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Cannot Monitor Budget Hotel Rates, IRCTC admits

The Indian Railways’ plan to free up land for 100 budget hotels may not fully materialize because there is no monitoring mechanism to ensure bidders…

India Lags in Tourism Promotion

India’s tourism sector ranked 65th out of 124 countries in the World Economic Forum’s first Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007, well behind regional competitors…

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10 More Plots Put up for Budget-hotel Bid

Ten more plots of railway land in places such as Chennai and Guwahati have been put up for bidding by the Indian Railways’ tourism unit…

US Budget Hotel Chain Looking at India Entry

Continuing the influx of foreign investment into the Indian hotel sector, US-based Vantage Hospitality Group Inc., the world’s 12th-largest hotel company by number of properties,…

India is Next Stop on Orient Express Route

The Orient Express is making tracks to India. One of Europe’s largest luxury train service operators, Orient-Express Hotels & Trains Ltd, which markets opulent rail…

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Warming Up: The US-Indian Nuclear Deal

We talk to Vijay Prashad about the likelihood of passage and the geopolitics of the US-India Nuclear Deal. Despite the U.S.’s apparent consternation over Iran’s…