TRAVEL & TOURISM

Winds of Change are Here to Stay and How, say Industry Insiders

That COVID 19 is impacting travel and tourism like no other episode in recorded history is now understood by all. Now is the time to look ahead, post COVID times, and here the consensus is that ...
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HAI makes a Pitch to Central Government, pushes for sharing industry’s best practices to cater to the new normal.

Industry has been caught in a midst of a storm, that is raging across the economy. Tourism is invariably the first to get affected and the last to recover. There is stress across aviation, hospitality and ...
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Travel suffers early and significant setback; VFS hopes for resilience in the sector

Visa activity is always in the front end of travel worldwide, and VFS has been the pioneer in the business. We catch up with Vinay Malhotra, Regional COO, South Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Americas ...
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Shape of Things to Come in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

As we enter week three of the national lockdown in India, the big question before us is this: How will travel and tourism pan out once the lockdown is partially or fully lifted? Let us take ...
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Waiting Mode for Domestic Airlines

National TV channels are showing on their ticker that airlines are open for booking from 15th April onwards. It does not mean that airlines are saying they are flying from 15th onwards. But they remain geared, ...
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Rani George, secretary tourism, Kerala records her appreciation to all agencies who helped in repatriation of stranded tourists

Kerala Tourism has again extended support and assistance to foreign tourists who could not return home due to the ban on international flights which was effected to prevent the spread of COVID 19. The Consulate of ...
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Tourism Cares: adopt a Shared Mission, give individual efforts an industry face, too!

The last few weeks, every sector of the economy has come under acute stress. Undoubtedly, the travel, tourism and hospitality vertical has been more hit than others, being in the front end, with all transport closed, ...
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Travel and Tourism industry gasping for breath, say industry leaders in a CNBC-TV18 discussion initiated by CII.

With Shereen Bhan as moderator, a senior panel comprising Dipak Haksar, till recently COO of ITC Hotels; Deep Kalra, Founder, MakeMyTrip; Arjun Sharma, Chairman, Select Group; Ritesh Aggarwal, Founder OYO; and Rohit Khosla, area VP-North, Taj ...
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From Desh Videsh, tourism will shift to Aas-Paas, says Ashwani Lohani

Amidst lockdown, TourismFirst caught up with Ashwani Lohani, whom the industry saw most recently as CMD of Air India. There have been news reports that he has joined as Chairman of Andhra Tourism, in the rank ...
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