Articles tagged “india”

It's no surprise workers started abandoning the struggling airline even before it stopped paying employees, but they've also created a surplus of talent in an unstable market with no promise of new jobs.

The supreme court's ruling -- ostensibly to protect tigers -- looks wrongheaded now as both industry and environmentalists unite to show how much the ban will hurt tiger habitats.

Kingfisher was the first to drop from the number one spot, followed most recently by Jet Group, paving the way for young carrier IndiGo to claim the title, even if it is still a fight to remain profitable.

Tour operators and OTAs are used to a large number of winter reservations coming in by now, but they say bookings are down 15-20% from last year and fear India will be seen as unreliable to foreign tourists.

Vijay Mallya has a record of making sweeping statements with little action, but threatens to pull out his own money, which has kept the airline alive, as dozens of flights are cancelled due to its own staff.

Cleartrip has improved its mobile game from site to app – a necessary move to keep up with the global trend of mobile reservations – but they’ll need to quickly add on more services to remain ahead of the trend.

The government's plan to draw revenue from rich tourists is a blow to the hotel industry in an already wavering economy and may be enough to drive tourists into other Indian states, or even countries.

IndiGo and SpiceJet, in particular, are looking internationally for expansion -- to both southeast Asia and to Middle Eastern destinations that will require them to go up against Gulf-based carriers.

It was only a matter of time before the troubled Indian air carriers got on the fees bandwagon. And here we still fondly remember the wet towel and complementary Indian snacks service in economy on Jet, as little as 3 years ago.

Cape Town has realized you don't need a catchy slogan or expensive tourism campaign to boost tourism, instead star in a film -- a method that destinations from Italy to New Zealand to Morocco have proven will work.