What is happening in Afghanistan is the onset of another affliction for the world’s ailing tourism economy. It was at a CAPA conference at Mumbai in the earlier part of this century where I met a young man from Kabul whose calling card mentioned his name in only one word- Javed. His Continue Reading
Indian aviation’s’ game-changing move is a treasure in the making. Let us try to spin some positivity in bad news. Reading the figures given by CAPA, one can say the percentage increase between last fiscal’s losses for Indian airlines over this year is not much. Last year it was USD 3.9 billion, this year it […]Continue Reading
By Hector D’souza The word `jabs’ has now become `passe’ or so normal when people say they’ve been `jabbed’, few shut the eyelids! The target is to `jab’ the whole world in perhaps the next one year. This is the good news; however, those in the travel industry will need to rein in their horses […]Continue Reading
The joys of launching amazing highways in India will be still-born unless the users are made to live up to it. India leads the world in traffic-related deaths. In fact the high rate of accidents and bad state of roads drags back the GDP by at least 3 points. In the light of the above […]Continue Reading
By Mark Lewis-Brown, CEO & President, Vertical Booking USA There are lots of messages out there, in the hospitality industry now, about what hotels need to do, or what technology they need to buy, to reach recovery more quickly. Some of these messages are accurate and others… questionable. But don’t you worry… I’ve got you […]Continue Reading
By Alok Jha, MD & CEO, EaseVenture The COVID-19 crisis has wreaked havoc on the global hospitality industry. After the pandemic era, people would become more cautious due to the effect of COVID. That is why technology should be put in place for the safety of customers and to avoid physical contact as much as […]Continue Reading