The team returned by ship to Bombay, where a red carpet welcome was given to the team.

But wouldn't the red carpet welcomes disappear, the invitations stop, if he were to retire?

Followers gave him red carpet welcome for newly elected president and obeyed him in all activities.

PAKISTAN'S triumphant cricketers this week returned home to their second red carpet welcome within months.

Finally, Mr Bashir is going to be given a red carpet welcome in Lisbon: it is not only Mr Mugabe.

The red carpet welcome is something the Queen has experienced all over the world but in Bermuda shocking pink was chosen to reflect the famous colour of the local beaches.

On this occasion birds are given a red carpet welcome at Linka with a tribute of food items such as the Tibetan Highland barley, wheat, peas and other grains on a platter placed on a table.

The stained glass window composed in part from a collage made by the chef himself entitled "Green Curry Eggplant" reserves a magnificent red carpet welcome due to its intense colors in this temple devoted to vegetable cuisine.

When he visits foreign capitals, James D. Wolfensohn is treated like a head of state, given a red carpet welcome at the airport and police escorts, and banner headlines befitting the arrival of the head of the world's largest development agency.