High-fliers are picky. Bone china in business class travel is so last decade. And large carriers are working very hard to woo the first and business class traveller into ever newer, even more exclusive experiences. Millions of dollars are being spent in the effort to lure the big spenders away from the siren songs of corporate jets. ...
04:17 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Delhi has been voted as the most unsafe metro city in the country by women travelling alone for leisure, business or both, a recent survey has found. Mumbai was rated as the safest metropolitan city by a majority of respondents (34 per cent), while Ahmedabad and Bangalore were voted second with 12 per cent votes each. ...
10:59 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Indian travellers consider Wi-Fi, free breakfast and beverages as important amenities while looking for hotel accommodation, be it during leisure or business travel, according to a recent survey. ...
08:20 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The sitar virtuoso, ambassador of Indian music and friend of The Beatles, who died in December at 92, won best world music album for 'The Living Room Sessions Part 1.' ...
09:59 AM, Feb 11, 2013
Air travellers are most frustrated by the queuing time for security checks, removing shoes and belts, apart from electronic items and liquids from their carry-on bags, a latest IATA study has said. ...
02:08 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Kolkata: Thanks to Indian gay-tour operators, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community across the world is vying for India as the ultimate 'pink' tourist destination. "LGBT tourists want the same things as any traveller: to feel safe and welcome. India is becoming more popular with gay travellers since the high court decriminalized homosexuality in 2009. Feeling welcome is not only a reference to local hospitality, but also to...
12:08 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Mumbai: There was no showboating, no cutting of ribbons, and no media glare as commuters took their first steps on the half-a-kilometre long skywalk at Andheri (E) station. Till yesterday, thousands of students, office goers and people in general stared at what appeared to be a waste of public money while traversing the congested and filthy road parallel to the train tracks. On Independence Day, the skywalk was finally connected...
05:49 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Mumbai: If you are a local train commuter enjoying the fact that ticket checkers (TCs) have disappeared from platforms of late, dont rejoice just yet. In truth, they are more in number than ever, lurking in platforms in plain clothes. In place of the 5-10 ticket checkers deployed earlier per station, as many as 50-100 are flocking a single station these days. CRs income from fines is unprecedented this year....
02:21 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: Habitual rooftop passengers on suburban local trains, get ready for the shock of your lives, quite literally. Western Railway (WR) is in the process of completing the long-pending project of switching over to a 25,000-volt alternating current (AC) from the present 1,500-volt direct current (DC) by February 5. This means that power of extremely high-voltage will be flowing through the overhead cables that supply electricity to the trains. If...
01:04 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Mumbai: It can only be described as bizarre. A man in his early forties became the latest victim of rooftop train travel after he sustained severe burns due to electrocution on Thursday around 5.40 pm at Dahisar. Train services got delayed and the unidentified man was admitted to Bhagwati Hospital at MHB Colony, Borivli (West) at about 6.10 pm. A few hours later, things took an extraordinary turn. At around...
05:50 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Bangalore: In two separate horrific incidents in Karnataka, nine travellers from India's tech capital of Bangalore were lynched to death by villagers who were suspicious of their movements. In the first case, eight people were thrashed by villagers on their visit to Errakote, which is 10 kms from Chintamani taluk in Chikaballapur. The villagers apparently grew suspicious of the visitors' movements and beat them up. Six of the eight travellers...
07:21 AM, Aug 03, 2011
New York: Sick of coming back from those short business trips exhausted and rundown? Men's website AskMen.com (www.askmen.com) offers 10 easy tips to help you get through those difficult one to three days away for work looking and feeling good. Reuters has not endorsed this list: 1. Never check luggage: Unless we're talking about a two-week gambling retreat in Monte Carlo, this rule is never to be broken. Travel is...
05:27 PM, Dec 10, 2010
New Delhi: More than half his lungs don't work. His fingers ache with arthritis. But Benny Prasad Kandukuri, a guitarist by profession has overcome those pains to make a new world record. ‘I was the most useless, uncreative, unwanted child of my family. At 16, I wanted to commit suicide,” said globe trotting guitarist Benny Prasad Kandukuri. “I have been to 245 countries in six years and six months and...
09:58 AM, Dec 03, 2010
This staple in the wallets of tourists, are making a silent exit. ...
01:48 AM, Dec 15, 2009
Taking Woodstock,
Time Traveler's Wife promise to light up show. ...
04:32 PM, Oct 09, 2009
An online survey of 1,592 Americans and Canadians was conducted. ...
12:52 PM, Oct 09, 2009
Demand for travel has been hard hit by the economic crisis. ...
04:28 PM, Sep 16, 2009
Men's website AskMen.com has come up with the list. ...
01:18 PM, Aug 28, 2009
Hotels are equipped with world-class style, comfort and hospitality services. ...
11:14 AM, Aug 21, 2009
Guide will help decide where to go and select kid-friendly destinations. ...
11:41 AM, Jul 10, 2009
