Piyali Mandal And Kalpana Pathak

Stories by Piyali Mandal And Kalpana Pathak

Now, book tickets, hotels on EMIs

Now, book tickets, hotels on EMIs

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2007

The facility will be available at four of Future Group's Big Bazaar outlets in Mumbai. Cleartrip will soon extend this tie-up to other Big Bazaar outlets in the city as well as other metros.

Budget hotels are in

Budget hotels are in

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2007

There's plenty of room for everybody. With the demand for low-cost accommodation on the rise, a whole host of hospitality firms, both foreign and local, is planning to set up budgets hotels.

Star hotels stirred up as season starts

Star hotels stirred up as season starts

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2007

ITC Hotels- The Grand Central, The Luxury Collection, in Mumbai, has recorded a 15 per cent rise in bookings for September month as compared with last year's booking of 60 per cent for the same month.

Drive-in is the in-thing

Drive-in is the in-thing

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2007

As Indians take to the roads like never before, restaurants are fanning out to the highways.

B-schools to get more teachers

B-schools to get more teachers

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2007

AICTE to induct 75 professors from across the country to implement programme.

Now, shell out more for luxury stay

Now, shell out more for luxury stay

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2007

Industry analysts suggest that the revision in Mumbai and Delhi could be up to 25 per cent. At destinations such as Goa and Kerala it could be as much as 30 per cent.

Indian hotels find Re more charming than dollar

Indian hotels find Re more charming than dollar

Rediff.com   24 Aug 2007

With the global weakening of dollar against the rupee making a dent in revenues, hotels across the country have decided to charge their domestic and international customers in rupee.

Global hotels to mushroom in India

Global hotels to mushroom in India

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2007

There are approximately 300 million domestic travellers each year and this number is expected to grow by 10-15 per cent every year.

Allocation for higher, tech education to treble

Allocation for higher, tech education to treble

Rediff.com   14 Aug 2007

Increased allocation to the higher and technical education sector would mean more funds to revamp the university education system and lay a thrust on technical education.

Italian hotel major to enter India

Italian hotel major to enter India

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2007

The Domina Hotel Group, Italy's largest hotel and resort operator, will start operations in India in the next two years.

B-schools take to smart online marketing

B-schools take to smart online marketing

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2007

Education institutes are using a new technique - search engine marketing - to spread awareness about their programmes and to create a niche for themselves in the students' minds.

150 B-schools, tech institutes face axe

150 B-schools, tech institutes face axe

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2007

AICTE to seek states' help to close institutes.

Govt plans capital sops to promote budget hotels

Govt plans capital sops to promote budget hotels

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2007

India has a shortage of 150,000 rooms and the government hopes this will create additional 7,000 hotel rooms for events like the Commonwealth Games, scheduled in New Delhi in 2010.

Harvard to study civic ills of Mumbai, Delhi

Harvard to study civic ills of Mumbai, Delhi

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2007

Harvard will now study the civic ills of Mumbai and Delhi. But will any good come of it?

Monsoon tourism makes a splash

Monsoon tourism makes a splash

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2007

Monsoon tourism, as it is known, has performed beyond the expectations of tour operators, garnering a 50 per cent increase in both in-bound and out-bound traffic.

The world's study material is just a click away

The world's study material is just a click away

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2007

The National Knowledge Commission is setting up an online network that will enable college students to access study material and connect with institutions and faculty members from around the world by the year 2008.

Tata Group to foray into food retail

Tata Group to foray into food retail

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2007

After Reliance Industries and the Aditya Birla Group, the Tata Group is poised to become the next big name to feast on the burgeoning food retail sector.

A night in a luxury suite for Rs 4 lakh

A night in a luxury suite for Rs 4 lakh

Rediff.com   22 Jun 2007

The room rate for the presidential suite, spread over 12,000 sq ft and with an exclusive entrance and a private elevator, is exactly double that of most other expensive suites in India.

Sahara plans five-star hotel in Lucknow

Sahara plans five-star hotel in Lucknow

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2007

Sahara India Pariwar, a major player in the infrastructure and housing sector, is planning to build a five-star hotel in Lucknow. The company has plans to build a hotel in each of its 217 Sahara City homes.

CFA Institute may not hold December exams in India

CFA Institute may not hold December exams in India

Rediff.com   14 Jun 2007

The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute's level I exams scheduled for December 2007, registrations for which began this September, might not be held in India.