Vinod Kannan, CEO, Vistara, has said that “While ideal fleet size depends on context and goals, Vistara aims to increase its international capacity from 25 per cent to 40 per cent and reach a fleet size of 70 in the next year.”
Read More »Air India to reduce flight frequency in certain US routes temporarily: Campbell Wilson
Campbell Wilson, CEO, Air India, has said that Air India will reduce the frequency of flights on certain US routes due to crew shortage issues for a temporary period. He was speaking at the CAPA India Summit in New Delhi. “There is a lot happening. Air India is shrinking and growing again,” he added.
Read More »Air India completes one year under TATA, doubles average daily revenue: Campbell
Campbell Wilson, CEO, Air India, has shared that Air India has completed one year of returning to the TATA Group. An infographic on the achievements in the last year, which claims that the airline’s average daily revenue has doubled in the last one year.
Read More »Tourism industry must re-learn and re-adapt what Chinese outbound tourism is all about: COTRI
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt FRGS FRAS, CEO- China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI), has said that there are big changes in the demand and expectations of Chinese outbound travellers and the tourism industry has to re-learn and to re-adapt what Chinese outbound tourism is all about.
Read More »Adopt fair wages, respect, welfare of staff to fill staffing gap in industry: PATA CEO
Liz Ortiguera, CEO, PATA, has said that there is an issue of the industry staffing gap across the world, which needs to be filled. For which, she has suggested many things for employers, including fair wages, acknowledging great service delivery, ensuring a culture of respect for staff, staff feedback and engagement, concern for staff welfare, support development, creating clear and fair career paths and introduce staff to leaders they can relate to.
Read More »Asset management has scope for young entrepreneurs: Deepak Ohri, CEO, Lebua
Deepak Ohri, CEO, Lebua Hotels & Resorts, speaking at IHM, highlighted the need for the growth of qualitative aspects in the tourism sector. He spoke about the change in asset management in the future which will provide scope for young entrepreneurs to be a part of the growth of this industry.
Read More »Asia Pacific to reach an IVA count in 2024 of 510-832 million: PATA
PATA, as part of its latest quarterly updated international visitor arrivals (IVAs) forecast has projected that Asia Pacific will reach an IVA count in 2024 of 510-832 million. Liz Ortiguera, CEO, PATA, said, “While a positive turning point is predicted to occur in 2022 for all the 39 Asia Pacific destinations covered in these updated forecasts, many market variables are currently influencing travel and significant challenges still lay ahead.”
Read More »80 new airports by 2025 would need 25,000 more hotel rooms: NOESIS
Nandivardhan Jain, CEO, NOESIS, has said, “If 80 new airports by 2025 come, then this will give a massive boost to the hospitality sector as there will be demand for 25,000 more hotel rooms in these markets. Subject to concerned authorities successfully managing to plan & build hospitality districts around these airports, the effective implementation of local tourism programs at these destinations will lead to an opportunity to create millions of job opportunities.”
Read More »Amitabh Kant lauds Red Fort Museum, compliments PM for promoting PPP in heritage
Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, visited the Red Fort Museum and claimed that he was delighted to see the museum,w which was developed by Dalmia Cements under the ‘Adopt A Heritage’ scheme. “It is highly experiential, interactive, immensely creative and is the best designed museum in India. My compliments to PM Narendra Modi for promoting PPP in heritage,” he added.
Read More »Hotels more adaptive to customer needs will do far better: Abinash Manghani, CEO, WelcomHeritage
Abinash Manghani, CEO, WelcomHeritage, has said that hotels which are more adaptive to the customer will do far better at the end of this phase. Speaking at DDP Digital Conclave titled ‘The Post Pandemic Reset’, he said, “I think the branded ones are doing it first and subsequently, others will follow. Since customers are not sure of what they expect, there is a clear shift towards branded hotels,” he added.
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