TRAVEL & TOURISM

Air India confirms Chandrasekaran as its new Chairman; CEO appointment to happen soon.

A win-win situation for all the stakeholders, from government to employees, airline industry and the traveller at large is the crucial take away from the airline's privatisation Looking back, on the recent successful privatisation of Air India, it's interesting ...
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CII Summit Suggests a Shopping Festival to Promote Delhi as a Multi-facted Destination. 

It may well be an opportune time to curate a shopping festival for Delhi, concluded a select panel at a recently convened webinar by CII Delhi State unit. Panellists included the heads of DLF Malls, Pushpa ...
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Trans Himalayan Trails Offer a Pristine Opportunity to Break in the Big League of Adventure Tourism

Ajeet Bajaj, Padma Shri recipient for his unique successes in adventure tourism, scaling among other achievements, the Everest with his daughter, says in this feature that Trans Himalayan Trails offer a unique opportunity to tap our ...
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Challenges as We Get Back into Inbound: Roadshows in Traditional Markets Needed, says IATO President, Rajeev Mehra.

Traditional Markets are a safer bet, he says, though it's all not that easy to get them back. There are challenges, which may resolve over the next year or so. With India gradually opening up for international ...
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CAPA outlines Challenges Before Airline Industry in the Year Ahead: Structural Reforms Needed for Sustainability

CAPA has released its 2022 Report on the Indian Airline sector, underlining that recapitalisation is critical, new norms must be introduced for new start-ups, and traffic will remain muted, in the face of possible rising costs of ...
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Covid Times have snatched some of the best the industry has known.

First, we heard the tragic news of former Minister and former Governor Jagmohan, possibly one of the best tourism ministers we had in the country. His contribution to building tourism related infrastructure will remain unequalled for ...
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IndiGo signs LOI to bring Freighters on board, Initiates Foray into Logistics

Building on its fleet strength, its existing nationwide network, air cargo was but a natural progression. Building upon the success of the CarGo business in recent years, IndiGo has initiated a freighter programme and is in ...
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BITB BOUNCE suggests strategic, dynamic policy changes to how we position and promote hospitality and tourism

The recently concluded BITB Conclave - BOUNCE - has recommended timely and strategic interventions, both by government and industry, in a collaborative manner to ensure India gets its fair share of international tourism, as and when ...
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Vistara Scores High Among Indian Carriers as Safest to Fly in Times Like These

Mumbai based rating company rates airlines in the APAC region for November 2020Safe Travel Barometer, said to be the world’s most comprehensive B2B monitoring and benchmarking solution of COVID-19 health and safety protocols, and traveler experience ...
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Pragati Maidan 2.0 Reschedules its Timelines; Hopes for April 2021 to Bring Back Business

Inevitably, timelines had to be redrawn, given the lockdown and uncertain workforce. But a determined effort to keep to its best possible recovery, CMD L C Goyal, who is a former Home Secretary in the Government ...
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