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Indian Hotels Company Limited, the parent company of Taj Hotels, announced on Tuesday it had increased its hotel portfolio by 100 hotels. These include 74 new signings and 26 new openings. According to its Accelerate 2030 plan, the company plans to increase its portfolio of hotels to 700 by 2030. Last week’s spate of announcements, including from Accor, Radisson, IHG, Hyatt, Ascott and Marriott, are the latest illustration of the race for global hotel brands to stake their claim in India. IHCL signed a record number of 74 contracts in its last fiscal year (ending March 31) (2024-2025). This resulted in…
Viewing the East River from the Roosevelt Island tramwayI watch the New York City Skyline slowly fades away, with its rattling trains and whooping sirens. The aerial crossing was a good start for my quest to find quiet in one the loudest cities of the world. I will end up at the southernmost tip Roosevelt Island, which has 1,500 trees growing on an area the size a tennis court.Newly planted trees are located along the East River Esplanade. Manhattan Healing Forest Its Goliath counterpart in steel and concrete is a stark contrast. As I turn the corner at Southpoint Park,…
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Chicago is the safest destination for LGBTQ+ travellers.Seattle and San Francisco are also among the top cities.The report was published by Misterb&b, which operates travel services and accommodations for LGBTQ+ travelers. This report offers important safety tips for LGBTQ+ travelers. Chicago The city was rated as the safest for LGBTQ+ travellers in the United States. The findings will be revealed in the 2025 Misterb&b’s Queer Safety IndexThis ranking is based upon potential legislative risk, local right protections, as well as hate crime reports filed at the FBI, to determine the most safe cities. Chicago is home of several LGBTQ+ neighbourhoods…
Travel budgets and discretionary spending are likely to suffer as global markets fluctuate amid fears over international tariffs. Tourism Economics’ recent report has already shown that travel from abroad to the US will decline by 5.5% The optimistic predictions for this year have turned out to be wrong. 9% Growth by 2025 Hoteliers in APAC are concerned about the rising cancellation rate. This is due to the possibility of softer conditions for bookings. A recent study showed that cancellations of hotel reservations made through third-party online booking agencies (OTAs), reached a significant level in Asia. 40% of revenue on Booking.com…
A gray male drifts slowly throughout the moorland. No, not me, however a giant, lovely hen harrier, scouting for love, or breakfast. I’ve solely been right here 10 minutes, and I’m in a light state of shock. Aren’t these treasured, threatened birds of prey so vanishingly uncommon that seeing one is vastly inconceivable?I’m strolling with Sonja Ludwig, RSPB species and habitats officer for the Forest of Bowland, and she knows these harriers. “They’re ‘conventional’ birds,” she says. “They have a tendency to come back again to roughly the identical place. We all the time see them right here. Rookies all…
What image springs to thoughts if you hear the phrase Tuscany? I’m going to take of venture that it entails at the least one of many following: A rustic villa or trattoria. Vineyards or olive groves and the liquids they produce. Cypress timber marching in single file up the facet of a hill. Michelangelo’s David. Cocktails on the beach? Not a lot. Operating up the thigh of Italy for about 250 miles, the Tuscan coast appears to one way or the other float freed from its mom area—and the associations it evokes. As if lazy days on a ship and…
Hoteliers have spent the past few years navigating a fast-evolving tech landscape—one that’s brought both opportunities and challenges. Although modern technology can increase visibility and control within hotel portfolios, operators are often left scrambling in order to keep pace. It is particularly true in the case of the PMS where the early implementation sets the stage for success over the long term. A thoughtful rollout, when handled by hospitality professionals with experience, can improve efficiency, empower employees, and enhance guest service right from the start. Nevertheless, without the right planning, even the most effective tools can turn into costly liabilities.…
“I had discovered a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions,” the English explorer Wilfred Thesiger wrote in his 1959 travelogue, Arabian Sands. It was these phrases—about Thesiger’s time in Oman from 1945 to 1950, when he crossed the ocean of dunes referred to as the Rub‘ al-Khali, or the Empty Quarter—that first made me need to go to that a part of the world; the pictures he took there have been what made me need to choose up a digital camera. The way in which Thesiger described the solitude and interior power he discovered on this area, alongside…
Hilton Curio Collection opens its first all-inclusive resort on the Dominican Republic’s oceanfront in June 2025.The resort is located in Miches, a lesser-known city. It will have 500 rooms, some of which include private plunge pools. There are also four swimming pools, waterparks, spas, kids’ and teens clubs, and a spa.With six restaurants and six bars, guests can savor Taíno- and Caribbean-inspired cuisine, indulge in Thai flavors, or enjoy al fresco dining.The resort’s 5,000-square-foot Acana spa, inspired by Indigenous Taíno traditions, will feature 11 treatment rooms and a series of water-based therapies, along with a hair salon. Miches is located…