
PMML celebrates World Tourism Day
Walk in awe, see, read and hear the lives and contributions of India’s prime ministers, as they shaped the lives of every Indian, since Independence. Through their lives, we live through Indian history over the last ...

Building the Sarovar Legacy, with a Sharp Focus on Mid-market
Sarovar Hotels is a leading hotel management company and one of the fastest-growing hotel chains in India. Headed by a team of industry veterans, the company manages over 145 operational hotels in 87 destinations across India, Nepal, and Africa, ...

Inbound has Hit a Pause Button; with no promotions over the last few years
There is much talk of inbound not having recovered, while overall, tourism is doing well. It would appear that only inbound is yet to recover, while domestic is booming and so is outbound? I also understand ...

Women in Aviation India: A Movement for Women, by Women
This story of purpose, wings, and belief began 10 years ago. Having spent five decades in aviation and hospitality, Mrs. Radha Bhatia had witnessed the resilience of women working tirelessly behind the scenes, often unacknowledged. Over ...

A-Star Academy – India’s only Hotel School
There is a crisis of manpower in the industry, everybody knows this. It is also being talked the industry first must take this initiative. With an ambitious target of 500 to 100 students, this new effort ...

Hospitality Industry in IPO Rush
Are You Ready to Catch the Hospitality IPO Wave? The Indian hospitality sector is on the cusp of a major transformation, with a surge in public listings expected over the next two to three years. For ...

India’s Burgeoning Civil Aviation Sector and its Critical Missing Link
Therefore, DGCA office (or its equivalent) is the heart of the civil aviation set up of any country. It has to keep pace with its own growth as civil aviation grows as well as the need ...

Does Travel and Tourism Need a New Understanding? How About ‘Visitor Economy?
It is more like the chicken and the egg story, what came first? Between Travel or tourism, which is the mother industry? Globally, tourism is counted as per all arrivals, irrespective of purpose. And yet, we ...

With tourism impacted, Kashmir Economy and Industry Await the Return of Good Times!
Indeed, the Good Times were here, with the average Kashmiri enjoying the bounties of tourism. Then came the dastardly attack on the tourists in Pahalgam, impacting common lives, jolting the nation, resulting in India retaliating like ...

Fern Signs Up with Marriott to Launch a New Brand, Series – Made in India, for the World
A new brand has been launched by Marriott International, born in India with Fern Hotels, to be labelled ‘Fern Series by Marriott’. This marks a new chapter in India’s hospitality industry, a first, where an international ...

BITB 20th Edition: India Tourism Unleashed A Brief Summary on the Discussions
India Tourism Unleashed was the central theme of the BITB 20th edition, held at Leela Palace, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. Attended by senior leadership across all verticals in India’s travel, tourism and hospitality industry, it was addressed by ...

25 years of MakeMyTrip: A Tech Company in Travel, Growing Upon the Strength of its People
MMT completed 25 years, starting the company in 2000, diversifying into all verticals of travel and tourism, as an online booking engine. The last four years have been phenomenal, returning with best ever profits, year after ...