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Cambodia evicts floating homes despite villagers' protests
Cambodia evicts floating homes despite villagers’ protests
Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh has started evicting its famous “floating villages” on the banks of the Tonle Sap River, despite the objections of longtime residents who say they have nowhere else to go. For generations, the floating wooden houseboats of Phnom Penh have been both livelihood and way of life for mostly ethnic Vietnamese families, home to fish farming and interconnected by warrens…
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Odisha to announce financial package for tourism sector - ET HospitalityWorld
Odisha to announce financial package for tourism sector – ET HospitalityWorld
While offering financial advice and while nudging households to develop healthy saving and investing habits, it is important to be empathetic. Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Minister of Tourism, Odia Language, Literature and Culture, Government of Odisha said that while in the government scheme of things tourism may rank a little lower than other priority sectors like health, education, it is an…
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Gujarat: Summer trips hit, chilling INR 700 crore loss for agents - ET HospitalityWorld
Gujarat: Summer trips hit, chilling INR 700 crore loss for agents – ET HospitalityWorld
Come summer and people are on a road trip to Udaipur or take a beach vacation to Maldives or rush to the Himalayas. When the people of Gujarat head to their favourite destinations, the travel and tourism industry in the state thrives with a whopping Rs 700 crore business. Last year’s lockdown eroded this completely. But the hope of revival of even domestic tourism this year has been…
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Delhi unlocks all shops, lets restaurants open with 50% seating - ET HospitalityWorld
Delhi unlocks all shops, lets restaurants open with 50% seating – ET HospitalityWorld
All standalone shops, markets and malls would be allowed to open between 10am and 8pm from Monday and restaurants would be able to open their doors again after 55 days with 50 perecnt seating capacity as Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced further relaxations on Sunday as part of the gradual unlock process in the city. With Covid-19 cases on the wane, weekly markets too have been…
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Uttarakhand: Hotel owners request CM Rawat to remove restriction on RT-PCR -ve report for tourists - ET HospitalityWorld
Uttarakhand: Hotel owners request CM Rawat to remove restriction on RT-PCR -ve report for tourists – ET HospitalityWorld
A delegation of Doon Valley Hotel and Restaurant Association met chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Saturday and sought his urgent intervention in reviving the sector from the difficult phase. They pointed out the hotels have operated for only three months in the last 15 months. To boost the sector, the hoteliers requested the CM to remove the restriction of RT-PCR on tourists and allow hotels…
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Karo Sambhav, an electronic waste PRO offering solutions for e-waste management and EPR Services in India - ET HospitalityWorld
Karo Sambhav, an electronic waste PRO offering solutions for e-waste management and EPR Services in India – ET HospitalityWorld
Waste and pollution due to tourism have far-reaching impacts on the environment, wildlife, tourists themselves, and local communities. Litter along coasts transforms beaches into less desirable destinations; untreated sewage in the rivers/seas pose a grave threat to aquatic life; waste diminishes the quality of life for residents; trash that is left behind in scenic areas detracts from the…
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Signum Hotels appoint Sonia Sharma as Associate Director - Talent & Culture - ET HospitalityWorld
Signum Hotels appoint Sonia Sharma as Associate Director – Talent & Culture – ET HospitalityWorld
Signum Hotels announced the appointment of Sonia Sharma as Associate Director – Talent & Culture. Sharma comes with over a decade of experience in hospitality. Sharma has worked across Hyatt Hotels, Conrad Bengaluru and Ibis Gurgaon in the past. In her last assignment, she contributed her expertise as a HR Manager at Oblu Select at Sangeli, Maldives. An effective communicator and an Academic…
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DoubleTree by Hilton Goa-Panaji launches a new campaign “Be One with Nature” - ET HospitalityWorld
DoubleTree by Hilton Goa-Panaji launches a new campaign “Be One with Nature” – ET HospitalityWorld
DoubleTree by Hilton Goa-Panaji announced the launch of its new campaign ‘Be one with Nature’, a refreshing resort experience giving guests an opportunity to spend time within the comforts of a natural setting. The offer is further amplified with an opportunity for guests to stay an extra night with compliments of the resort. This prepay offer can be booked from now till 31st of July 2021 and has…
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New openings in Doha and Mayfair London for Rohit Ghai - ET HospitalityWorld
