April 30 (TravelAndy): Authorities have cleared and closed the waters in south Maui after a 65-year-old woman was found dead off the shore, said reports. The woman had wounds on…
SpiceJet offers fares from INR999
April 28 (Travelandy): India-based airline SpiceJet is offering fares from INR999 for passengers travelling without check-in luggage. According to a statement by the airline, 150,000 seats are on sale. This…
Japan: Land emerges from sea
Rausu in northern Japan April 28 (TravelAndy): At a time when the world is losing land to the advancing the seas because of the Greenhouse effect and other reasons, Japan…
What the Himalayan quake taught me
Do not go gentle into that good night — Dylan Thomas I was running up the stairs to the first floor of our house when it struck. I didn’t notice it…
Elvis Presley planes to stay at Graceland
A poster of the Presley-starrer Jailhouse Rock April 27 (TravelAndy): Rock and roll icon Elvis Presley's two airplanes — Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II — will remain at Graceland…
Quake hits Nepal tourism
Sunday Times, Delhi edition, April 26, 2015 April 26 (TravelAndy): The tourism industry is already beginning to feel the impact of Saturday's earthquake in the Himalayas that devastated large parts…
Travel concierge app raises $1.8m
April 25 (TravelAndy): Mobile application Headout has raised USD1.8 million in seed funding to work out its expansion plans, said Tech Crunch. Headout is a travel app that acts as…
MakeMyTrip acquires Mygola
April 23 (TravelAndy): Online travel agency MakeMyTrip has acquired "certain assets" of travel start-up Mygola.com. A statement released by the acquiring company said the entire team of Mygola will now…
Summer opening for Heathrow T5 lounge
April 21 (TravelAndy): The first independent lounge at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will open this summer and will be available to all passengers regardless of their travel class, the airport said…
Why I travel (and don’t intend to stop)
I don't know why so many people appear surprised by the amount of travelling I do. If you ask me, I think I don't travel enough. Well, certainly not as…
EUR100 awaits 5 ‘Wingsie’ contest winners
April 20 (TravelAndy): European budget airline Ryanair is giving away EUR100 vouchers to five lucky winners to mark its debut on Instagram. The airline, which joined Instagram on April 15,…
Qantas to fly Perth-Singapore from June 26
April 19 (Travelandy): Qantas is set to resume operations on the Perth-Singapore route from June 26. The airline will operate five return flights a week, totalling nearly 1,700 seats. "We’re…