Category: Travel & Tourism

WITH the arterial nodes of the country in a state of total lockdown, the travel […]

The Trumps, at home in India, say Howdy to the World: Those 36 hours were […]

The Prime Minister has set the pace with not only emphasising the importance of domestic […]

The decision to make Mumbai go 24×7 is only a ratification of the fact that […]

Seeking holistic development for India’s tourism, which we believe is increasingly all embracing, stretching across sectors […]

With BITB gearing up to host its 16th conclave in Hotelscapes 2019, Navin Berry, Founder […]

‘Joining the Dots’ in industry and government for holistic and all-embracing development of the tourism […]

Ministry of Tourism has recently launched The Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification (IITFC). The program […]

In its 15th conclave in the past 30 months, under the BITB banner, Paryatan se […]

A four-time Member of Parliament, Prahlad Singh Patel has been named as the Minister of […]

The industry has a long list of expectations from the new government, as it hits […]

The Indian traveller has truly come of age. They are travelling to the distant corners […]

Key findings: 79% of Indian travellers report being more determined to make sustainable travel choices […]

Concern looms over the fate of the vacation season as the Indian aviation sector continues […]

The big takeaway from BITB India Tourism Summit was that the industry needed to take […]

PATA Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts 2019-2023 has been laid out a few weeks ago. The […]

The 3rd edition of India Tourism Summit was a resounding success on several counts. The […]

In what could add more teeth to India’s ‘Act East Policy’, strengthening air connectivity to […]

The 3rd edition of BITB India Tourism Summit will be a grander affair, bringing together […]

Lufthansa Group Airlines has appointed George Ettiyil as its new Senior Director Sales South Asia. […]

Pradeep Singh Kharola, CMD, Air India has been appointed as the Civil Aviation secretary in […]

The inaugural edition of Rural Tourism Day brought together champions of the segment, who suggested […]

With growth increasingly being driven by secondary and tertiary markets, localised content and regional languages […]

NITI Aayog has come up with a comprehensive document, more a vision statement for India […]

Tourism is in for heady days, believes Neelu Singh, CEO, Ezeego1.com. The focus on infrastructure, […]

In his ‘Travel trend wrap up report by Yatra.com’, Sharat Dhall has listed out Virtual […]

CII has recently unveiled a report which suggests a slew of measures to mainstream tourism, […]

That tourism would act as a crucial plank in India’s ‘Act East Policy’ is a […]

Kayak’s recently released ‘KAYAK’s 2019 ‘Best Time To Book’ travel guide has given some interesting […]

The recently released World Travel & Tourism Council: City Travel & Tourism Impact 2018 – […]

There has been a change of guard at World Travel & Tourism Council, India Initiative […]

There have some positive developments in the cruise segment. A new association has been formed. […]

The hike in visa fee was a dampener for tourists heading to the Indian shores […]

The book provides food for thought and action Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog has edited […]

In a meeting with key commerce ministry officials, Sarab Jit Singh, Managing Director, Travelite has […]

A FICCI YES BANK report titled ‘Tourism Infrastructure Investments: Leveraging Partnerships for Exponential Growth’ has […]

The e-Visa regime continued to be the game changer for the tourism sector and its […]

Raghvendra Singh, the erstwhile culture secretary assured that the culture ministry was working in tandem […]

Despite an impressive advance in technology, and its growing pervasiveness in the tourism industry, “the […]

A long overdue idea has been finally put to implementation. Tourism minister K J Alphons […]

The art had assumed greater significance than the artist, leading to a systematic loss of […]

The message that India was a safe nation for women travellers needed to be amplified […]

WTTC report has revealed some positive trends, indicating that tourism is increasingly contributing to the […]

In its second year, ITB China, compared to the inaugural event in 2017 witnessed attendee […]

Ministry of Tourism is keen on roping in local stakeholders to create synergy for conservation […]

A mammoth and unprecedented undertaking, DMIC project will have a multiplier effect on driving employment, […]

