Spas have emerged as an $11 billion industry, and resort and convention hotels have taken notice. Spa revenues exceed those of golf. Cedar scents and a rushing waterfall are part of the ambience at ...

The background sound of an environment in relation to which all foreground sounds are heard, such as the 'silence' of an empty room, conversation in a restaurant, or the stillness of a forest.

There are luxury hotels, and then there are sanctuaries. The Leela Ambience Gurugram Hotel & Residences has recently stepped into a new identity, firmly planting itself as the latter. I recently had ...