India's Wedding Season Is Boosting Year-End Travel

The weeks after Thanksgiving might be the best time of year to travel. Prices are low, the weather is often mild and attractions are uncrowded.

In 2008, the Travel Corporation (TTC) launched the TreadRight Foundation, a pioneering not-for-profit organization committed to making travel a force for positive change. With the inspiring motto "Make Travel Matter," the foundation has become a beacon of sustainable and responsible tourism.

India's airlines have already received 999 hoax bomb threats this year, Murlidhar Mohol, India's deputy civil aviation minister, said on Thursday.

My wife and I spent over a decade working in Nashville's music industry before we decided to step off of the corporate ladder.

The Indian hospitality sector recorded 10.8% year-on-year growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) in the July-September quarter this year, according to real estate services firm JLL. The surge was driven by a rise in average daily rates (ADR) of hotels, as the occupancy levels remained similar to the year before. 

Low-cost carrier Air India Express is focused on the all-economy side of the business and on serving the smaller cities, said Managing Director Aloke Singh at the Skift Global Forum East Wednesday. The airline has recently merged with AIX Connect as part of the Air India group’s exercise to consolidate its four airlines into two: A full-service airline (Air India) and a low-cost carrier (Air India Express). 

Hilton Hotels is bringing its latest premium economy brand, Spark by Hilton, to India. The launch also marks Spark’s debut in the Asia-Pacific region.

Last week Coldplay announced an additional India show in Ahmedabad on January 25. Following the announcement, online travel agency Agoda said it witnessed a 47% surge in domestic searches for accommodation in Ahmedabad for that period compared to the previous week’s average. International searches spiked by 18%.

Tourism Australia is betting big on Indian tourists and is ramping up its efforts to attract them. The tourism board of Australia recently visited India along with a delegation of 15 CEOs from the Australian tourism industry.

Nowadays it feels like honeymooners are venturing farther than ever, returning with tales of trekking in Mongolia or cruising to Antarctica. But for actor (and Mad Men alum) Christina Hendricks and Hollywood camera operator George Bianchini, who met on the set of the NBC series Good Girls, a destination close to home in Los Angeles was just what they needed. “To be honest, we had a bit of decision fatigue after the wedding,” says Hendricks. “We just wanted to go somewhere warm and 100 percent relax.” They let their close friends decide the destination for them—and the Esperanza, Auberge Resorts Collection, in Cabo San Lucas, did not disappoint. Here, the couple, who married in New Orleans in April, extol the virtues of the classic fly-and-flop getaway. Besides, who can resist rose petals and a seaside dinner lit up by fireworks?

Online travel company MakeMyTrip on Monday announced its acquisition of expense management platform Happay from Indian fintech company CRED. The deal would allow MakeMyTrip to deepen its foothold in the expanding corporate travel market.

Goa is not getting enough foreign tourists: Official Goa Tourism figures show that foreign arrivals in 2023 weren’t even half of 2019 levels: Just 450,000 visitors versus 937,000.