In the recently held biennial elections of the Indian Association of Tour Operators, E.M Najeeb, […]

The revamp of Pragati Maidan in its 2.0 avatar has been on the cards for […]

V K Duggal, Former Governor, Manipur took a walk down the memory lane to share […]

Harsh Verma, Technical Advisor, UNWTO recently ​shared some profound insights on taking the tourism sector […]

Yoga and Ayurveda, two unique gifts to humanity from India, are slowly being celebrated in […]

In a major development, Taj Mahal, India’s iconic tourism asset, is up for grabs for […]

Kishore Singh, Director, Delhi Art Gallery batted for collaborative efforts by stakeholders from within the art […]

WTTC’s recent report on future possibilities of tourism in India and its implications on creating […]

India Travel Congress, organised by BITB, was held on 23rd and 24th of February 2018 at Pullman […]

In his keynote on “Delhi as a World-class Global Tourist City”, speaking at the India […]

Take a step further from announcing its intention of developing ten tourism centres in India […]

The last budget before the general elections in 2019 is out. Among its several components, […]

Madhavan Menon – Chairman & Managing Director, Thomas Cook India Group writes on his expectations […]

Sunder. G. Advani has been appointed the President of WTTCII (World Travel and Tourism Council, […]

Encouraged by an impressive rise in international inbound numbers, the tourism ministry is eyeing an […]

In a document, International Chamber for Service Industry (ICSI) has suggested several measures to significantly […]

International Chamber for Service Industry organised ‘Living Buddhist Leadership’ deliberations recently in the capital. The […]

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of PayTm, is the poster boy for India’s recent success story […]

Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, Clix Capital, and previously CEO of GE Capital, Asia and India market […]

Aashish Singh, VP, Yash Raj Films urged destinations to look beyond providing incentives and rebates […]

In a welcome development, likely to boost cruise tourism in the country, the government has […]

Cinemascapes 2017 provided a platform for examining churnings in the cinema industry and its manifestations […]

WTTC II released their statewise rankings for the year 2017, a study conducted every two […]

The Incident: A swiss couple on vacation in India was allegedly harassed and beaten up […]

While tourism numbers have steadily grown in the recent months, high numbers from countries which […]

Making a fervent pitch for promoting ‘Incredible India’ in domestic and international market, the Prime […]

Innovation driven startups in the travel sector are poised to play a crucial role in […]

In what is being seen as probably the last major cabinet reshuffle before the 2019 […]

E-visa facilitation service was rolled-out in phase-wise manner to add to convenience of passengers and […]

Perhaps in her first media address after joining the Ministry of Tourism as Secretary, Rashmi […]

The new draft tourism policy has several progressive elements in its midst. From pronounced focus […]

Dual citizenship to Indians living abroad could act as a major catalyst to driving tourism […]

TourismFirst buttonholed Karan Anand, Head, Relationships and Supplier Management, Cox & Kings India on the […]

Following the recent announcement of plans to bring in major amendments to the existing CRZ […]

It is too early to assess the impact of the soon to be rolled-out GST […]

Following several changes that it made to the Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ) notification last year, the […]

Suman Billa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism was at his candid best. Speaking to industry […]

It is too early to assess the impact of the soon to be rolled-out GST […]

VP Hamid Ansari spoke on the pluralistic heritage of the nation, calling for educating the […]

BITB, Bharat International Tourism Bazaar, initiated last October by India’s first movers in B2B events, […]

In probably a first in recent years, the Finance Secretary of India speaks to the […]

S K Misra, Chairman, ITRHD, in his keynote address shared his experiences of how proper […]

Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog minced no words, alleging that the industry was failing in […]

Online promotion of tourism assets, products and destinations, provide value to every constituent of the […]

The assertion may appear surprising to many of our colleagues in the industry as some […]

In a freewheeling interview on the sidelines of an event hosted by Abu Dhabi Tourism […]

A concept which involves elements of wellness, organic food and retreat rolled in one, the […]

The merging of operations by two of the major domestic players in the online space, […]