Bloom Hotels (“Bloom”) is swiftly moving ahead with its expansion plans after a primary capital injection of Rs 100 crores by Samena Capital in the company’s Series B investment round. The investment values Bloom at 330 crores and will help roll out the company’s innovative…

The Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai continues its commitment towards making the city of Mumbai a world class tourist destination, by furthering the Gateway of India Precinct Project. This unique project, which is in its second year, is working with the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the Mumbai…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged aviation stakeholders to follow global standards and make greater use of operational data in order to safely accommodate an additional 3.8 billion air travelers by 2036. Speaking at the Safety and Flight Operations Conference, IATA’s Director General and…

Managing travel spend is a huge challenge for large enterprises. This is due to lack of relevant data tracking tools that can throw useful insights on employee spends. Travel expense management process is data heavy. Information flows from different sources - employee reimbursement, accounts department,…

SriLankan Airlines and Air Seychelles have entered into a Special Prorate Agreement that will enhance their respective route networks and provide greater travel options in a seamless manner to passengers of both airlines with effect from 1st April 2018. Capt. Suren Ratwatte, CEO of SriLankan…

Travelers can now book inaugural season itineraries aboard Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ newest ship, launching in February 2020. The first voyage beginning on February 7th, 2020 will take guests on an unforgettable 14-night transatlantic journey from Barcelona to Miami. "For Seven Seas Splendor’s inaugural season,…

Airbnb launched the “Office of Healthy Tourism”, a global initiative to drive local, authentic and sustainable tourism in countries and cities across the globe. Along with the launch of the Office, Airbnb is also releasing data that shows the benefits of healthy tourism for hosts,…

Royal Orchid Hotels adds another property to its portfolio “Regenta Central Point” in Srinagar. Located at city centre, Regenta Central Point is 12 kms away from the airport and a 10 minute walk from Dal Lake. The hotel offers a range of accommodation options –…

Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (L.A. Tourism) has launched ‘L.A. Insider,’ a new online training tool for travel trade professionals. The program has been designed to help travel trade across the globe better sell the city and stay up-to-date with its latest offerings by…

icanstay.com has successfully raised fresh round of funding of Rs 1.30 crore from an angel investor Manoj Prasad, Executive Chairman at Singapore-based venture capital and management advisory firm MP Morgan Capital Partners. This is addition to Rs 2.24 crore raised few months earlier from the…

Marriott International will introduce one set of unified benefits across Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) for its members in August 2018. This will create an incredibly rich hospitality loyalty program in which members will earn more points faster than under…

Nijhawan Group in partnership with Turkish Airlines recently conducted a familiarization trip for top travel agents from India. The aim was to increase the knowledge of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a versatile tourist destination and to ensure the better visibility amongst travel trade fraternity in…

roomsXML and getabed have announced merger of their businesses. Both roomsXML and getabed are independently owned and have been successfully providing accommodation only to travel and wholesale partners in their respective markets. Under the new structure, current owners of both roomsXML and getabed will continue…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Transparency in Payments (TIP) has been implemented in the Finland, Norway and Sweden markets. TIP, which is being introduced in conjunction with NewGen ISS, is an industry initiative focused on providing airlines with increased transparency and control…

The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) announced its foray into the Holy City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, with a partnership with Umm Al Qura Development and Construction Company in the prestigious King Abdul Aziz Road (KAAR) project, one of the largest urban rejuvenation projects in…