After IT, tourism and apparel, it’s now the turn of the Indian healthcare industry to market Brand India globally. Healthcare providers in India are now working in collaboration with the government to launch a comprehensive programme to promote medical tourism. Read More >>>

For the vegetarian foodie, the news is good and healthy. Encore Hotels has opened its vegetarian food restaurant here called Rajdhani, its ninth outlet of Gujarati cuisine in Western India. Read More >>>

Goa tourism is on a roll with tourism numbers hitting an all-time high. Tourist numbers hit an all-time high with 22 lakh people visiting the state in the October’05 to May’06 period, a 30% increase over the previous year. Read More >>>

Papa John’s, the world’s third largest pizza company with close to 3,000 outlets in 22 countries, is the latest entrant in the Rs.2-bn Indian pizza market. Om Pizza Eats India, master franchisee in north India for the US-based pizza chain, opened the first Papa John’s store in Noida on Tuesday as part of its 100-store development agreement over 11 years. Read More >>>

UK’s $350m Foresight group, owned by London-based NRI Ravi Mehrotra, has got clearance from the Indian government to operate luxury cruises in the Arabian Sea around the Lakshadweep Archipelago including visits to three uninhabitated islands of Tinnakara, Suheli and Cheriyam. Read More >>>

With a boom imminent in the Indian hospitality industry, hotels could face a huge manpower crunch at lower to mid-management levels due to high attrition levels. While industry has seen a sharp growth in occupancies and ARRs (average room rates) in the past year, total capacity could end up doubling in the next 3-4 years. Read More >>>

High tea is not generally Mumbai’s style. Cutting chai yes, but finding close to 12-14 people sitting at a chic, urban, high-end café at four in the afternoon in the heart of Mumbai’s commercial district is surprising to say the least. Read More >>>

The Indian travel & tourism industry is getting into M&A mode. Kuoni India, one of the biggest travel companies in India, has acquired a Delhi-based destinations management company, Distant Frontiers, while Thomas Cook is scouting for 3-4 deals in the domestic travel space. Read More >>>