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LG adds Amazon Alexa support to hotel TVs for a personalised experience
At the ongoing Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference 2019, LG and Amazon announced the support for Alexa in hotel TVs for the enhanced guest experience.Guests will be able to use Echo device installed in their hotel room to access new Alexa voice features on LG Hotel TVs including temporarily connecting their Amazon account to listen to personalised music from supported services such as Amazon Music, Spotify, and Pandora, LG's official release notes.Using Alexa, guests will also be able to ask for hotel-specific information such as pool hours, fitness centre location, or request hotel services such as room service. Hotel operators are planning to roll out Alexa for Hospitality integration later this year.
Goa to finalise authority soon to penalise beach drinkers
The Goa government will soon finalise the authority for penalising the people who are found drinking and littering on beaches, state Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) chairman Dayanand Sopte said Wednesday. As per amended Registration of Tourist Trade Act, drinking and littering on beaches is prohibited. The act prescribes Rs 2000 penalty and imprisonment up to three years. "There is a law and now we have to find out how to implement it," Sopte said, adding that a few tourists are spoiling the reputation of Goa by indulging in littering and drinking at sea-shores. The GTDC chairman also said he would soon visit all hotels run by the corporation, and if required they would be taken up for renovation.
Sewer cleaners' deaths: Hotel owner, manager arrested
Police have arrested the owner and the manager of a hotel in Gujarat's Vadodara district where seven persons including four sanitation workers died last week after entering its sewer. A court remanded Hasan Abbas Boraniya, owner of Hotel Darshan, and his brother Imdad Boraniya, the hotel manager, in a two-day police custody. On Saturday, seven people died of asphyxiation after entering the sewer of the hotel located in Fartikui village in Dabhoi tehsil of Gujarat's Vadodara district. Four of them were sanitation workers engaged for cleaning the sewer and others were employees of the hotel. Boraniya and his brother were arrested from their residence in the city late Tuesday night, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Kalpesh Solanki. They were absconding since the incident. The two were produced before an additional sessions judge here Wednesday who remanded them in police custody for two days, the officer said. They have been booked under IPC section 304-A (causing death .
Sewer cleaning deaths: Hotel owner, manager held in Guj
Police have arrested the owner and the manger of a Vadodara-based hotel, where seven people died last week while cleaning a sewer, an official said on Wednesday. On Saturday, seven people, including four sanitation workers, died of asphyxiation while cleaning sewer of a hotel at Fartikui village in Dabhoi tehsil of Gujarat's Vadodara district. Three employees of the hotel were also among those killed. The hotel owner, Hasan Abbas Boraniya,and his brother Imdad Boraniya, who is its manager, were arrested from their residence in the city late Tuesday night, the police official said. The two were absconding since the incident last week and several police teams were formed to trace them, he said. Meanwhile, local Congress leaders submitted a memorandum to the district collector, demanding that the hotel owner be booked on charges of murder. They held a demonstration outside the collector's office over their demand. The Congress workers claimed they had earlier brought to ...
Chinese woman finds pinhole camera hidden in dressing room
In a shocking incident, a pinhole camera has been found inside a women's fitting room at a popular Japanese garment store in southern China's Shenzhen city, sparking public concerns over the privacy and safety of the female customers. The camera was discovered when a customer using the changing room in Uniqlo at the Xinghe iCO Longhua shopping centre in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, noticed a black spot the size of a sesame seed above a mirror, state-run Global Times reported on Wednesday. "I stood on a stool and poked it, and it felt soft," the woman said. She then saw a "button" beneath the "black spot", which felt warm. "There was no visible wire attached to the button, but why would it be hot?" "I felt embarrassed knowing that I had been filmed. I haven't slept well for the past two days," she said. The woman then asked a shop assistant and the store manager, and together they prised a store unit used to hide wires off the wall and found a hidden camera, memory card and a ...
