The Haryana Tourism Corporation is busy preparing for its yearly Pinjore Heritage Festival, which will be held at the Yadvindra Gardens of Pinjore this October. The idea behind introducing this annual 'heritage festival' was to put back into these gardens of Pinjore its old glory. It will be a ...

Waxpol Industries Limited, in an attempt to diversify into the hospitality segment, will soon begin building the biggest resort in North Bengal located at Gorumara. The Riverwood Forest Retreat in the same area on which Waxpol is presently working will reportedly get completed sometime this month ...

The very trendy The Royal Lounge located at Anna International Airport in Chennai saw its re-launch by the Le Royal Meridien recently. More than Rs 40 lakh investment was made for the re-launch. Sprawled over an area of 117 sq m the idea behind re-launching The Royal Lounge was to serve the first ...

Dubai got one more entertainment resort with the recent opening up of 'Atlantis, The Palm'. It is being hailed as the flagship resort of Palm Jumeirah, which is one of the three palm-shaped artificial islands made on reclaimed land by top Dubai-based real estate developer Nakheel. Alan Leibman, ...

Chennai's Empee group of companies has come up with a new plan for expanding its hospitality business. The latest expansion plan includes construction of new luxury hotels, renovation of the existing ones and getting hold of new properties. According to the company officials, Empee group is aimed ...

India, Brazil and South Africa signed the draft of a tourism co-operation deal at the ongoing Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) on September 21, 2008, to give the tourism and trade sectors in the respective countries a solid boost. The Kerala Travel Mart was inaugurated the day before on 20 September by ...

With an investment worth Rs. 50 crore, Thapovan Heritage home Pvt. Ltd announces its plan to set up yet another heritage home near Kochi. The Heritage home which spreads over an area of 2.5 acre will have 30 rooms. The main objective of the new planned heritage hotel is to provide world class ...

The Taj-GVK Hotels & Resorts has received the green signal to renovate the famous and ancient Falaknuma Palace of Hyderabad. The palace is presently closed to tourists as it is undergoing renovation. Veer Vijay Singh, Director -Operations, Taj GVK Hotels and Resorts, remarked, 'Work on the ...

Being the birthplace of major religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism, India holds ample potential for greater growth of religious tourism. The Haryana Tourism Development Board (HTDB), therefore, has planned to develop popular pilgrim destinations like Kurukshetra, Pehowa and ...

Singapore Tourism Board and Singapore Airlines along with Tourism Malaysia have come up with a plan to promote twin cities among Middle East Travelers. According to the promotion plan there would be a special package for travelers from middle-east to these south-eastern nations. The package will ...

Yatra.com has launched Luxurious Holiday Packages for domestic and international tourists at a lowest available price of Rs 4500. The latest move according to company source is aimed to promote India's leading online travel portal among customers. The firm expects that the new package will make ...

The top event of the travel and trade sector, the Pacific Asia Travel Association Travel Mart 2008 (PTM08) kick-started in Hyderabad this Wednesday, September 17.  The speakers voiced apprehension that the recent and ongoing natural and man-induced calamities were sure to affect tourism in the ...

The Indian Hotels Co, promoted by the Tatas, is contemplating the introduction of a fresh brand of hotels titled 'The Gateway Hotel' in order to serve a new emerging-section of customers. It is the same company that owns the luxurious Taj brand as well as the economy brand Ginger. The Indian Hotels ...

Mahindra Holidays and Resorts has joined hands with Kerala to promote home stays in the state, an official informed. The objective is to address the problem of room shortage there during peak tourist season. Kerala tourism secretary V. Venu confirmed this saying that about 400 homes in different ...

To meet challenging dearth of hotel rooms in state, Chandigarh has launched Bed & Breakfast Scheme. Under bed and breakfast scheme, service provider offers comfortable home stay facilities of standardized world class services to the tourists. The scheme is basically started to supplement the ...

A study conducted by FICCI and Evaluserve predicts that cruise tourism in India can grow three-fold by 2010 if efforts are taken in right direction. The study shows that the growth of cruise tourism industry depends on many factors, and, if the government focuses more on developing physical ...

Las Vegas Sands Corp is planning to open its venture in India; the project will be replica of Macau's strip casinos. Talking with media persons in Macau, Chairman of the firm Sheldon Adelson said that he would like to build a Cotai Strip in India. Evidently, the Cotai Strip is replica of the Las ...

The vibrant coastal city of Thailand, Pattaya, is soon going to get another luxurious hotel - Dusitd2. After the successful management of Dusit Thani Pattaya, the luxury hotel chain Dusit International is all set to open its second Dusitd2 Baraquda Pattaya in the scintillating city. The ...

 

In order to propagate awareness about the rich and vibrant culture and heritage of India, the Ministry of Tourism for the very first time has received a helping hand from a television network.  In a unique initiative, the Ministry of Tourism has tied up with NDTV to promote its ...

To woo more and more tourists to India, the concerned authorities constantly endeavor to come up with unique promotional ideas. After Bollywood favorite Aamir Khan, the Indian tourism ministry has now roped in the Singapore Airlines to give fillip to its multi-pronged Incredible India campaign. ...

A release from Tourism Ministry of India shows that Andhra Pradesh attracted 127 million domestic tourists, which is the highest in all the states. Andhra Pradesh received an increase of 14 per cent from 2006. Evidently, the state of Andhra Pradesh is known for its famous temple the Tirumala ...

Indian Railways in collaboration with Cox & Kings soon will soon runa pan-India luxury train, first in country. The negotiations are already going on between two parties, and both would reach onto some conclusion soon. The new venture will have 50:50 share of Indian Railway Catering ...

The Mumbai-based Sarovar Hotels and Resorts is looking forward towards catering to the needs of mid-upper middle level businessmen and holiday makers in India. It therefore opened Hometel previous week as the country’s first branded budget hotel and has eight more such hotels in the pipeline. ...

With more and more tourists seeking boutique hotels and luxury spas, Thailand is fast rising as an upscale tourist destination. Thailand is now shaking off its old image of a backpacker destination and is beginning to attract more upscale tourists.
 
That Thailand is becoming a top choice ...

Whenever you think of a holiday in India, Goa is one of the destinations that come in mind.In case you are a honeymoon couple, that too during the rainy season, no other place can beat Goa as the perfect place. It will be one of the best decisions of your life. By opting for a holiday in the beach ...

Himachal Pradesh has come up with a unique idea to fetch tourists to the region. After publicizing its dreamy hilltops and exotic heritage monuments, Himachal Pradesh is now all geared to boost Grave Tourism in the state by converting the various British-era cemeteries into tourist spots. Though ...

Jet Airways, one of India's prominent private air carriers recently launched its flights to the holy town of Tirupati and Rajahmundry from Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
The Jet Airways Tirupati flight departs from Hyderabad at 1345 hrs and arrives at Tirupathi, the abode of Lord ...

ICRTC (Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd.) a subsidiary of Indian Railways in its policy decision has decided to set up budget hotels in three cities of south India first will come up at the city of Mangalore. The series of hotels named ‘Railratna’ will offer budget ...

Sri Lanka’s top cricketers will soon kick off a campaign in Mumbai to woo Indians to visit the island nation. Dileep Mudadeniya, managing director of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTBP) revealed that former captain Arjuna Ranatunga, skipper Mahela Jayawardene, Arvinda de Silva, ...