UIA working with Indian authorities to facilitate the evacuation of Indians from Ukraine
Continues to operate regular flights to/from Europe Feb 22, 2022: Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is working closely with the Indian embassy in Ukraine and authorities in India to facilitate the evacuation of Indians from Ukraine. As of this morning, four flights have already been finalized for the coming week and at least two more are […]
Chicago Announced as Host Destination For Routes Americas 2023
Routes Americas and the City of Chicago are excited to announce that Routes Americas 2023 will take place in Chicago from March 21 to 23. The annual event, which just completed its 2022 edition in San Antonio, TX, brings together airlines, airports and tourism authorities to discuss air service strategy and future networks. Over the past three years, […]
Posidonia 2022 To Chart New Course For Global Shipping Reset
Posidonia 2022 will be held this summer from June 6-10, with the 27th edition of the world’s most prestigious shipping event gearing up to welcome the international maritime community back to its Athens Metropolitan Expo venue, following the pandemic-induced disruption of the 2020 event. Already, nearly 90% of the exhibition floor is committed, and as […]
ITB India to be held as a virtual event on 5 – 7 April 2022, connecting international travel trade to the Indian and South Asian travel markets
Berlin/Mumbai – ITB India 2022 will be an all-virtual event with the physical show postponed to 2023. Scheduled on the same dates, ITB India 2022 Virtual will be held from 5 – 7 April 2022. After close observations of international developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of the Omicron variant, and extensive conversations with […]
Kerala Travel Mart deferred to May 5-8, 2022 due to Covid surge
Thiruvananthapuram: The eleventh edition of Kerala Travel Mart (KTM), India’s largest tourism industry congregation originally scheduled for March 24-27, has been postponed to May 5 to 8 at Kochi in view of the current surge in Covid-19 across the world. The revised schedule of the event was announced by Dr Venu V, Additional Chief Secretary, […]
Kerala tops the list as the ‘Most Welcoming Region’ in India
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has topped the list as the ‘Most Welcoming Region’ in India, according to a survey conducted by leading digital travel platform Booking.com. Announcing the recipients of its tenth annual Traveller Review Awards, the travel platform said the results were based on more than 232 million verified reviews from real travellers. Kerala was followed […]
Vietnam Debuts “Live Fully In Vietnam” Campaign
Vietnam is launching a campaign name “Live fully in Vietnam” as it welcomes international tourists back into the country. For the first time since March 2020, travellers will be able to walk new paths and savour new tastes in Vietnam, to experience the country’s internationally-treasured culture and nature anew. The timing of the campaign is […]
WTM London: Euromonitor warns of ‘long, hard recovery ahead’
Euromonitor International, the strategic market research company, is predicting travel spending will return to pre-pandemic levels by 2024 at the earliest and warned recovery could take longer. Euromonitor Head of Travel Research, Caroline Bremner, said there was a global drop in travel spending of 75% last year. She said the best-case scenario was that travel […]
WTM London: 2022 holidaymakers four times as likely to book a package than a sharing-economy stay
Next year’s holidaymakers are four times as likely to opt for the security of a package holiday than choose a sharing economy option, reveals research released on Monday (1 November) by WTM London. Almost a third (32%) of those thinking about an overseas holiday in 2022 are most likely to book a package holiday, compared […]
WTM London: One in five Londoners now more likely to use travel agents than before pandemic
Confusion around constantly changing COVID-related travel regulations is pushing holidaymakers in certain parts of the country towards travel agents who can advise them correctly, rather than risk getting it wrong with a DIY booking, reveals research released on Monday (1 November) by WTM London. Londoners are the most likely to turn to travel professionals, with […]
