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New York City expects to host over 300,000 Indian travellers this year

New York City is hoping to welcome 3.06 lakh travellers from India this year as the city witnesses economic recovery that has helped the growing momentum in tourist footfalls, New York City Tourism and Conventions EVP, Global Communications, Tiffany Townsend has said. "The pace of tourism's rebound helps fuel New York City's economic recovery, having supported approximately 3,40,000 jobs in the full leisure and hospitality sector, more than USD 40 billion in direct visitor spending and approximately USD 60 billion in total economic impact for 2022. NYC expects to welcome 11.4 million international visitors this year, including 306,000 travellers from India," Townsend told PTI in an emailed interaction. In 2019, New York City welcomed a total of 66.6 million visitors the City's 10th consecutive year of record tourism growth, she said, adding that this included 13.5 million international travellers, with 3,36,000 hailing from India. She said that India has always been an important ..

71% ready to spend Rs 1-6 lakh on international holidays, Dubai tops list

44% of Indians will allocate an increased budget for travel post-pandemic, 31% will take more domestic trips in 2023-24, and 30% will increase the trip duration.

Air India, Sabre Corporation sign multi-year deal for global travel access

This long-term global distribution partnership will support Air India's ambitious growth plans, said Air India's Chief Commercial & Transformation Officer

RateGain Travel up 4% after it inks pact with cloud-based property platform

In the past three months, shares of RateGain have soared over 25 per cent, as against 2.7 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex

Have adequate funds to survive any Covid curbs: MakeMyTrip CEO Magow

In an interview with Business Standard, MakeMyTrip CEO Rajesh Magow talks about the steps the company took to emerge stronger from the Covid setback will help them withstand any uncertainty

Indians flocking both foreign and local getaways as travel recovers: Airbnb

The traveller is also expanding his travel horizons, looking to explore new getaways abroad

Surge in bookings, cost cutting fuel 8-fold surge in IPO-bound OYO's Ebitda

Spike in adjusted Ebitda primarily driven by a 23% QoQ rise in Gross Booking Value per hotel in Q2 to Rs 4,00,000; firm still ends with Rs 333 cr loss

Ola shuts in-car infotainment service launched in 2016 as global first

Industry sources say the service was not proving any value to the ride-hailing company

Mahindra Holidays looks to check in non-members with new hotel brand

To be positioned in the upper upscale band of the leisure segment, the hotel will compete with the likes of Pullman and Courtyard by Marriott

2 in 3 travellers want pre-pandemic govt fare caps back as air-fares soar

A recent survey by LocalCircles reveals that soaring airfares have worried travellers and two out of three fliers want the government to bring back an upper and lower limit on air-fares

Going abroad? Declare pre-existing disease even when buying travel policy

Take country, trip duration, and your age into account when deciding on the sum insured

Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism, sectarian violence: US

The US has urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Pakistan, especially its restive provinces, due to terrorism and sectarian violence. In a travel advisory issued on Thursday, the US State Department urged its citizens not to travel to Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provinces, including the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), due to terrorism and kidnapping. "Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence. Some areas have increased risk," it said, putting the advisory to Level 3. Level 3 travel warning is issued when a long-term or serious situation puts travellers and visitors at risk, and non-essential travel to the destination should be avoided. The advisory also recommended Americans not to travel in the immediate vicinity of the Line of Control (LoC) due to terrorism and the potential for armed conflict. Noting that terrorist groups continue plotting attacks in Pakistan, it said a local history of terrorism and ongoing ...

Hotels, tour operators shed Covid baggage as Diwali promises to sparkle

Group tours at 65-70% of pre-pandemic levels; Southeast Asia, Egypt, and Turkey seeing maximum demand

Lemon Tree Hotels zooms over 100% in one year, stock nears record high

The increasing traction in corporate travel will benefit us to a great extent as more than 85 per cent of the company's inventory is in business hotels, the company said in its annual report.

Flipkart launches hotel-booking service, sees travel industry gaining

Flipkart Hotels will provide room bookings at 3 lakh domestic and international hotels. It will offer customers services like flexible travel and booking-related policies, and easy EMI options

Airbnb witnesses surge in demand for offbeat destinations in India

Travellers' enthusiasm continued to grow after the Covid pandemic as there was about 140 per cent growth seen in non-urban night bookings on Airbnb during the second quarter of this calendar year. In India, the non-urban nights booked have increased by about 140 per cent when compared to the second quarter of 2022 (April-June) with the pre-pandemic second quarter of 2019, while non-urban long-term stays booked in India more than doubled, according to Airbnb internal data. According to the data, the number of destinations outside major cities have seen considerable growth in searches. Haldwani in Uttarakhand recorded a growth of about 330 per cent during the period under review, while Jibhi in Himachal Pradesh witnessed more than 270 per cent growth followed by Bir in Himachal Pradesh (more than 240 per cent growth) and Varkala in Kerala (more than 240 per cent growth), it added. On Airbnb, non-urban nights booked for long-term stays (over 28 days) more than doubled during the secon

Trains that emit steam: Hydrogen-powered locos start chugging in Germany

Manufactured by French company, Alstom, these Coradia iLint trains only emit steam and condensed water and have a range of up to 1,000 km with a maximum speed of 140 kmph

Travelling abroad? This is what embassies have to say about visa delays

Steep airfares, congested terminals among other challenges for travellers

Thailand aims to woo tourists, scraps pre-travel registration for visitors

The country's main Covid-19 task force approved the proposal to scrap the so-called Thailand Pass requirement for overseas tourists, Tourism Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told reporters Friday

WEF 2022: Prepare for future headwinds as tourism sector shows recovery

The growth in international tourist arrivals in January 2022 over January 2021 is greater than arrivals growth in all of 2021, the report said