My other half (note: I didn’t say “better” or “worse”) has been bitten by the travel bug for quite some time now. It all started in 2004 when we took our first real vacation in Goa…but then that’s another story… . It’s difficult to coordinate your vacations when you’re busy professionals. So, at the start of [...]

India and the Netherlands have signed two agreements in the fields of culture, trade and economy aimed at giving a boost to the bilateral relations between the nations. The agreements were signed in the presence of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their meeting recently. The two sides signed the agreements [...]

Conceding that the tourism sector in West Bengal has been neglected, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday said the government had identified some new ways, including tea tourism, to give it a fillip and create job opportunities in the state. “The tourism sector in the state is still neglected. We are failing to exploit it. We [...]

Tourism Finance Corp. of India, which has funded the world’s top-rated spa, plans to sell shares and set up a $100 million private equity fund to buy stakes in hotels catering to domestic travelers, the chairman said.The money for the seven-year fund will be raised from banks and high-net-worth individuals, Archana Capoor, chairman and [...]

A conference of the travel and tourism industry in South East Asia ‘Make the connection,’ hosted by the Sri Lankan Holidays was held at Hilton Colombo recently. National tourism organisations from Dubai, Singapore, Thailand, Maldives and Sri Lanka and India participated in the conference, which and highlighted new developments made by them with efforts for networking [...]

PUNE: A day-long rural tourism workshop, organised by the Centre for International Trade in Agriculture and Agro-based Industries, Vanrai Pune, Sharad Krushi and the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre for Agriculture and Co-operation was inaugurated at the College of Agriculture here on Wednesday. Mohan Dharia, founder of Vanrai, inaugurated the workshop that [...]

NEW DELHI: India and the Netherlands on Thursday decided to enhance their cultural cooperation as they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties, particularly in trade and economy. The two sides also signed memoranda of understanding on cultural cooperation after deliberations between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Queen Beatrix, who [...]

Mumbai, Oct. 19: The online travel business in India is expected to reach a $2 billion turnover by the end of 2008. Aroonjit Singh Rosha, senior executive, cleartrip.com said, “Currently, the annual turnover of the online travel sector in India is around $ 295 million. It is growing at over 170 per cent per annum and [...]

If it is true that India is fast emerging as a hub of medical tourism, then, indeed it is also true that Chennai is at the head of that revolution. Chennai has never been lacking in multi-speciality hospitals and they were smart to see the potential much before the rest of the nation did. This [...]

The recent India Travel Mission 2007 that was held from September 10-14 in Jaipur demonstrated that India ranks high for products like honeymoon, family and incentive destination as far as Australia is concerned. According to the latest results released by Tourism Australia, there were 7,000 visitors from India in July 2007, bringing the total for [...]