Two dead, 6 injured as raft capsizes in J-K's Pahalgam
Two persons including an employee of the tourism department died and six others were injured Tuesday when a raft capsized in gushing waters of Lidder stream in Pahalgam tourist resort of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. The incident brought back memories of a similar tragedy that struck on May 31 when a local tourist guide died while rescuing five tourists whose boat capsized in the Lidder stream. Incidentally, those who died or suffered injuries in Tuesday's incident were participating in a rafting championship being held as a tribute to Rauf Ahmad Dar, the braveheart tourist guide who died while rescuing five tourists whose boat capsized. "Eight persons were injured when their boat capsized in Lidder stream in Pahalgam. They were taking part in a rafting championship," the officials said. The injured were rushed to a hospital where Rinku Raja Pandita -- the tourism department employee -- and Sanjana, both residents of Jammu, were declared brought dead, the officials ...
Two injured in rafting accident in J&K's Lidder river
Two persons were injured on Tuesday during a rafting competition in Lidder river in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam hill station.
Assam: BSF personnel perform yoga asanas at Brahmaputra river basin
Ahead of the International Yoga Day, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel performed several yoga asanas, near Border outpost (BOP) Takkamari on the bank of river Brahmaputra in Assam.The BSF personnel relentlessly perform their duties, carry border management and practice regular yoga asanas to keep themselves fit.There are almost 17 BOPs in Takkamari where BSF personnel survives without any basic amenities like electricity, road connectivity, potable water, and medical facility. These BPOs are situated near the Brahmaputra basin in Assam.During the rainy season, the Brahmaputra, at spate, turns ferocious, rising up to 30 meters, swelling into a 40-kilometer wide riverbed. It causes major havoc and washes away BOPs situated near it, leaving behind a trail of devastation forcing the BOPs to be shifted on big launches.BOP Takkamari has been facing acute soil erosion due to the continuous rising water level of river Brahmaputra.
Try some tech yoga this summer to stay fit
As the International Yoga Day approaches on June 21, there are several apps and online platforms to help yoga enthusiasts boost their health in the absence of a trained guide.
Waves of Chinese tourists invade North Korea
On a grey stone column in Pyongyang, a mural shows Chinese and North Korean soldiers rushing into battle against US-led forces in the Korean War. Decades later, the monument is a regular stop for new waves of Chinese going to the North, this time as tourists. Hundreds of soldiers and workers have been sprucing up the obelisk and its grounds in recent days ahead of a state visit to Pyongyang by Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. An inscription on it lauds "the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, who fought with us on this land and smashed down the common enemy". Their "immortal exploits" will "last forever", it proclaims, as will "the friendship forged in blood between the peoples of the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". Nearly 70 years after Mao Zedong sent millions of soldiers to save Kim Il Sung's troops from defeat as General Douglas MacArthur's men marched up the peninsula, China remains the isolated, nuclear-armed North's key diplomatic .
Chennai hotels in a soup due to water crisis
Facing severe water shortage and high vegetable prices, restaurants/hotels serving South Indian meals are mulling ways to tackle the situation, including stopping lunch meals, said an official of a hotel association.
New entry system at Taj Mahal welcomed
The tourism industry and conservationists have generally welcomed the new entry system with turnstile gates to regulate crowds at the Taj Mahal here which attracts more than seven million visitors annually.
Hundreds of Russian participate in yoga classes in Moscow park
Hundreds of yoga enthusiasts participated in yoga classes held in the Tagansky Park here to celebrate the 5th International Day of Yoga. This year, Muscovites could not only take part in various yoga classes, but also had the opportunity to get acquainted with the diversity of Indian vegetarian cuisine and listen Ayurveda lectures. Speaking on the occasion, Indian Ambassador D B Venkatesh Varma on Sunday noted that despite the fact that Yoga Day is celebrated only once a year, yoga itself is practiced every day, since it is a way of life. He read out a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who mentioned the unifying function of yoga and its important role in people's lives. Vice-President of the Russian Yoga Federation Svetlana Artisyevich said the number of people who are interested in yoga is increasing every year, according to a statement. A team of yoga students introduced the guests to the rules of the Common Yoga Protocol on the main stage of the Tagansky Park.
