Domestic Tourism is Becoming the Force Multiplier
India’s domestic tourism has been largely growing on its own steam. It is the growing desire of Indians to travel more, spend more, create memories. Especially after the covid lockdown, when we had the first signs of the YOLO concept - you ...
War in the Middle East: Could Signal a Tectonic Shift towards Domestic Preferences in Indian Travel and Tourism
The conflict around Iran and the resulting instability across West Asia are beginning to produce consequences far beyond geopolitics and energy markets. One of the sectors now feeling the impact most visibly is Indian travel and tourism. Yet, while international aviation and ...
It’s Time Again to Count our Dollars: When Tourism Must be the Lowest Hanging Fruit!
All is hunky-dory till the next crisis comes onto us. Talking of foreign exchange reserves of 700 billion, sitting pretty, and all of a sudden, an extended war in the Middle East, now in its third month, is causing ripples in various ...
‘BIG’ May be Beautiful, But Not Necessarily the Best
India’s appetite for building the “largest” — biggest statues, biggest stadiums, biggest infrastructure — is not accidental. It is part symbolism, part economic signalling, and part genuine capacity creation. But the real question, as you may rightly ask, is: how much of ...
India’s One Religion that All Religions Swear by!
Does it Relate to the Human Condition, that is Looking for a Greater Unity of Purpose? We are living in an era where religions have come to matter more than they should. Where, one had always thought it was everyman’s personal faith, ...
India: One Country, 1000 Destinations
There is considerable debate happening, often in hushed tones. That India is not being promoted in overseas markets. That India is lagging behind its competitors in attracting the global tourism dollar. Nothing secret about it, Indian tourism’s marketing share this year in ...
Radisson Hotels Look to 500 properties by 2030
With Radisson Hotels, growth is not being measured only in numbers. Even then, the group is looking at 500 properties in the next few years. How does the challenge stack up, we check out in a conversation with Nikhil Sharma, Managing Director ...
Akasa Going Forward: An Airline Making the Quiet Steady Buzz
In conversation with Vinay Dube, Founder and CEO, Akasa Air, as he shares his insights into the aviation eco-system, how the airline is building resilience, in only single direction – only going forward! Interviewed by Navin Berry. What is the canvas of ...
40 Years of The Leela Experience: Years of Dedication to Excellence
In this landmark year, the Group plans a series of celebrations, and yet resolves to commit the future to these same hallowed traditions, set by the chain’s founder, the late Captain Nair. It has been pure luxury play. Over the past 40 ...
When War Comes, Truth is the First Casualty!
It’s my truth versus yours, a battle of narratives. While drones fly, and missiles hit targets, conversations become short and crisp, the more stirring the better, the louder the better, where ‘honesty’ of purpose is left undefined, to each his own. The ...
Why wage War when it Costs So Much? Then Rebuilding by the Same Stage Actors?
You first wage war, spend money on arms and demolitions, and when it ends, you spend money again to rebuild what you have destroyed. It is not that simple as it appears. In the interim, you have changed the world order, made ...
Churning at the Top: Both Airlines Line Up for Change!
No where else are sands shifting as much evident and impacting the business as in the world of Indian aviation. Amidst all the buying frenzy, a thousand aircraft on order, among the highest the world over, the new cluster of airports around ...
