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MTDC targets corporates with offers at resorts
MUMBAI: In a bid to push its resorts the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) is offering corporates offers and schemes on all its properties in the State.
Under the Deposit Scheme package, an organisation that ties up with MTDC can avail of exciting discounts on all MTDC properties. Employees can choose from a range of destinations like the pristine beaches of Tarkali, Ganpatipule and Harihareshwar or heritage sites like Ajanta Ellora, Karla and Lonar crater. MTDC states that from sanctuaries like Pench and Tadoba to forts at Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, there is something for everyone.
MTDC states that its resorts also provide visitors a chance to combine business and pleasure with fully equipped conference halls such as the facilities at its’ Karla property. Only 114 kms from Mumbai by road, Karla, known for its Chaitya caves is the perfect destination for a weekend training programme. The New India Insurance Company had booked the MTDC Karla facility for their training programmes for all levels of management for more than a year. MTDC states that it offers packages that inclusde accommodation, food and conference facilities.
Even the Deccan Odyssey, the royal Indian luxury train, offers a conference hall called Samvad. It boasts of a fully equipped business centre. Other facilities on the train like a health spa, gymnasium, beauty parlor and ayurvedic spa make it the best place to combine work with sightseeing. Among the organisations that have enjoyed this unique offer are well known London based corporates, Lloyd Adriatico Incentive Group and the South India March. Organisations can avail of the Deccan Odyssey tour package and facilities at regular rates from October 2005.
Brands
Estée Lauder to shed 10,000 jobs as new boss bets on digital shift
The cosmetics giant raises its profit outlook but stays silent on a possible merger with Spain’s Puig, as job cuts deepen and a three-year sales slump weighs on the turnaround
NEW YORK: Stéphane de La Faverie is not done cutting. Estée Lauder announced on Friday that it plans to eliminate as many as 3,000 additional jobs, taking its total redundancy programme to as many as 10,000 roles, up from a previous target of 7,000 announced a year ago. The company, which owns La Mer, The Ordinary, Tom Ford, and Aveda, employs roughly 57,000 people worldwide. The mathematics of what is now being contemplated is stark.
The fresh round of cuts is expected to generate a further $200 million in savings, bringing the total annual savings from the programme to as much as $1.2 billion before taxes. That money, De La Faverie has made clear, will be ploughed back into the turnaround.
A CEO in a hurry
De La Faverie, who took the helm in January 2025, inherited a company that had endured three consecutive years of annual sales declines. His response has been to move fast and cut deep. A significant portion of the latest redundancies reflects his push to reduce headcount at US department stores, long a cornerstone of Estée Lauder’s distribution model but now a channel in structural decline. In their place, he is accelerating the shift toward faster-growing online platforms, including Amazon.com and TikTok Shop, a pivot that is reshaping not just where Estée Lauder sells but how it thinks about its customers.
The numbers are moving in the right direction
Despite the pain, there are signs the medicine is working. Estée Lauder raised its profit outlook for the remainder of the fiscal year, guiding for adjusted earnings per share in the range of $2.35 to $2.45, above analyst estimates and a notable step up from the $2.05 to $2.25 range it had guided for in February. Organic net sales growth is expected to come in at 3 per cent, the company said, at the high end of the range it set out in February.
The share price tells a mixed story. After De La Faverie took charge, the stock surged nearly 60 per cent, buoyed by investor optimism that a longtime company insider could finally arrest the decline. But 2026 has been rougher: the shares have fallen 27 per cent this year, weighed down by disappointing February results and the overhang of unresolved merger talks with Spanish beauty giant Puig Brands SA. The company gave no additional details about those discussions on Friday, leaving the market to guess.
Silence on Puig
The proposed tie-up with Puig remains the most consequential unknown hanging over Estée Lauder. A deal with the Barcelona-based group, which owns brands including Carolina Herrera and Rabanne, would reshape the global luxury beauty landscape. But with nothing new to say and a turnaround still very much in progress, De La Faverie is asking investors to trust the process.
Three years of sales declines, 10,000 job cuts, and a merger that may or may not happen. At Estée Lauder, the overhaul has barely started.
