Current market trends and business recovery : After having been in the eye of the COVID-19 storm for over 24 months, the hotel industry is finally getting back to its feet and if the past 4-5 months are any indicator to go by, we seem to be poised for a “W” shaped recovery. There’s been […]
By Sandeep Arora, Head of Brightsun Travel Private Limited, India The Indian hotel industry’s total revenue in FY2019-20 stood at Rs 1.82 lakh crore. As per our estimates, in FY2020-21, approximately 75 percent of the industry’s revenues got wiped off. That is more than Rs 1.30 lakh crore revenue hit. The hospitality sector, which was the […]
Finally, the much-awaited festive season is here after a nightmarish past two years of Pandemic and uncertainty. People are desperate to enjoy a few days of stress-free life under the blue sky and surrounded by nature, away from the four walls. What can be a better occasion to celebrate the festive season of Diwali with […]
In the September of 2022, I was approached to assist with the Indo-Czech Autumn Festival by the organiser, artist and Indian’s famous Baul singer/performer artist and poet, Papia Ghoshal. I was to fly to Prague for fourteen days (28th September to 12th October) and support the event in my own small way. The Prague Indo-Czech […]
Türkiye, one of the world’s most iconic locations for destination weddings, is expected to host weddings of over 1,000 couples in 2022. Wedding tourists this year will be predominantly from India and some other countries. With weddings being the significant revenue generators for the Turkish Tourism industry, the outstanding numbers witnessed this year have already […]
Incidentally, World Tourism Day this year falls just a couple of days after International Daughters’ day. The whole world of tourism is gearing up to finally regain its pace after the Pandemic that crippled the industry, not only in terms of revenue and growth but also in terms of adopting the new norms and requirements […]
“Western Ghat? ” “Somewhere on the east coast of Odisha?” “Terai region of Indo-Nepal border? “ – No, none of us could actually tell the location when Umesh, the Forest Ranger from Tal Chhapar showed us the photographs on his mobile phone. The dense green rainforest-like landscape, hilly terrains and waterfalls in the photographs easily […]
It was a hot summer morning in the national capital. We started our journey from Bikaner House, spread over an 8-acre plot in Lutyens’ Delhi, a former residence of the Maharajah of Bikaner, now a cultural hub for folk, classical and contemporary music, owned by the Government of Rajasthan. As the car ran through the […]
The land of Maharajas – Rajasthan has always been a favourite among the travelers from all over the world. The largest state of India has countless lesser-known destinations and hidden wonders. There are places with unique biodiversities – home to exquisite birds and mammals and unique flora. There are many locations where the rare migratory […]
Only 8 hours ( 321 km) of comfortable drive from Kolkata, you reach a wonderland, so near yet so far from the madding crowd. Ayodhya Hills, popularly called second Darjeeling because of its scenic beauty and surrounding green hills, must cast a spell upon the maiden visitors. A small plateau , Ayodhya Hills is the […]