CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing) announced the delivery of the first of a fleet of nine Airbus A321neo aircraft to India’s leading airline, IndiGo, as part of a purchase and leaseback transaction. The aircraft also…

Medical tourism in India is projected to grow to a US$9 billion industry by 2020. India is gathering a formidable reputation for its medical treatments that are cost-effective and of a high standard especially in cardiology, orthopaedics, nephrology, oncology, neuro surgery, dental surgery, etc.. Alternative…

Travel Designer Group (TDG) has been recognized as the “Dream Employer of the Year 2019” award by the World HRD Congress. The Award clearly tells that Travel Designer Group is a great workplace that enhances career growth while helping translate the company’s vision of becoming…

MakeMyTrip announced an agreement with TripAdvisor to integrate international experiences that Indian travellers can book across 100 overseas markets. Indian travellers looking to discover the world will now have over 250,000 bookable tours and activities from TripAdvisor to choose from when they visit MakeMyTrip’s ‘Experiences…

Travel Money, the foreign exchange brand of FCM Travel Solutions, is introducing their affordable student remittance service for Indian students going abroad for higher education. Student wanting to go overseas can remit money via Travel Money’s Student Remittance service and receive more affordable rates than…

Travel consolidator Gold Medal has expanded its operations into India. Gold Medal will initially provide its Indian customers with access to flight bookings, offering over 100 airline partners’ services at competitive rates. The company is planning to launch its full product portfolio, including hotel, car…

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce that PATA CEO Mario Hardy was awarded “Travel Personality of The Year” at the 30th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2019. On receiving the award, Hardy told the audience, “When I first joined PATA several years…

A recent study commissioned by ICICI Lombard on the occasion of World Tourism Day reveals that Indians take vacations with their buddies (Buddycation) and make compromises individually in order to fulfill promises of the whole group. The survey suggests that school or college friends in…

CRISIL’s latest credit bulletin on Thomas Cook (India) reflects that the ratings of Thomas Cook (India) remain unaffected as the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook PLC in United Kingdom has no linkage with Thomas Cook (India). The bulletin further elaborates that Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. (TCIL)…

In light of media reports on Thomas Cook PLC, today reiterates that the Thomas Cook India Group is a completely different entity since August 2012, when it was acquired by Fairfax Financial Holdings (Fairfax), a Canada based multinational with varied interests across the globe as…