The sea-facing iconic Taj Palace and Trident have commenced room bookings and sprucing up for their reopening on December 21, nearly a month after the audacious terror attacks, which caused severe damage to the five-star hotels.

COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! The terror attacks in Mumbai have led to an atmosphere of gloom in the tourism industry. There have been bulk cancellations of tour programmes and a steady fall in hotel bookings in Kerala, Rajasthan, Agra, Maharashtra and Goa.

More than 30 percent of hotel bookings come directly from the web, and online shoppers visit at least three websites before making an online hotel reservation purchase decision. These statistics and more are central to understanding Internet marketing, a topic of increasing interest for Asia Pacific hoteliers. According to Smith Travel Research, for the first 10 months of 2008, occupancy has ...