Travel Industry Maintains Momentum with Steady Growth

As the summer travel heats up, a surprising trend is emerging: Russia is experiencing a tourism uptick, according to the latest Skift Travel Health Index for June 2024. Despite the ongoing war, tourism performance in the country in June 2024 witnessed a 12 percentage point surge over May 2024. The index is at 103, which indicates a 3% rise above June 2023.

To cater to a digitally-savvy India, low-cost carrier IndiGo announced significant digital upgrades to its website and mobile application Friday. As part of this initiative, the airline also looks to introduce in-flight entertainment accessible through the IndiGo app.

I'm an independent traveler who likes making my own arrangements. (Or, to rephrase that for the people who know me and will want me to tell you the truth: I'm a travel obsessive with a need to usually control every aspect of a trip.)

The travel industry in India had a long wish list for the Union Budget released Tuesday: Industry status for tourism; a uniform tax rate for hotels; streamlined registration for online travel agencies; infrastructure status for hotels.

ITB Berlin’s new Travel & Tourism Radar, set up in partnership with Ostfalia Hochschule, analyses the business outlook in the travel industry and reveals external factors as the main forces driving digitalisation and sustainability efforts. The actions of global travel companies are driven more by external influences than economics where important aspects of the transition are concerned. The Travel & Tourism Radar survey shows that the approximately 330 travel companies interviewed worldwide offer a generally positive economic outlook. It also gives an insight into their investment plans and how they see their ability to compete.

With the 2024 Republican presidential ticket of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance solidified last week in Milwaukee, Democrats have a lot of work to do before their convention in less than a month – now without an official candidate or a vice presidential nominee.

Are airport lounges the next culinary frontier? If you are an American Express cardholder passing through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), the answer is a resounding yes. Today, the credit card issuer opens its 29th Centurion Lounge right outside the nation’s capital, and it comes with some serious foodie perks.

It was a bittersweet moment for Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian.

Apollo Global Management, an asset management company and private equity firm, and The Travel Corporation (TTC), a private travel company that owns 18 travel brands, announced an agreement for Apollo-managed funds to acquire TTC.

Over 70 maritime leaders convened at a Decarbonization Summit hosted by Royal Caribbean and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center, focusing on technology, fuels, and policies to achieve industry-wide net zero emissions.

Travel Nevada welcomes Elsa Gomez as Global Market Manager and Yessenia Vega as Market Development Coordinator, enhancing their Industry Development team to boost international tourism efforts.

In Madrid, TUI calls for support for package holidays as the safest and most attractive form of travel: avoid further burdens, level playing field for all – broad consensus and regular dialogue agreed