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Salutations
and celebrations
It is an established fact that Indian tourism today is on
a take-off stage. Over the last five to seven years, there
has been a visible change in attitudes, especially among the
policy makers of tourism.
Women
as agents of change
'Tourism opens doors for women' is the theme for the United
Nations World Tourism Day which is celebrated every September
27 - the anniversary of the adoption of the original UNWTO
statutes.
Incredible
Eve
Since its inception, the male-dominated hospitality industry's
vaunted warmth has been synonymous with women. Has the passage
of time bent gender roles to favour the female? By Neeti Mehra.
Women
empowerment in rural areas
Sudhir Sahi, national consultant for rural tourism project,
UNDP, gives a detailed account of the GOI-UNDP Rural Tourism
Project that aims to empower women in tourism. As told to
Reema Sisodia
Women
in the wild
Rati Karwal is not someone to trifle with considering the
fact that her eyeball to eyeball encounter with a tiger on
her own turf left her unfazed.
Flooring
women travellers
In a world of equal opportunity, hotels are bending backwards
to cater to the woman traveller. Be it all women floors or
the exercise of discretion, it is truly a woman's world. By
Neeti Mehra
The
travel industry is just waking up to the economic power of
women
Lady
travellers to India
One of the most remarkable travellers I have met is Lady Penelope
Betjeman who used to escort small groups on special interest
tours to India.
Bonding
with Marybeth Bond
Reema Sisodia met Marybeth Bond, award-winning author of nine
travel books over a cuppa coffee to get a glimpse into the
life and times of an intrepid traveller
Incredible
Women - I
Ambika Soni, Jyotsna Suri, Priya Paul, Radha Bhatia, Anita
Goyal, Leena Nandan, Usha Punia, Kiran Choudhury, Rathi Vinay
Jha, Nandini Verma
Incredible
Women - II
Anita Khurana, Khursheed Lam, Veena Patil, Ritika Modi, Indira
Varma, Radhika Shastry, Neeraj Ghei, Nalini Gupta, Heena Munshaw,
Shubhada Joshi
Incredible
Women - III
Vasudha Sondhi, Punam Singh, Maggie White, Princess Padmaja,
Gursharn Goyal, Ragini Chopra, Archana Capoor, Niloufer Mehta,
Anju Timblo, Anju Desai
Incredible
Women - IV
Chitra Bhatia, Sabina Chopra, Neelu Singh, Ratna Chadha, Anita
Singh Soin, Darshan J Singh, Meher Moos, Pratibha Advani,
Gauri Jayaram, Deepa Sethi
Incredible
Women - V
Shalini Lambah, Delyse Braganza, Shatbhi Basu, Madhu W Krishnan,
Rahat Madhok, Aradhana Lal, Neha Lidder Ganju, Shona Adhikari,
Shaista Mulla Bubere, Naveena Guleria
Incredible
Women - VI
Bilkish Tejani, Amala Dantas, Sonal Swamy, Ruhi Daswani, Sonia
Mehta, Shivali Sharma, Ritu Sharma, Anju Tandon, Sharon Harvey,
Smita Rastogi
Incredible
Women - VII
Gopika Khanna, Pamela Mascarenhas, Sheema Vohra, Manjula Arun,
Chandani Luthra, Radhika Rana, Meenakshi Dua, Nutan Gupta,
Alka Datta, Jyoti Mayal
Incredible
Women - VIII
Paridhei Singh, Preeti Malik, Aparna Chaturvedi, Mamta Pandey,
Nagsri Prasad Shashidhar, Ruchii Makhija, Radhika Patankar,
Rita Shah, Chandan Singh, Rashmi Prakash
Incredible
Women - IX
Medha Sampat, Pinki Arora, Christine Mukherjee, Sheetal Wadhwa
Munshaw, Sylvia Fernandes, Huzan Fraser, Supriya Correa, Madhu
Saliankar, Sonu Kripalani, Beena Menon
Incredible
Women - X
Richa Goyal Sikri, Shashi Vandrevala, Ritu Chowdhry, Raquelle
Thomas, Psyche Nigam, Richa Sharma, Seemaa P Makhija, Sonica
Malhotra, Heena Akhtar, Maushami
Incredible
Women - XI
Rani Bachani, Vasuki Sundaram, Keshni Anand Arora, Rita Uttam
Singh, Rati Dhodapkar, Sujata Thakur, Tasneem Udaipurwala,
Glynis D'Cunha, Simeron Ghei, Nidhi Sharma, Express TravelWorld
also salutes these women...
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