The Hospitality Concepts

‘Wellness ’ is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind, body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. ‘‘Wellness’ Tourism’ can therefore be defined as travel that involves to experience an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence. In other words, ‘Wellness’ is a view of health that emphasizes the state of the entire being and its ongoing development.  Support that Ministry of Tourism Provides Ministry of Tourism would provide   financial assistance  for developing publicity  material like brochures, print creative, audio video presentations, short films, radio jingles, creation of web-sites, online creatives etc. to promote ‘Wellness’ Tourism. The financial assistance would  be provided on a 67:33 sharing basis with 67% of contribution from Ministry of Tourism and 33% from stakeholders based on the recommendations of the ‘Wel...

The Ministry of Tourism has advised the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations to follow tourism friendly policies like allotting land sites on revenue sharing basis, granting extra Floor Space Index (FSI)/Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for Hotels, Creation of Land Banks, Single Window approach for promoting Hotel Projects, Rationalization of Taxes etc., for the growth of tourism sector in the country. To encourage the growth of hotels, the following incentives, inter alia, have been announced:  (i) Five Year Tax Holiday for 2, 3 & 4 star category new hotels located in all UNESCO declared ‘World Heritage Sites;’ (Except Mumbai and Delhi) which start operating between 01.04.2008 to 31.03.2013.  (ii) An investment linked deduction under Section 35 AD of the Income Tax Act extended for new hotels of 2-Star Category and above anywhere in India to facilitate the growth of tourist accommodation in the country.  (iii) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has de-linked credit ...

Development and promotion of tourism is primarily undertaken by State Governments/UT Administrations. However, under its Rural Tourism Scheme, Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to them for activities involving development of rural tourism including propagation of the Gurukul process. So far, Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned CFA for tourism projects at 185 villages across the country. Development of rural tourism creates opportunities for livelihood and employment for the rural people, including youth, women and artisans.  This information was given by the Minister of State of Tourism, Shri Sultan Ahmed in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. 

AN EXPLORATORY RESEARCH PAPER TITLED “INTRAPRENEURSHIP IN TOURISM” ABSTRACT This paper contributes to the development of the theory of Intrapreneurship in relation to tourism by clarifying the Intrapreneurship concept. Intrapreneurship refers to employee initiatives in organizations to undertake something new, without being asked to do so. Major activities related to Intrapreneurship include opportunity perception, idea generation, designing a new product/service or another recombination of resources, internal coalition building, persuading the management, resource acquisition, planning and organizing. Some commendable research work is done in this field clarifying the concept of Intrapreneurship e.g. Intrapreneurship: Conceptualizing intrapreneurial employee behaviour by Jeroen de Jong & Sander Wennekers (2008), Clarifying the Intrapreneurship concept by Bostjan Antoncic and Robert D. Hisrich, Intrapeneurship: An Exploraory Study of Select Norwegian Industries...

The flavour of India captured through its food is the next big idea in tourism, with the local Indian 'dabba' going glam, under a project that seeks to showcase the variety in the country's cuisine as well as attract tourists. The "Incredible Tiffin " project by the Cuisine India Society launched here recently provides a tiffin packaged with local food for people outside the country, to help them get an idea of the choices of food available in India. The project is part of the Tourism Ministry's popular "Incredible India" campaign that was launched initially to attract more foreign tourists and has now successfully established India as a high-end tourist destination. Food has much more pleasure, joy and happiness attached to it rather than any other art form. Indian cuisine reflects spirit of India. The project launch was inaugurated by Tourism Minster, Subodh Kant Sahay at ITC Maurya. Food experts like Manisha Bhasin, Pushpesh Pant,...

The Delhi Tourism department has invited proposals to develop a wellness centre at the Garden of Five Senses near Saket. This move is in line with the department’s promotion of eco-tourism at various locations across the city. The initiative also includes two development projects along the Najafgarh drain with a plan to develop cycling tracks and a broad walkway in green spots at Chhawla and Kanganheri in the upstream reaches. The Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation Ltd (DTTDC) has floated tenders for a transactional advisor, and hopes to appoint a private company to develop the two spots over the Najafgarh drain by early 2013. According to the plan, which does not involve cutting trees, the department wants to develop a sunset point and a restaurant in the two-acre land at Chhawla. The estimated cost for the development of the complex is Rs 4.5 crore.

Resorts within five kilometers of tiger reserves will have to pay 10% cess even though tourists will not be allowed inside core critical tiger zones.   The environment ministry is all set to inform Supreme Court this week that tourism activity inside core  would be prohibited as per new guidelines.   This is being done to make core areas inviolate for tigers. The new guidelines based on a set of recommendations of a committee of experts of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) says that tourism will be allowed in fringe areas of tiger reserves through special safaris. “These safaris will be regulated by state forest departments,” Recommendations of NCTC Minimum   inviolate areas of 800-1,000 square kms is must if India wants to sustain tiger population of about 1,500 tigers.  The exhaustive guidelines also prescribe a minimum cess of 10%, called conservation cess, on the total turnover of the tourist resorts around 41 tiger reserves...