Articles tagged “makemytrip”

A billion dollars in acquisitions across three continents, and this is still a story most Western travel executives couldn't summarize.

In India’s big cities, hotels are increasingly being designed around ballrooms rather than beds. Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels’ decision to cut room count in Kolkata to expand banqueting and conference space shows how weddings and corporate events are becoming the primary drivers of profitability.

MakeMyTrip’s fastest growth isn’t in flights or hotels, but in everything around them. Ancillaries are turning each trip into a bundle, boosting margins, retention, and resilience.

Indian OTAs are moving beyond pure search-and-book engines as they monetize peace of mind. The ones that stand to gain are those that explain risk clearly and give users the choice to offload uncertainty, at least until AI models can reliably handle rare, disruption-driven shocks.

The Leela's push towards building clusters and circuits around its properties points to a larger ambition: one where its properties are not just stays, but the destinations.

Young travelers are defining India's travel journey, and they are going wherever the music takes them.

We’d like to know how closely you paid attention to news being made by online travel booking sites over the last year.

On its third attempt at going public, Prism isn’t risking a foreign listing. Home market, home audience, and hopefully, home advantage!

Oyo-parent Prism is heading towards the largest travel IPO in India in what would be its third attempt at listing in the public markets.

2025 may have been marred by several uncertainties when it comes to travel. But it also brought together two Asian travel powerhouses restoring direct flight connectivity after 5 years.