'There's no word like Chennai in Tamil'

The Chennai Central train station. Photo: Courtesy, Arian Zwegers/Wikimedia.org ‘Madras is a Tamil word while Chennai is Telugu. Without the English, there would have been no Madras.......

Marriott hotels to add 7 new properties in India

Five of these will be in leisure locations — two in Goa, and one each in Mahabaleshwar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Dehradun. Marriott International is looking to make deeper inroads into......

Why India fails to attract foreign tourists

Tourist arrival growth down to 1.9% over poor marketing and terror threats. Airlines, too, have been forced to reroute following airspace closure. UK and Australia advised their citizens from......

6 things to keep in mind while travelling abroad

Besides the convenience that plastic money accords, it also helps the user to keep an easy track of their expenses.  Travellers today prefer cards over travellers’ cheques as it offers......

Cities that have the most expensive hotels

India has to be travellers’ paradise. Among the priciest cities in the world for hotels, Mumbai features as the 82nd most expensive followed by Delhi (93rd), Bangalore (96th), Kolkata......