Food start ups and home entrepreneurs are seeing an upward trend in terms of demand for immunity boosting products. (Image source: Honey & Dough) Travellers take note: How you travel, dine and take a holiday will change in 2021! The pandemic may have offered a bigger opportunity for people to change the way they travel, … Read more
Metal stocks like Tata Steel, JSW Steel and Jindal Steel and Power are looking very convincing from here on, says Rahul Shah, VP-Equity Advisory, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Excerpts from an interview: Would you apply the same logic to the hotel sector picks seeing that if travel is picking up ideally we should likely also … Read more
According to Nibhrant Shah, CEO & Co-Founder, Isprava & Lohono Stays, safety has been a big concern. (Image credit: Poetree Sarovar Portico, Thekkady) Planning to dine out or still undecided about it? The country’s fine dining restaurants and kitchen spaces are poised for unprecedented changes to cater to the new normal. From digital menus to … Read more
Keeping wedding celebrations close knitted is now a social necessity as large gatherings can be risky. Think Indian weddings and vivid images of lavish celebrations spring to mind. From larger-than-life celebrations to hundreds of people gathering to celebrate together, Indian weddings seem set for an unprecedented change due to the pandemic. With the Coronavirus pandemic … Read more
The COVID-19 impact is expected to gradually lessen though safety protocols continue to be a key criteria. Airbnb latest travel survey: What will travel be like in 2021? Look no further as Airbnb has revealed new trends for the year 2021! Given how COVID-19 has tossed out most travel plans for people in 2020, Airbnb … Read more
U.S. officials are aiming to open travel between New York City and London with shortened traveler quarantine periods as soon as the holidays, according to people familiar with the matter. The growing availability of Covid-19 tests in the U.S. has prompted officials at the Transportation Department, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies to revive … Read more
ISTANBUL—The severity of Turkey’s coronavirus outbreak was called into question after the government acknowledged it wasn’t counting asymptomatic cases, triggering criticism from local medical professionals and prompting the U.K. on Friday to toughen quarantine requirements for travelers coming from the country. The growing controversy comes as Turkey, which has recorded more than 8,000 deaths from … Read more
Saudi Arabia plans to reopen the two holiest sites in Islam to pilgrims in October, seven months after it suspended visits to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, as it attempts to revive its floundering economy. The kingdom curtailed visits to the main mosques in Mecca and Medina in March after religious gatherings emerged as … Read more
Tighter restrictions have been introduced in Bolton, including only allowing takeaways from hospitality venues, after a rise in Covid-19 cases. The Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the increase was “partly due to socialising by people in their 20s and 30s”. Source link
VENICE—Organizing the Venice International Film Festival, one of the few major cultural events in Europe taking place despite the coronavirus, has been a daily test of Roberto Cicutto’s nerves. The head of the cultural institution that stages the festival, which runs from Sept. 2-12, feared that resurgent infections could force the event’s cancellation at any time, … Read more