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Middle East
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India is reducing prices of 30-day eVisa for tourists significantly
The cost of the e-visa for India is significantly going to drop in the next few days from $80 to $25 for most nationalities. Here is all you need to know about this new move.
Bid your Marriott Bonvoy points to meet Lewis Hamilton at Singapore GrandPrix
A new Marriott Moment which allows Bonvoy Members to bid for seats in the hospitality suite of Mercedes-AMG, take a lap on the Singapore Street Circuit and includes a stay at the JW Marriott Singapore is now open. Bid for it before it goes away.
Hilton changes Status Match requirements with immediate effect
A new tweak has been made to the Hilton Status Match 2021 criteria, which will limit the direct qualification to Diamond, and will also move from stays count to nights count to grant status here on.
Marriott Bonvoy rolling out Peak pricing on September 14, 2019
Marriott is implementing, what I hope, is the final round of changes towards the Marriott Bonvoy programme. As a part of the changes, there will be changes to award pricing, cash & points and Points Advance. Check it out.
Flytographer: Our favourite vacation photographer!
There are many ways we capture travel memories. Some record them in words while others capture them in a lens. I fall in the latter and use vacation photographer. Here’s why I love hiring Flytographer and have hired them many times over the last five years.
Vistara International Plans: targeting Europe & Japan operations with the 787-9
In a free-wheeling chat with Vistara’s CEO Leslie Thng, LiveFromALounge gets the sense of how big is Vistara’s international ambition, and what are they doing to get there as soon as they can.
Vistara heads to Dubai, plans Kathmandu and Bangkok next
Vistara Dubai flights will be launched from Mumbai on August 21, 2019 as a daily three-class service using the Airbus A320 aircraft of the airline.
Air Tanzania’s Airbus A220 might be a regular to Mumbai as airline eyes London launch
Air Tanzania launched 3x weekly 787-8 flights to Mumbai but operated an A220-300 on July 24, 2019. They may deploy the A220-300 regularly to Mumbai as they launch flights to London in December 2019.
Abu Dhabi for less than 24 hours. Thanks Etihad (or not!)
The story of a weather disruption, misconnect, and how a Visa On Arrival saved the day. Here is the developing story of my flight from Mumbai to Paris on Etihad.
SpiceJet wants to fly to London Heathrow and Manchester
SpiceJet has applied for slots to operate flights to London Heathrow and Manchester with an A330-300. It plans to operate daily flights on both the routes.
