Two Episodes, One Message: Private Enterprise in Public Service Needs Maturity and Trust
What has happened in the last few months, two incidents, with somewhat of a similar message. That public services are best run by the private sector, as these bring better efficiencies, economies of scale, the best ...
If you’re building a hotel in India in 2026, this is how you should do it
To begin with, stop thinking of your hotel as a standalone trophy asset. In India’s next hospitality super cycle, driven by rising disposable incomes, domestic leisure travel, spiritual tourism, and short-break culture, a hotel only succeeds ...
Beyond “Now: Through the Lens of Intent Driven Hospitality”
Hospitality thrives on immediacy — today’s occupancy, tomorrow’s review scores, this quarter’s performance metrics. Yet, if there’s one enduring truth I’ve learned over years in this business, it’s that sustainable success comes not from reacting swiftly, ...
Heritage as catalyst for development
Postcolonial India has presented its interlocutors with an existential paradox: on: the one hand, it is considered a rich country in terms of the extraordinary abundance and diversity of its tangible and intangible cultural resources, but ...
Agri Tourism, the Way to Enriching Lives in Rural India
Keynote Address delivered by Pandurang Bhagvanrao Taware on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi Martyrdom Day – 30 January, at WWF Auditorium, New Delhi. Organised by Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development. On this solemn day—30th ...
Browsing The Karakoram Potential
Exploring the Potential of Joint Indo-China friendship in the great adventure trail Do we have the key to the Karakoram in particular? When the dragon-elephant tango sweeps the floor, wouldn’t the most precious metal don that ...
Recalling the Life of Gautam Buddha, with Lushin Dubey
The Indian Trust for Rural Heritage (ITRHD) recently held an international conference on the Preservation of Rural Buddhist Heritage (PRBH) at the Ambedkar Centre in New Delhi from 28-30 November, 2025. While the Conference primarily focussed ...
Pure Luxury Play, Like No Other: Anuraag Bhatnagar
The Leela Hotels’ Story, like that of India, is only Beginning, with a Promise of Multi-Decadal Growth Going Ahead A live-wire that is strong on both Development and Operations, with some 35 years of experience behind ...
The alternative Destination Nurturing: Netarhat and the Idea of a Slower India
There are journeys one plans with calendars and reservations, and there are journeys that begin quietly — almost invisibly — in the deeper corridors of memory. Mine began in the familiar precincts of Navyug School in Delhi, where ...
Hugh Gantzer Passes On: End of an Era of Travel Writing
In this last piece of his, Hugh Gantzer recalled his tryst with travel writing and his association with our publishing group. He wrote this last January, when he along with his late wife, were conferred the ...
Neeraj Ghei Honoured with the Prestigious “CA Women Lifetime Achievement Award 2025”
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has conferred the CA Women Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 upon CA Neeraj Ghei at the World Forum of Accountants 2026.This prestigious accolade recognizes her extraordinary contributions over a ...
2026: A Happy New Year, indeed!
Where do we go from here? In tourism matters, in terms of taking Indian tourism forward, what next? As 2026 begins, where are the industry hopes and aspirations resting? We can sit around tables, in workshops, ...
