Travel Health Index: Asia Pacific Leads as Growth Stabilizes

India is becoming a convenient hub for travel between Southeast Asia and the Middle East, IndiGo Chairman V Sumantran said during his address at a college in Chennai. He also cited the example of several airlines carrying passengers from places such as Bangkok to Jeddah or Dubai by connecting through Indian cities.

On a recent visit to Hong Kong, I visited The Pier, a Cathay Pacific first-class lounge, before my flight to New York.

Even as the grounding of the Max 9 prompted Alaska Airlines to cancel thousands of flights in January, the carrier came out relatively unscathed in the first quarter. And that’s partly because its business travel fully recovered to 2019 levels. 

Another blockbuster summer awaits, United Airlines said on Wednesday, despite cautioning headwinds will force changes to the carrier's ambitious growth strategy for the coming years.

No one appreciated the rural English landscape more than a certain corn merchant’s son from Suffolk. John Constable made it his business to paint bucolic splendour, and perhaps no one has ever done it better. And when he went on holiday, on his honeymoon no less, he chose one particular village.

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has disclosed several important productive outcomes from a series of high-level stakeholder engagements at Seatrade Cruise Global 2024 in Miami, Florida, the industry’s premier annual event. The conference was held from April 8-11.

Incentive trips are making a comeback, according to FCM Meetings & Events India. The corporate travel firm noted a 30% jump in requests for them in the first quarter from a year earlier.

Travel brands are busy preparing for the upcoming summer season, and travel demand is xpected to surpass pre-pandemic levels. What are the major trends for this summer?

DerbySoft, a hotel distribution tech company, is expanding into the airline industry through the acquisition of Pkfare. 

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Thailand is looking to boost tourism across Southeast Asia with a new visa scheme.

MIAMI BEACH -- Cruise and shipbuilding executives crowded into the Chantiers de l'Atlantique exhibition space at the Seatrade Cruise Global exhibit hall, and some craned their heads to watch a video announcing the name for MSC Cruises' next World-class ship.