Nikhil Ganju, Country Manager, TripAdvisor India, talks about the Indian online market and the performance and growth of TripAdvisor in India What sort of growth has TripAdvisor enjoyed since its inception? Since its launch in 2008, TripAdvisor India has shown tremendous growth, and has gone…

In an e-mail interview with T3, Lee McCabe, Head of Travel, Facebook, shares his perspective on how Facebook can benefit travel and tourism companies to grow their reach and business How would you explain the correlation between Facebook and travel and tourism? We know more…

Aloke Bajpai, Co-founder and CEO of ixigo.com speaks with T3 about increasing digitisation in travel How has the overall performance been for your company in terms of bookings? What do you expect from the remaining months of 2013? ixigo.com is a comprehensive trip planning website…

Rohinton Commissariat, CEO, Hotel Commerce Solutions, speaks with T3 about Sabre’s new Indian avatar designed for the Indian hospitality sector What prompted the change in your India portfolio? Hotel Commerce, just like its earlier avatars Travelocity India and Travelguru, is a representative of Sabre Holdings.…

Vikram Malhi, GM, South and Southeast Asia for Expedia, talks about the OTA market in India and Expedia’s products offerings How has the overall performance been for your company in terms of bookings? What do you expect from the remaining months of 2013? We have…

Saurabh Rai, Regional Director, South Asia and Middle East and C.S. Ramachandran, Director Revenue Account Management - India, Middle East and Africa, Preferred Hotel Group talk about the Group’s growth How has the growth been for Preferred Hotel Group in India in the last three…

Henry Moses, Country Manager, India speaks with T3 about Qatar Airways' expansion plans How has the load factor and yield been during the first half of the year 2013 on your India routes? For travellers from India, which is one of our most important markets,…

Spurred by PHD’s latest initiative to help grow Caravan Tourism in North and Central India, T3 catches up with Raghwendra Kumar Singh, Managing Director, MP Tourism, to share information on MP’s caravan offering and potential. What kind of revenue yield has the product generated since…

Shailendra Seth, Director, Chapman Freeborn, talks about the current status of air charter market in India and the potential the market holds for this niche industry to witness rapid growth in the coming years What is the current operational profile of Chapman Freeborn and what…

Peter Kerkar, Director and group CEO, Cox & Kings, speaks with T3 about the growth of the company as well as India’s travel industry What sort of growth has Cox & Kings witnessed year on year? We have done a lot of work in the…

Deepa Misra Harris, Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing, The Taj Group of Hotels speaks with T3 about the evolution of a Marketing Director’s role in the Indian hospitality industry How would you explain the evolving role of Marketing Directors in the hospitality industry? Marketing…

Chandana Khan, Special Chief Secretary, Tourism, Govt of Andhra Pradesh speaks with T3 about the initiatives by the state govt to promote tourism How has AP Tourism reacted to the recognition following the NTA? We have got the highest number of awards but that has…

Jyoti Mayal, Chairperson – Northern Region, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) and Director, New Airways Travels talks about the latest trends on commission issue and how industry can cope up with the emerging challenges. Airlines the world over are not paying commission. So why…

Biji Eapen, President, IATA Agents Association of India (IAAI), feels that commission issue can be resolved within three days if associations and agents show unity and tackle the problem together Airlines the world over are not paying commission, then why do you’ll insist that airlines…

Mihir Kumar Singh, Tourism Secretary of Bihar, talks about the initiatives taken by the Department to promote tourism to the state What initiatives has Bihar government taken to promote Buddhist tourism? We have a wide range of products but the most important is the Buddhism.…