New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games being held the next year.

The gap between the cost of running a low-cost airline (LCC) and a full-service carrier (FSC) is being narrowed, as the latter take to strategic ways to cut costs.

Spanish Company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012.This despite critics questioning the investment and the time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.

Emirates Sky cargo- the airfreight company of Dubai-based Emirates Airline, after a sluggish growth last year, plans to expand its reach in the Indian market.

Temporary Landing Facility that immigration authorities of Goa have has been giving out in large numbers might have alarmed our security agencies, but the tourist trade here feels that the facility of visa-on-arrival, if not TLFs should be made available to keep the industry vibrant in the state.

Setting at rest the confusion over a recent directive that all foreign nationals holding business visas and working on projects in India have to return to their home countries post their visa period or by October 31, 2009 whichever earlier, the ministry of home affairs has issued a clarification demarking business and employment visas.