Crime Against Women: India Fails to Protect Foreign Tourists

From a freedom fighter, then an officer serving in the Indian Army, to a textile exporter to leading hotelier, 91-year old Capt CP Krishnan Nair has experienced from the ring-side the country's economy for several decades. He spoke to HT on a range ...

Ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh today condemned America for inviting and later humiliating a senior minister of the Uttar Pradesh government at Boston airport. "America claims to be democratic, but it has proved its dictatorship by its ...

Plagued by security concerns and a lack of clarity and coordination between concerned government agencies, the Delhi Aerocity project has failed to take off as planned, leading to immense time and cost overruns for the hospitality players involved.

The Indian government talks about making tourism one of its biggest money-spinners by 2020. But with rising instances of foreign tourists being robbed, molested, raped or murdered India is no longer considered a safe destination. In recent months, ...

The Waterfront Shaw in Lavasa, India, has become the first property in India to earn the Certified Guest Service Property designation awarded by the (EI). To earn the title, 47 front-line employees completed EI's Training program and successfully ...

Tourism is the biggest industry in Puri, Odisha, but due to unplanned development, service providers at the grass-roots have not benefited. Barefoot, a nonprofit has changed this scenario in five years. Its contribution to the tourism sector won ...

New Delhi, April 4: Aamir Khan or K. Chiranjeevi, that is the question. The tourism ministry is in a dilemma: whether to go along with minister Chiranjeevi, screen idol from Andhra who is ready to play lead "model" for the Incredible India campaign, ...

10 things the tourism industry seeks in the Budget, says Hitesh Kshatriya1. Regulation of Service taxThe tourism sector has been forced into paying higher taxes, with an increase in service tax from 10-12% last year. The railway & air fares have increased too. Despite the industry’s contribution towards country’s GDP of more than 6 per cent and 9 per cent towards employment, this has been a regressive step for the sector’s growth. Therefore, regulation on a further ...