Articles tagged “india”

Indian online travel agency EaseMyTrip announced this week that it has acquired a 55 percent stake in hotel booking marketplace cheQin, owned by Gleego Innovations, for around $370,000.

Some of the companies Skift featured in its first travel startup funding roundup went on to thrive, while others ... not so much.

EaseMyTrip realized early on that the convenience fee is perhaps the most inconvenient part of travel bookings and were willing to let go of it in return for loyal customers.

Keen to pursue its long-anticipated initial public offering (IPO), hospitality tech company Oyo has said it would be refiling its draft red herring prospectus with the Indian stock market regulator…

India is projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country later this year. That shift carries huge implications for travel across the globe. Watch our lively discussion in this Skift Megatrends video to get behind the numbers.

The oft-heard rhetoric that India is the next China may finally hold true for travel’s outbound industry as Chinese look at international travel more skeptically.

Hyatt is wise to rebrand its Hyatt House brand, with travel trends reflecting a growing demand for extended stay properties that feel like a house with the amenities of a hotel.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at a year of flight meltdowns, Indi’s new Covid rules, and the biggest travel research reports of 2022.

India is making a PCR Covid test mandatory for inbound arrivals from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, and South Korea, from January 1.