Sheraton Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway joined in the celebrations with 90 other Sheraton Hotels across the Asia Pacific. “For 75 years, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts around the world have welcomed guests, becoming a trusted friend to travellers and one of the world’s most recognised…

Kempinski Ambience Delhi, which is slated to launch in December this year, is all set to make a mark on East Delhi- Noida, Ghaziabad’s hospitality horizon. This is the first independent hotel from Kempinski in India. The group has been present here with Hotel Leelaventure…

SKAL Club of Bombay introduced its new Managing Committee (MC) for the term ending 2014, following their elections in October 2012, at a networking evening for members and spouses at the Sofitel Mumbai BKC. Carl Vaz has been elected as the association’s President, Burjis Mehta…

ICCA’s annual statistics for the year 2014 on the number of rotating international association meetings hosted by countries and cities were released recently indicate overall stability in the MICE business. Hyderabad has emerged as one of the leading metros in India for MICE destinations, ranking…

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval to enter into an agreement between India and China for strengthening cooperation in the field of tourism. The agreement will be signed during the forthcoming visit of the Prime Minister to…

A high level delegation headed by Chen Wu, Governor of Guangxi Autonomous Region of China met the Union Minister of State for Tourism (I/C), Culture (I/C) and Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma in New Delhi. The agenda of the meeting was to promote tourism between India…

The Government of India launched Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) enabled by Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), presently known as e-Tourist Visa scheme, on 27th November 2014 for 43 countries. The Government extended this Scheme to the citizens of Guyana and Sri Lanka in January, 2015…

The next plan of the Union Ministry of Tourism is to develop Jain, Sufi and Ramayana circuits in the country in addition to the existing circuits already being developed by the Ministry. This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge),…

The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) India chapter, which was launched in January this year at SATTE 2015, recently launched its Educators Network Forum with the inauguration of its first Educators Network Office in the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Management Studies &…

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is in the process of formulating a National Tourism Policy 2015 for development and promotion of tourism in the country. A draft Policy, based on inputs/suggestions received from stakeholders, eminent personalities and experts in the field of Tourism,…