The Indian outbound traveller is not just looking for a holiday, but for an experience by taking shorter and frequent breaks through the year. Lubaina Sheerazi, COO, Blue Square Consultants, shares her views. TT Bureau Q. Has the surge in appeal for foreign holidays among Indians changed the way other …

Lily Beach Resort and Spa is a five-star all-inclusive resort in the Ari Atoll in the Maldives. The property opened in 2009 and features 125 rooms with easy, exclusive access to the pristine Maldivian waters. Nikhil Jeet from Maldives USP The resort was the first to introduce an all-inclusive platinum …

With a vision to revolutionise the online travel market, Radhika Pareek, Managing Director, Sky Planners, is looking to expand the horizon of the company by providing easy and convenient travel solutions. TT Bureau Pioneers in online air ticketing, hotel booking and holiday packaging, Sky Planners is aiming to envisage the …

Indigo has started operations in its 57th destination, Gorakhpur and has recorded on-time performance (OTP) of 84.1 per cent out of Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. TT Bureau Topping the charts, Indigo has recorded 84.1 per cent OTP in the month of June, according to the air traffic data released …

Miki Travel, a UK-based DMC, has ventured into India and is set to offer technology that would fasten the booking process, while ensuring that clients get the best hotels from its existing hotel allocations. Nisha Verma erceiving India as a potential market, Miki Travel has now entered India with its …

After Thailand and Hong Kong, TravelBullz is venturing into new markets. Kanwar Deep Singh, Founder & President, briefs about the company’s growth. Manas Dwivedi TravelBullz is poised to expand its reach and presence in new destinations by the end of this year. The company is also developing its own in-house …

Oman Air’s new Chief Commercial Officer, Paul Starrs, was in India recently to meet the airline’s top agency partners and discuss new routes and strategies for the India market. In an interview with TRAVTALK, he talks about his perception of the market and how he plans to tap its potential. …

The Western Chapter of Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) has taken its joint bank guarantee scheme with IATA and replicated it for hotels. Hazel Jain The Western India Chapter of the Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) has become the first association chapter to initiate a joint bank guarantee …

The Skål Club of Bombay announced new committee members led by Kuldeep Bhartee, General Manager (Area Manager—West), ITC Hotels, as its President. TT Bureau Skål International, Bombay Club recently held its 62nd Annual General Meeting at the West End Hotel in Mumbai – a tradition that has still continued for …

The rise of the Indian sports fan has never been all-encompassing. Visit Victoria aims to attract impressive footfalls from India through the Australian Open 2019. TT Bureau India and Australia share a strong connect with cricket. But this could change over the years to include not just this national sport …