Peden Doma Bhutia

Peden Doma Bhutia is Asia Editor at Skift, where she covers the travel industry across Southeast Asia and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Based in India, she reports on airlines, online travel companies, hospitality, travel technology and the business of travel, with a focus on how emerging markets are shaping global trends.

Hotels

Oyo-Parent Prism Gets Green Light From Indian Regulator for IPO

Prism’s SEBI approval signals IPO momentum, but timing remains cautious. Stronger profits, Motel 6 integration, and premium expansion may finally give Oyo’s parent company the public-market credibility it previously lacked.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 3 days ago

Tourism

Vietnam’s Tourism Boom Gets a Boost from Latest Philippines Pact

Vietnam is building on one of Southeast Asia’s strongest tourism growth stories through regional partnerships, stronger air connectivity, and infrastructure investment, a strategy that is helping it pull ahead.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 4 days ago

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Online Travel

The AI Divide in Indian Travel: What MakeMyTrip, Ixigo, TBO, and Yatra’s Earnings Calls Reveal

No Indian travel earnings call is complete without an AI pitch anymore. A closer reading of the latest calls from MakeMyTrip, Ixigo, TBO, and Yatra shows very different strategies, and varying levels of confidence about what comes next.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 4 days ago

Airlines

IndiGo Will Stick to Low-Cost DNA Even as Willie Walsh Takes Over

While IndiGo Founder Rahul Bhatia said incoming CEO Willie Walsh will "run the shop in its entirety," but the strategic perimeter appears to have been drawn before Walsh has set foot in the building.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 week ago

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Hotels

India’s Luxury Hotels Are Finding a New Anchor, and It’s Not Foreign Tourists

Oberoi's parent company says geopolitical disruptions are reshaping travel patterns, but India’s affluent travelers are increasingly insulating luxury hotels from global shocks.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 week ago

Travel Technology

Singapore’s YouTrip Launches a Children’s Travel Card Into a Gap Asia’s Fintechs Left Open

YouTrip’s move raises a question: When do under-18s stop being an add-on to adult travel and become a customer segment in their own right? The answer may be much earlier than expected.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 week ago

Tata Sons is merging Air India Express with sister low-cost airline AIX Connect.

Airlines

Air India Pulls Express Into Maharaja Club, Sharpens Hub Strategy

Air India is using loyalty to turn Air India Express into a feeder for its long-haul ambitions, but Maharaja Club still lacks the credit-card economics that make global loyalty programs truly powerful.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 week ago

Tourism

Fiji’s Tourism Needs Asia. Why Its CEO Picked China’s Trip.com as a Partner

Fiji earns most of its tourism money from Australia and New Zealand. The Trip.com deal is Fiji's bet on Asia as a backup plan, before someone else claims that space.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 weeks ago

Online Travel

Yatra’s Next Growth Bet: Digitizing India’s Corporate Travel Market

Yatra Online reported what Chairman Dhruv Shringi called the “most profitable year in the company’s 20-year history,” even as India-Pakistan conflict, the Air India crash and travel disruptions across parts…

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 weeks ago

Online Travel

Rakuten Travel Plans U.S. Push: Exclusive

Scores of Americans already use Rakuten.com for cashback without knowing it belongs to one of Japan's largest tech companies. Rakuten Travel wants to turn those shoppers into hotel guests.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 weeks ago