Vistara has announced Bangkok as the third international destination to its network and opened bookings for daily flights between Delhi and Bangkok starting 27 August 2019. The airline will use its Airbus A320neo aircraft with three-class cabin configuration to fly to and from Bangkok, making…

OYO Hotels & Homes, India’s largest, world’s 3rd largest and fastest-growing chain of leased and franchised hotels, homes, living and workspaces, today announced a first-of-its-kind offering for its customers with complimentary insurance cover for guests as part of the booking price staying in OYO properties…

Sabre in partnership with TrendWatching, global consumer trends and insights experts, has released a consumer trends study explaining the “Retail Revolution” in the hospitality industry. “Technology is changing the expectations of today’s traveler. They demand flexibility, optionality and a seamless shopping experience that goes beyond…

Hospitality consultancy firm Hotelivate announced the formal launch of its Indonesia office in Jakarta today. With the new opening, Hotelivate will have offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore and Jakarta and this position the company as the only full-service hospitality consulting firm in the Asia Pacific…

Treebo Hotels has announced the launch of a new offering called ‘Hotel Superhero’, a platform which will empower small and medium sized hotels owners with cutting-edge tools and capabilities across all aspects of hotel operations. Hotel Superhero will give these small hotel owners access to…

Four Points by Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort and Convention Centre introduces “Four Points Mahabs Express” - a shuttle service to discover Mahabalipuram and its beach, exclusively for the in-house guests. Located on the East Coast Road (ECR), the hotel is close to the seaside and historical…

Gujarat’s Saputara Monsoon Festival began with great fervour. The month-long festival, which concludes on September 9, was inaugurated by Minister of Tourism, Jawahar Chawda at Saputara. While inaugurating the festival, Minister said that Gujarat is witnessing the growth of tourist footfalls at an average of…

SATTE, South Asia's leading travel show, is all set to organise roadshows in South India in Chennai (Aug 21) and Hyderabad (Aug 29). The roadshows are expected to be attended by over 100 travel trade professionals. During the roadshow, representative of SATTE will explain the…

Aiming to empower the travel agents, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) recently organised a series of knowledge conclaves. The association organised these conclaves in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Indore. “The TAAI Conclave in Mumbai has been a huge success. We had over…

VFS Global, which processed close to 2.5 million applications in India during Jan - May, 2019, has seen a higher surge than usual this summer possibly due to the increase in UK-bound travel because of the Cricket World Cup. “In fact, for UK alone, VFS…

Wellness tourism has the potential of being the top most driver of the growth of the Indian tourism industry. In a consistently growing economy where people are facing a fast changing life, wellness tourism becomes even more important as it rejuvenates the body, mind and…

Booking.com has revealed top domestic and international landmarks of the Indian travellers. The list is based on the landmark reviews left by travellers from India from January 2018 to March 2019 and the destinations were ranked by the average review score. When looking at the…

Taiwan Tourism Bureau (TTB) has partnered with the Mumbai Metro to expand awareness of Taiwan as a destination and promote tourism. The train, wrapped in colourful campaign images, was flagged off by Trust Lin, Director, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Singapore Office, from the Versova Metro Station.…

After accounting a substantial rise in tourist arrivals from metro cities in India, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mumbai successfully concluded the ‘Amazing Thailand’ roadshow in Ahmedabad and Pune. The objective of the roadshow was to introduce the agents to the emerging destinations and exciting…

Advanced flight bookings to airports around the holy city of Mecca ahead of this year’s Hajj have increased from Asia, Europe and Oceania, according to research by Travelport. According to the analysis, India (44,611) had the second highest number of bookings in the world, and…