Would your company know if you were in a Mumbai hotel? - Times Online

The incidents at two hotels in Mumbai this week will have had many people who visit the city regularly thinking “What if it had been me?”.

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An increasing number of business travellers have been going to Mumbai in recent years. Airlines - with the exception of Bmi which withdrew from the route – have been increasing their services to the city too. Kingfisher Airlines, which grew out of the beer company of the same name, launched twice daily flights from Heathrow in June. In fact, more than a million passengers flew on the route between Heathrow and Mumbai in 2007, according to the Civil Aviation Authority, many of them travelling on business. The hotels at the centre of this week's attacks – the Taj Mahal Palace and the Trident Oberoi – are among the most popular for business travellers to the city. It comes as no surprise to find that many of those caught up in the attacks were there on behalf of their companies. Andreas Liveras, the yachting millionaire who was killed during the attacks , was in the city to attend a trade show. It seems certain that when the full death toll is known, many more business travellers will have been embroiled in the situation.

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