Towns like Jalandhar, Ludhiana in Punjab, Jaipur and Agra on the Golden Triangle and such state capitals, heritage and business towns like Ahmedabad, Surat and Nagpur present a unique opportunity for Indian hospitality business to scale up, esp as Indian railways, india's aviation footprint and the road infrastructure will follow in step with the boom.

Note: The Indian Maharaja with TC, Maharajas Express with Cox & Kings, and the other two luxury trains have started first season bookings quite well and money is being spendt to add gym and pool to the Palace on wheels as well ( More here ) Golden Palace started from Bangalore is not doing so well apparently. The Maharajas Express for example is 84 persons at an average of $1000 per night for a 7 day- 8 night tour between Mumbai and Delhi

Cox & Kings is raising an unprecedented 600 crores from the market in a current IPO at absurd valuations despite 10 months receivables as the listed TC is doing so well, other follow up articles on Marriott, Fortune also at http://india.advantages.us

The Cox & Kings IPO opened at a good premium, there is a huge gap..don't bother about the word absurd..i would say it is the hope that Indian tourism will succeed..again if one were to just treble tourist arrivals ( it is not that large a base) and keep the Maharaja's at near complete capacity bookings ( 75%-80% for at least 6 months out of 12) we will all be super rich.