After 30 years in the travel and tourism industry, it gives me a feeling of homecoming to return to my first love .. journalism .Though magazine contents and formats have changed considerably since my 'glorious' years with the Illustrated Weekly and The Times Of India in the 70's, the lessons taught to me by Gurus like Khushwant Singh still hold good - Catch the reader's interest and hold it .With thought provoking features. With unusual pictures. And with bold, debatable, points of view.

Chandni Luthra Editor in Chief

The 'Outbound' team is geared for a change after six successful years. We want to give you more. It is still the only travel magazine in India with a video CD. Each issue will now be a collector's item: With first person stories from the country's most eminent travel writers; insights into little known 'must see' destinations of the world and pictures that speak many thousand words.

Anil Sharma, the publisher, is an achiever bursting with new ideas; Rajeev M, the executive editor is a store house of information and a wizard at research; Aarti U is upbeat and rearing to go. Our contributors are all eminent globetrotters.

Together we will bring to you a magazine with a new logo, a new design and many more pages full of favourite holiday and business destinations, art, culture and international cuisines and recommendations of itineraries, places to stay, when and how to go and even what not to do!!

We wish you a very happy and gainful 2008.