New openings in Doha and Mayfair London for Rohit Ghai – ET HospitalityWorld
Chef Rohit Ghai who opened Iksha 360 in Doha is looking forward to the opening of his new restaurant in Mayfair London. 2021 is a very busy year for Chef Rohit Ghai. The man who helms Kutir and Koolcha in London, arrived in Doha to open his first restaurant in the GCC, Iksha 360 and Jaldi Jaldi takeaways. ETHospitalityWorld spoke with Ghai from his restaurant in London about his year and the…
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Rajasthan Govt waives 25% liquor licence fees for hotels, restaurants, bars - ET HospitalityWorld
Rajasthan Govt waives 25% liquor licence fees for hotels, restaurants, bars – ET HospitalityWorld
In what would provide some breather to the distressed hospitality industry, the state finance department on Friday exempted 25 percent of the basic liquor licence fees. Bars in hotels, restaurants and clubs are out of business due to the lockdown. As per the order, the bars which have already renewed their licences for the current financial year as of June 11 will be eligible for the waiver.…
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Kolkata star hotels bet on staycation to boost business - ET HospitalityWorld
Kolkata star hotels bet on staycation to boost business – ET HospitalityWorld
Star hotels in the city are now betting on staycation to keep their business afloat in the pandemic. Most hotels have been witnessing a rapid drop in business in the past two to three months, when the second wave of the novel coronavirus peaked. They had, however, had a better time in December to February, after Covid cases declined following the first wave and travels picked up. But ever since…
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Kuda Villingili Resort open doors in the Maldives - ET HospitalityWorld
Kuda Villingili Resort open doors in the Maldives – ET HospitalityWorld
MFAR Hotels & Resorts Private Limited announced the launch of Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives. The inaugural function was conducted in the presence of the resort’s first official guest, Sunjay Sudhir, High Commissioner of India to Maldives. The resort is located amidst a sprawling 40-acre island in North Malé Atoll; a 30-minute speedboat ride away from Velana International Airport (MLE), making…
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Delhi’s covid cases down, hotels empty but still attached to hospitals - ET HospitalityWorld
Delhi’s covid cases down, hotels empty but still attached to hospitals – ET HospitalityWorld
Covid-19 case numbers may be decreasing in the capital, but the 30 hotels and banquet halls which were attached as extended covid hospitals to increase capacity of Delhi’s hospitals are yet to be released by the government. The Delhi Government had in mid-April attached these facilities to hospitals and collectively added 2,000 additional beds to Covid care facilities in the city. The seven day…
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Courtyard By Marriott Brand Will Debut To Sri Lanka – Hospitality Net
Courtyard By Marriott Brand Will Debut To Sri Lanka – Hospitality Net
Marriott International, Inc. signed an agreement with Colombo City Centre Partners (Private) Limited, part of the Abans Group, one of Sri Lanka’s largest conglomerates with diversified interests in retail, real-estate development, environmental management and logistics to debut the Courtyard by Marriott brand in Sri Lanka. The hotel is expected to feature 164 rooms and is anticipated to open in…
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The families ditching traditional vacations for home swapping
The families ditching traditional vacations for home swapping
(CNN) — The concept of staying in another family’s home while they bed down in yours isn’t exactly new. Many frugal holiday makers have been doing it for years to save on accommodation costs while enjoying a different type of vacation experience However, the ongoing travel restrictions and uncertainty brought about by the pandemic has led to a significant boom in this type of holiday. UK-based…
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TSA seeks volunteers amid summer travel demand - CNN Video
TSA seeks volunteers amid summer travel demand – CNN Video
The Transportation Security Administration has asked some of its office workers to help security officers with a surge of summer travel at the nation’s largest airports. CNN’s Pete Muntean reports. Source link
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Two passengers on Celebrity Millennium cruise test positive for Covid-19
Two passengers on Celebrity Millennium cruise test positive for Covid-19
(CNN) — Two guests aboard the Celebrity Millennium tested positive for Covid-19 in required end-of-cruise testing, the cruise line said in a Thursday news release. Celebrity Millennium — the first major cruise ship allowing American passengers since the pandemic forced a pause on the industry — set sail on Saturday. The two positive guests, which shared a stateroom on the ship, are asymptomatic…
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