Domestic News

» Clarks Inn debuts in Lucknow with 44 rooms  hotel The Continental Lucknow

Clarks Inn Group of Hotels has opened new hotel properties in Delhi NCR, Pune, Lucknow and Patna in 2012 so far & now boasts of a network of 20 operational hotels spread across 11 States in India ... Read more

» Tatas to run Taj Mansingh hotel for one more year

NDMC will decide whether the Taj Group will continue to run the property on re-negotiated financial terms or if the property will be auctioned, inviting bids from other parties ... Read more

» Eco Park near Madurai opened to public on World Tourism Day

The park was established at a cost of Rs 3.87 crore and has beautiful landscaping with entertainment facilities ... Read more

» International arrivals expected to rise by nearly four per cent this year: UNWTO

Travel taxes, particularly against the aviation industry, risked "severely affecting" the recovery ... Read more

» India is the fastest-growing outbound travel market in the world

Boosted by the buoyant economy, affluent Indians are travelling like never before, with Mumbai alone accounting for nearly 25% of outbound tourists as per a WTO report ... Read more

» Decision on interim ban on tiger tourism postponed to 3rd October by Supreme Court

Centre has urged the Supreme Court to allow regulated, low-impact tourist activities in up to 20 percent of the core/critical tiger habitat to promote tourism ... Read more

» Home-stays to be promoted in Assam to boost tourism

Tourism Department was also mulling to facilitate hassle-free bank loans to the prospective home-stay providers ... Read more

» UPSRTC bus station in Varanasi to have a New tourist info centre 

Kiosks will also be set up outside the railway station to help devotees and tourists get information about trains, tickets, itinerary, eatables, site-seeing and other things ... Read more

» Luxury room tariffs in Chennai may fall by 10 percent as 3 new star hotels come up

ITC recently launched its 600-room ITC Grand Chola. Hotel Leela with 320 rooms and Park Hyatt with 201 rooms are set to be inaugurated in October, creating a glut in the industry ... Read more

» Airport user charges for passengers to be fixed at a reasonable level

Earlier this year, the regulator had approved a 340 per cent increase in user charges at the New Delhi airport; MIAL has proposed a 660 per cent increase in user charges ... Read more

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