Waterways Leisure shares slip on debut, list at 16% discount to IPO priceAhead of the listing, the IPO is commanding a grey market premium (GMP) of -Rs 51, implying a 6.31% discount to the upper price band of Rs ...
01 Jul, 2026, 10.19 AM IST
Waterways Leisure Tourism IPO opens for subscription. Should you subscribe?Waterways Leisure Tourism, operator of Cordelia Cruises, is launching its IPO on June 23, aiming to raise Rs 585 crore. The company, India'...
23 Jun, 2026, 09.54 AM IST
Goa breaks travel records with 1 crore tourists in 2025, but foreign arrivals still trail pre-Covid highsGoa has welcomed over one crore tourists, a record driven by a surge in domestic visitors. This marks a strong recovery post-pandemic. Howe...
11 Jan, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
Goa records highest tourist footfall at 1.08 crore in 2025; foreign visitors top 5 lakhGoa saw a record 1.08 crore tourist arrivals in 2025, with over five lakh foreigners visiting. This surge highlights the state's successful...
11 Jan, 2026, 09.39 AM IST
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 ...
20 Jul, 2025, 08.24 AM IST
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...
15 Sep, 2024, 11.28 AM IST
Tourism and hospitality industry disappointed with the budgetBudget 2024: The travel and hospitality industry has expressed dissatisfaction with the Union Budget 2024-25, noting that several key deman...
24 Jul, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
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...
04 Nov, 2023, 12.42 AM IST
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...
19 Jun, 2023, 08.25 PM IST
Cordelia Cruises aims to pump in USD 1 bn by 2025 to boost India operations"India will do extremely well in the cruise sector. I am confident that in the next 5-7 years India will be one of the top five cruise dest...
01 Jun, 2022, 03.02 PM IST
Government working on comprehensive national tourism policy: G Kishan ReddyAddressing the last day of the two-day India International Cruise Conference here, Reddy also urged the industry stakeholders to prepare a ...
15 May, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
Global cruise liners eye strong growth as more Indians set sailTirun Travel Marketing, the exclusive India representative of Royal Caribbean Cruises, witnessed a 60% growth in business for the JanuaryAp...
18 Aug, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
Major ports to soon slash berthing charges to woo cruiselinesIt can be noted that vessels are being charged as per their tonnage and some earlier reports had mentioned about there being a move to char...
01 Aug, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
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.
09 Jul, 2017, 02.21 PM IST
Centre mulls including cruise tours under LTC schemeAiming to increase cruise tourism, the Centre is mulling to include vacations on luxury ships under the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) schem...
15 Apr, 2016, 12.13 PM IST
- Kerala tourism adds sheen with first cruise home port
After sealing a deal in the skies with Jet Airways, Kerala tourism has added more sheen, this time on the seas, roping in Louis Cruises, ra...
18 Sep, 2009, 04.49 PM IST
- Cruise tourism could see three-fold rise in passenger traffic
The country's cruise tourism industry may see an over three-fold rise in the number of domestic and international passengers to 6 lakh a ye...
31 Aug, 2008, 12.53 PM IST