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Airlines are reporting record demand even as staffing issues mount — putting growing pressure on the U.S. aviation system.

After Pieter Elbers' exit from IndiGo and Aloke Singh's resignation from Air India Express, rumours had been that Singh would be lined up for the top job at IndiGo. Now with him as the Chief Strategy Officer, who will end up as CEO?

With 21 million international arrivals in 2025 and room rates projected to climb, Vietnam is fast becoming Asia's most compelling hospitality frontier, and global hotel companies are moving quickly to claim their ground.

The U.S. may be regaining Chinese visitors, but it’s losing ground with higher-spending Indian travelers – and the Trump effect is in force.

For years, China’s hotel story was concentrated in major cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. That’s where the demand was, and that’s where most branded supply clustered. But that’s changing now.

Hotel demand across Asia is accelerating, and while China is still struggling to bounce back, in part due to policies inhibiting group travel, operators are cautiously optimistic that it will take a U-shaped rebound.

MakeMyTrip has long been seen as a likely candidate for an India listing, but the company had never explicitly said so. Its latest filing finally puts that possibility on record, signaling that India’s booming capital markets may soon attract one of the country’s biggest travel platforms back home.

China has long been a powerhouse in outbound tourism. Now it’s trying to flip the script and do the same on the inbound side. But can it turn event-driven travel into something bigger than marquee sporting weekends?

For a carrier simultaneously battling rising fuel costs and operational disruptions from the Iran crisis, tightening internal compliance has never been more urgent.

Even after the Covid shutdown forced airlines to rethink disruption management, the Middle East conflict shows the industry still struggles with the basics.