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Minor Hotels has an aggressive growth strategy to expand by 2025. Details about the company's strategy reveal a lot about bigger-picture trends in the hotel sector.
Sean O'Neill | 2 weeks ago
Tourism
The Indian tour and travel sector is poised for robust 12-14% growth in the current and upcoming fiscal years. The growth, despite high airfares, shows cost doesn’t matter when it comes to travelling.
Ashvita Singh, Skift | 2 weeks ago
If finalised, Indonesia's initiative of visa-free entry to Indians will help the island nation in tapping the massive tourism potential coming from India.
Interest in Thailand has spiked, following a wider Southeast Asia visa-waiver trend, easing restrictions for Indian travelers.
Ashvita Singh, Skift | 1 month ago
Thailand granted visa-free entry to Chinese tourists, with 11 million visitors in 2019. What gives?
Reuters | 1 month ago
After Thailand and Sri Lanka, Vietnam is now keen to offer visa-free entry to Indians, a testament to the growing global recognition of India as a powerful force in outbound travel.
News Blog
The Tourism Authority of Thailand unveiled a new marketing campaign "Meaningful Relationship" at the World Travel Market event in London on Monday. The heart of the campaign is to encourage tourists to create more than just travel memories, it's about fostering connections with the people, communities, nature and Thailand itself. In tune with evolving travel…
Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 months ago
After much speculation, Thailand finally announced on Tuesday that it would grant visa-free entry to Indian citizens from November 10 till May 2024. Indians will be allowed to stay in the country for a maximum period of 30 days as part of this arrangement. Last week, Sri Lanka announced that Indian travelers would not require…
The Skift Travel Health Index stands at 106 this month, achieving a new record high. However, there is a disparity in the performance of several countries in the Asia Pacific, suggesting that efforts to attract Chinese travelers to nations dependent on inbound tourism may be progressing at a slower pace than anticipated.
Saniya Zanpure | 2 months ago
The next time someone asks you a positive aspect of the surge in average room rates, one of them could be Deepak Ohri’s entrepreneurial journey.
