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Chennai port launches 21-voyage cruise season as MV Empress arrivesChennai Port witnessed a significant boost to cruise tourism with the arrival of MV Empress, launching an extensive three-month season. The...
Tourism and hotel sector stocks: Time for a correction in business? Are analysts getting it wrong? 15 stocks from the ecosystemThe Indian hotel and tourism ecosystem has benefitted from the post-Covid travel urge. Occupancies were high, room rates firm, supply is, i...
How to travel in the summer of chaosThe travel industry has bifurcated, rewarding those who understand its complexities. Travelers are increasingly spending more, often financ...
How a broke, outgunned nation turned cheap drones into the most feared weapon on EarthDrone warfare: Russia-Ukraine war has reached extreme intensity with nearly 10,000 drones used daily across frontlines. This rapid drone wa...
With growing disposable income, middle class is embracing cruise: Sarbananda SonowalIndia's cruise tourism is experiencing a significant boom, with passenger numbers surging nearly 500% in the last 11 years. This growth is ...
New cruise terminal in Goa to boost tourism, local economy: OfficialThe Mormugao Port Authority anticipates further growth in cruise passengers with the construction of an International and Domestic Cruise T...
Government to soon unveil cruise promotion policy: Sarbananda SonowalSonowal said measures like guaranteed berths to cruise ships encourage cruise operations. Volume discounts in cruise tariff up to 30% for d...
Govt working to upgrade ports, give e-visa facilities to promote cruise tourism in India: G Kishan ReddyToday, the Ministry of Tourism through central financial assistance scheme has been supporting tourism infrastructure development-related p...
Mumbai: Water taxi service launched from Mazgaon to MandwaAccording to the company, the catamaran is luxurious and completely air-conditioned, with two washrooms on the upper deck and four on the l...
PM says local tourism picking up, urges startups to work on innovative productsThe Centre, through the national infrastructure pipeline, was investing Rs 110 lakh crore in the infrastructure sector with a special focus...
Mumbai gets ready for cruise control"Cruise services can be operated only when the weather is fair. So, it would be between October and May," MbPT chairman Sanjay Bhatia said ...
Multi-pronged action plan to boost infrastructure in portsThe 'most important emphasis' for major ports would now be on improving export of agriculture and aqua products, said Union Shipping Minist...
Mumbai Port Trust to build Rs 300-crore projects by JuneCruise services are slated to begin shortly between Mumbai and Goa. There are plans to inaugurate a domestic cruise terminal with restauran...
Exempt cruise tourism under GST regime: Shipping MinistryAt present, cruise tourism is not taxed and the shipping ministry wants to keep it out of the GST regime in order to boost the industry.
Cruise policy, circuits to make India global hotspot: Nitin GadkariThe govt has allowed foreign flag vessels carrying passengers to call at Indian ports without securing a licence from the director general ...
LATAM success inspires government to boost cruise shipping in IndiaIndia's advantages include its positioning in South Asia and its proximity to already popular cruise destinations would enable strong circu...
- MV aquamarine: A social-mobility cruise for middle class
Holiday packs to Maldives for Rs 5,500 per head a night cracks the price barrier.
- The great Indian middle class on cruise mode from home port
They've been in the arc lights for a while now, for their upward mobility, hunger for consumption, and lofty ambitions.
- Pondicherry may host India's first int'l cruise hub
Indians cruising on international high seas registered a three-fold increase in 2006.
- Promising cruise season on charts
The industry is picking pace as more and more players and people get attracted to this leisure activity.