Monthly Archives: April 2010

Travel Journal: Akshai will go Bar Bar to Tranquebar

Posted on April 21, 2010 by

Determined not to spend the long Easter weekend in Chennai, the four of us borrowed a benevolent colleague’s car and headed off to Tranquebar. Leaving Chennai early Friday morning, we drove down the scenic East Coast Road (ECR) and reached … Continue reading →

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Get Lost @ Low Cost

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

Backpacking is an Industry where “Less is more” and past one week of mine was spent getting up close with the same to the most unexplored territories of Tamil Nadu.  Tamil Nadu is a good place for backpacking and as … Continue reading →

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Curious case of Chindarkars

Posted on April 10, 2010 by

RTNE partnered with Rang de to test the hypothesis if by “Investing small amount of money and resources to improve home stay infrastructure can substantially increase the revenue per available room”.  We would like to mention the case of Swami Samarth Beach Resort; … Continue reading →

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Travel Journal: Rahul’s Plan B @ Hemkund Sahib

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

22nd May last year, it was beginning of yet another summer, the only difference being that this time I had nothing much to do; waiting to enter the corporate world in June. This is when Tushar and I decided to … Continue reading →

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Travel Journal: Wake up Sid @ Konkan

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

If we feel that life is getting unrealistically fast and furious, here is a good place away. A place so far away that it even makes one forget the meaning of fast life, targets, deadlines, appraisals and so many more … Continue reading →

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Endangered Heritage @ 5000 m above MSL

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

Great Himalayan National Park also known as GHNP is located in Kullu region in the state of Himachal Pradesh and has the representative area of temperate and alpine forests of Himachal. It has some the virgin coniferous forests of the … Continue reading →

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DMC- More than a three letter word

Posted on April 4, 2010 by

Rural Tourism Network Enterprise works with a network of Destination Management Companies [DMC], with one DMC covering all tourism destinations in the region. While RTNE provides the core, capital-intensive support service, the individual DMC focuses on managing relationships with accommodation … Continue reading →

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