DLF CYBERHUB and AMPM Caf Celebrated Father's Day With Harley-Davidson Riders
/ -- DLF CYBERHUB collaborated with their new addition AMPM Caf to host the owners of Iconic American motorcycle brand Harley- Davidson for an exclusive Father's Day breakfast. Around 50 motorcyclistsconsisting of H.O.G. Capital chapter members gathered to be a part of Father's day special themed ride. (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/923683/DLF_CYBERHUB_HOG_Breakfast_ride.jpg ) After the ride, the H.O.G. members arrived at DLF CYBERHUB as father-son duo to enjoy a hearty breakfast. Special arrangements were made for the riders to park their machines at the Amphitheatre. The venue was indeed a visual spectacle as the multiple riders came in roaring for the celebration. Upon arriving at AMPM Caf, the bikers were welcomed for a delectable spread. Mr. Atul Atri, Centre Head, DLF CYBERHUB shares, "At DLF CYBERHUB, our constant endeavor is to encourage our F&B brands to elevate the customer experience and make it even more worthwhile with every visit. Consumer initiatives such
Indians take a chill pill with lassi, cold coffee
Lassi, cold coffee and watermelon juice are among the preferred beverages that are helping people across India beat the searing heat.
Want to test nerves, trek to Great Himalayan National Park
If you are an intrepid trekker and want to test your nerves in the highly inhospitable terrain and tough climatic conditions of Himachal Pradesh's Tirthan and Parvati valleys, then a 1,171 sq km Great Himalayan National Park (GNHP) is your calling.
Significant increase in popularity of yoga in US, says Indian Ambassador
There has been a significant increase in the popularity of yoga in the United States after the UN in 2014 declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga, India's Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. Addressing hundreds of yoga enthusiasts at the National Monument here on Sunday morning, Shringla said that yoga has been widely adopted by people all over the world, transcending linguistic and cultural boundaries, and has millions of practitioners in USA. The popularity of yoga has seen a significant increase in the United States and in fact all over the world in recent years," he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the Indian missions abroad for organising events on yoga and urged everyone to participate in it. "Across all continents, the Yoga Day 2019 celebrations have begun with immense fervour. I urge you all to join the Yoga Day programmes in your respective nations and enrich the Yoga programmes with your participation," Modi said in a tweet. According to
International Yoga day celebrated in US
Thousands of people, from all walks of life, participated in International Day of Yoga celebrations here on Sunday"We are very happy with the support and participation that we saw today. The participants participated with real zeal and enthusiasm. In Washington, there is nothing better than iconic Washington Monument, it denotes the capital of the US and it is a spot that represents the city and the country." the Indian Ambassador to the US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, told ANI.The Indian Ambassador also addressed the gathering. Welcoming the participants, Shringla noted that yoga is widely embraced by the American people as a survey conducted in 2016 showed that there were 36.7 million Yoga practitioners in the US making America the second home for Yoga."Yoga is a way of life in the United States, it has become trendy, popular and almost something that people believe in keeping their body in a harmonious position and this has helped us to promote Yoga in the U.S.," he added.The program ..
Ingenious 'bike' for climbing Areca nut tree to make farmers' lives easier
In wake of the fact that there is a shortage of traditional Areca nut tree climbers, farmers here are finding it difficult to sustain the Areca nut plantation. However, a 48-year-old farmer, Ganapathi, took it as a challenge and invented ingenious bike like equipment (driven by a motor) seated on which a person can easily climb upto the top of vertical Areca nut tree for spraying pesticides and plucking.Climbing Areca nut tree is considered essential for spraying pesticides in the rainy season and for plucking (harvesting crop) at the end of the year. Traditionally, in India, the plantation farmers tie ropes around their feet to climb the coconut or areca nut trees, without any safety equipment. Areca tree is generally 100 feet tall in height and stands vertical to the ground.In the backdrop of fact that there is a shortage of labour while the demand for traditional tree climber is on rise for spraying pesticides, long waiting is taking a toll on their plantation.The farmers in the ...
3 youth on bike killed in road accident
Three youths were killed on the spot near Porayar in Nagapattinam district Sunday when the bike they were riding was involved in a head-on collision with an omni bus, said police. The mishap happened when the omni bus bound for Nagapattinam from Chennai was negotiating a curve on the Villupuram-Nagapattinam stretch of the national highway. A case has been registered and the bus driver arrested.
