Azerbaijan Tourism Board is working on several online measures to engage the trade – its new e-learning module, virtual tours of Baku and of course, the virtual familiarisation tour! Having witnessed a remarkable year-on-year growth in arrivals from India in the first two months of 2020, India will continue being …

Bjorn DeNiese, Director, Mayfair Spa, Resort & Casino and Director, RightClique Hospitality, believes it’s time to look past F&B outlets of the hotel or merely selling rooms to ensure there’s a constant revenue flow now and going forward.For India, he says, the domestic traveller will help tide over the financial …

Kamlesh Barot, Director, VIE Hospitality and past President, FHRAI and HRAWI, believes that while the tourism industry has been affected terribly by the COVID-19 crisis, the true test would be after the first three months of opening, recovering from no business to at least 50 per cent of what existed, …

Harmeet Singh Bedi, Director, Hotels & Hospitality Group India, JLL, lists down several key measures that hotels will need to take once travel resumes, to ensure that travel agents choose them for their clients. From use of masks to monitoring temperature, he shares his view on simple, but important, steps. …

With lockdown restrictions being eased and people gearing up to spend some time in the sun, a beachside resort with an air of relaxation is just the place to be. It has been said time and again that short-haul destinations will be the first to pick up in the post-COVID …

PP Khanna, President, ADTOI, claims that amid the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent lockdown, they’ve been educating their members on destinations to help promote domestic tourism better. While the industry talks about domestic tourism, ADTOI is taking the lead in educating its members on different destinations and hotels, claims PP …

EM Najeeb, Chairman & MD, Air Travel Enterprises (ATE) and Senior VP, IATO, believes that domestic tourism and M!CE would be the first to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. Nisha Verma With the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns having created an unprecedented crisis for tourism all over the world, including …

Giving inbound agents a lot of hope, NS Rathor, Chairman, Western Region, IATO, says that the North American tourists will probably start travelling to India first and that he has already started receiving inquiries for December 2020 – January 2021. Hazel Jain When will the international borders open and tourist …

No doubt, air travel will change drastically and where it will ultimately settle down is anyone’s guess. But, looking at the situation at hand, one can safely assume that much is about to change. Three players in the tourism industry share their perspective on how air travel will look like …

In a free-wheeling webinar interview organised by CAPA – Centre for Aviation recently, József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air, minced no words while sharing his opinion. He believes that bailout packages provided by governments, albeit selective, could be a hindrance to the betterment of business practices and preserve …