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Tourism
For an events-led tourism destination like Singapore, the Taylor Swift concert has been music to the coffers, errr… ears!
Peden Doma Bhutia | 5 days ago
Online Travel
While it's business as usual for EbixCash, it remains to seen if this will further delay the company's IPO launch.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 week ago
India's inbound tourism numbers aren't impressive. Bringing in digital nomads could give it a boost, but the country would first need to address infrastructural challenges.
Airlines
SpiceJet's bid to acquire GoFirst signals a strategic move to strengthen its market position. However, the carrier's own operational and financial hurdles may pose integration challenges.
News Blog
Nepal will be hosting its inaugural LGBTQ+ tourism conference next month with the goal of establishing the country as an inclusive and welcoming destination for sexual minorities. Scheduled for January 18 in Kathmandu, the two-day conference follows a landmark decision last month, making the Himalayan nation the first in South Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.…
Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 weeks ago
The Chinese travelers have changed and destinations that want them to visit, need to pay attention to what they want and how they can cater to them.
Sri Lanka has finally announced its plans to roll out its global tourism marketing campaign urging tourists “You’ll Come Back For More,” marking the first such campaign since 2007. Skift had earlier highlighted the country's 16-year gap in robust tourism promotion. The country had developed a comprehensive consumer campaign in 2021, which had then…
Peden Doma Bhutia | 3 weeks ago
Hotels
Kerzner is turning on the jets when it comes to expansion. The Bahamas-born group wants to open 15 hotels in three years, nearly as many as it has opened over the course of 30 years.
Josh Corder | 3 weeks ago
The fact that more people are choosing to travel rather than staying at home is a sign of the Indian economy's recovery and the fact that people would rather spend on travel than anything else.
Ashvita Singh, Skift | 3 weeks ago
Saudi Arabia's "Maldives of the Middle East", The Red Sea, will cost you at least $500 a night to experience. To remedy this, the developers are planning a whole new development to place their mid-market hotels.
