The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for June 2026 global passenger demand. Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was down 1.7% compared to June 2025. Excluding the Middle East, demand declined by 0.6%. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), decreased 1.3% year-on-year. The load factor was 84.2%...

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with InterGlobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) on July 30, 2026, in New Delhi to promote India as a preferred global tourism destination through a strategic, non-exclusive and non-financial collaboration. Under the MoU, the Ministry of Tourism and IndiGo will jointly undertake a global communication...

IntrCity SmartBus released finding of its nationwide survey titled “IntrCity SmartBus Intercity Mobility Survey 2026,” covering 13,320 respondents, nearly three-fourths (74.3%) of respondents are aged between 18 and 43 years, while 65.9% are salaried professionals. According to the survey the country’s young and working professionals are increasingly choosing shared mobility over personal...

Skyscanner has launched The India Culture Travel Index report that reveals that India’s appetite for culture-led travel is growing rapidly and 84% of Indian travellers choose to travel within India to explore the culture. The report was briefed during a launch event held at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi on July 29, 2026. The report also revealed that 67% of Indians plan their trip...

South Africa's tourism sector continues to demonstrate resilience and sustained growth. The country recorded 8,23,365 international tourists in June 2026, an increase of 9.8% compared with June 2025. Arrivals from Africa increased by 12.1% year-on-year. Between January and June 2026, South Africa welcomed 55,84,473 international tourists, representing a 12.3% increase compared to the...

Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and ALTOUR released 2027 Global Business Travel Forecast. The report examines the economic forces reshaping the cost of business travel globally, including energy prices, labour costs, aircraft supply constraints, currency fluctuations and other factors. Following a year marked by unprecedented energy-market disruption and rising operational...

Ministry of Civil Aviation in collaboration with Air India inaugurated ‘Easy Connect’ services from Amritsar, further expanding the Government of India’s hub-and-spoke model and bringing seamless global connectivity closer to travellers across Punjab. The launch marks an important step forward in the initiative’s nationwide rollout announced in June 2026...

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the opening of Hyatt Place Vithalapur, marking the Hyatt Place brand’s debut in the emerging industrial hub of Vithalapur, Gujarat in India. Hyatt Place Vithalapur is ideally positioned to cater to the growing number of corporate visitors and is set to cater to business travellers, conference attendees and international guests who value comfort...

TBO Tek Limited announced its unaudited financial results for Q1 FY27. Despite continued geopolitical headwinds from the Middle East crisis, the company delivered a robust performance in Q1, with GTV at INR 11,154 cr, up 37% YoY from INR 8,119 cr in the previous year. The company recorded revenue from operations of INR 926 cr v/s. INR 511 Cr [+ 81% YoY] and secured a gross profit of...

American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) announced the launch of the Egencia AI connector in Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant. One of the business travel industry’s first agentic integrations, this enables both travellers and enterprise AI agents to book and manage policy-compliant air and hotel transactions without leaving the tools they already work in...