Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi has announced the setting up of the Southern Zonal Tourism Council (SZTC) comprising the states of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry. The Minister, in his interaction with the office bearers of World Travel…

DLF Global Hospitality (DGH), 100 per cent step-down subsidiary of realty giant DLF, and Adrian Zecha, Founder and Chairman, Amanresorts Group of luxury resorts, have announced the signing of a definitive agreement to effect Zecha's Management Buy-Out ‘MBO’ of DGHL's 100 per cent shareholding in…

SATTE 2013, which will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from 16-18 January, 2013 will witness a vast participation of many major Indian and global players. These participants have great expectations from SATTE as they see it as an apt platform to give their…

TripAdvisor has announced the results of the second edition of their annual India Travel Trends Survey for 2013 conducted among 3200 online respondents. Despite an optimistic disposition on their holiday plans at the beginning of 2012 and being upbeat about their holiday calendar even mid-year,…

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in the country registered an increase of 20 lakhs during the month of November 2012 over the figure of November 2011. The numbers were recorded at 6.9 lakhs as compared to FTAs of 6.7 lakhs during the month of November 2011…

Priya Paul, Chairperson, The Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels has been appointed as Chairperson, WTTCII for the year 2013. The announcement was made at the association’s Annual General Meeting held recently in New Delhi. Paul, who was the Vice Chairperson of WTTCII for the year 2012,…

Nidra Hotels, which launched its first property in Vadodara in December 2010, unveiled its second property in the country in New Delhi recently. “Nidra is a four-star hotel that would match a five-star property in terms services. It is a full-service hotel brand that focuses…

Realising the fact that tourism can emerge as a major contributor to India’s economic growth, most of state tourism ministries/departments are wooing investments to develop world class tourism infrastructure. This testifies the assumption that tourism growth is the logical consequence of infrastructural development. Going by…

ITC Grand Chola, Chennai, which was unveiled in September this year, has already attracted a lot of attention owing to its position as the largest LEED Platinum hotel in the world. The property is modern in its feel and reminiscent of the erstwhile Chola dynasty…

The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned rural tourism projects at 185 sites to various States/Union Territory Administrations upto 31st March 2012. For the year 2012-13, rural tourism projects at 13 sites were identified for development, based on prioritisation meetings held by the Ministry of Tourism…