In-the-Issue

OTAs are not only following their website traffic statistics and analytics to draw up projections but are also seizing opportunities that come their way. TRAVTALK talks to three such aggregators. Balu Ramachandran, Global Head, (Air Business), Cleartrip We are observing that most travel right now is for emergency purposes or …

Lucknow-based Tornos has become the first travel company of Ayodhya. It seeks to promote the local community through employment and encourage more tourists to visit the temple city. Manas Dwivedi Having worked and researched extensively on the revival of Ayodhya as a tourist destination, Tornos has now set foot in …

The India offices of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in New Delhi and Mumbai have launched a digital campaign – #TogetherThailand – to increase their engagement with the India travel trade. The month-long campaign promises to be stimulating, exciting and fruitful. Manas Dwivedi In an exclusive conversation with TRAVTALK, Vachirachai …

‘Total transformation is the key,’ says Steve Borgia, Creator, Mentor, Developer, INDeco Leisure Hotels and an exemplar of survival during crisis. He led the group towards profit in the month of June by cutting costs, offering innovative products to local guests as well as arranging weddings at his hotels. This …

Arijit Purkayastha, Chapter Chairman for North East, Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI), feels that not only is there a dire need for a tourism policy overhaul but also a need to bring all stakeholders under the tourism board. He also proposes an inter-country consortium for the growth …

In its latest initiative, Travelport has launched the Travelport COVID-19 Smartpoint Plugin, offering comprehensive information on travel restrictions across the world to travel agents, updated daily. Nisha Verma Offering ease of operation to travel agents, Travelport has launched the Travelport COVID-19 Smartpoint Plugin, which offers travel agencies with the latest …

Meenakshi Sharma, DG, Ministry of Tourism (MOT), says they will be working towards a common protocol in all states, as well as the new tourism policy with responsible tourism at its core. Nisha Verma Meenakshi Sharma believes that the pent up desire of people to travel will lead to the …

Different sectors of the tourism chain are adapting technology in innovative ways and the pandemic has only hastened the process. From use of Artificial Intelligence to speeding up the airport experience through faster check-ins and boarding, technology seems to be the way to go. Have you jumped on the wagon …

ForwardKeys, in association with PATA India Chapter, has come up with air travel trends to India and South Asia during COVID-19. The report, which also lays focus on the future, predicts that growth in air travel bookings to the region will be led by India. Travel analytics company ForwardKeys has …

The Regional Office of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) recently conducted an online training session on its guidelines on how the travel trade can get recognised by the ministry, and how they can avail the MDA scheme which is in part a financial support. Hazel Jain In order to help …