Combining über luxury with sustainability, Soneva has emerged as one of the leaders in the global luxury travel space. What is the overall philosophy of the brand Soneva? We are a family business managed by me and my wife Eva. We focus on the “One…

Subhash Goyal, Immediate Past President of IATO and Chairman, STIC Travel Group speaks about the slow pace of the Indian inbound growth and challenges which the industry is currently facing How would you explain the emerging trends in inbound tourism? Have you noticed any new…

Andre Gomez, Head of Operations - India, Hilton Worldwide, feels that India offers opportunities across segments. Hilton, which opened its first hotel in India under a management contract in 2009 and currently operates 15 hotels, is focused on establishing its presence at key destinations in…

Rajesh Menon, Regional Sales & Marketing Manager - South Asia, Cathay Pacific Airways talks about the carrier’s performance in India as well as India’s civil aviation market Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair currently operate 48 weekly departures from six cities in India to Hong Kong.…

Hotel aggregator OYO Rooms is currently in 170 cities with 5500 properties under its banner resulting into a total room inventory of 65,000 in India. Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, Oyo Rooms talks about the company’s performance as well expansion plan. How would you explain…

Wolfgang Will, Director, South Asia, Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, talks about the emerging scenario in the Indian aviation sector as well as Lufthansa’s performance and initiatives to further strengthen its position in India Lufthansa has been operating in India for over 55 years now and its…

Ernest Wooden Jr., President and CEO, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, talks about the potential that India offers for Los Angeles and his plans to grow India market Los Angeles welcomed about 45.6 mn visitors including around seven million international visitors in 2015. Los…

Nick Parker, Head of India and Middle East for Virgin Atlantic, talks about the measures that can enable Indian aviation to reach its full potential as well as the airline’s positioning in the India market Virgin Atlantic is looking at opportunities to grow and strengthen…

With 72 signed properties, 5561 rooms spread across 54 cities in India, Fortune Hotels which currently operates 48 hotels; plans to maintain its leadership position by following a balanced approach towards growth, expansion, brand extensions, and providing the same assured quality of product and service…

Sunil Kumar, President, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), shares his perspective on the future course of action for TAAI Do not you think that TAAI’s relevance in last 6-8 years has taken a beating? The membership trend has gone down slightly as many IATA…

Hanneli Slabber, Country Manager, South African Tourism speaks with T3 about the importance of the Indian market How important is the Indian market to South Africa? How many international arrivals did South Africa record last year, both globally and from India? South Africa has enjoyed…

S. Venkat, Director – Finance, Air India speaks with T3 about the progress on Air India’s recovery strategy How was the year 2014 for Air India and how much of its loss recovery was the airline able to achieve? The year 2014-15 was better than…

Stella Warmuth, Area Manager Middle East, Asia Pacific & Africa, airberlin speaks with T3 about her observations of the India market How has the response to airberlin been so far from the India market? airberlin is a key airline in Europe and offers a wide…

Keith Williams, Chairman, British Airways speaks with T3 about the airline’s strategy in the Indian market How do you look at India as an aviation market? Do you plan to reinstate any of the operations currently suspended? India is the second largest international market for…

Christopher L Thompson, President & CEO, Brand USA, shares his perspectives on Brand USA’s journey so far as well expectations from India How has Brand USA’s journey been since it’s inception? Prior to Brand USA, the people that were carrying the load of promoting the…