Travel Food Services' strategy for international expansion shows that Asia is the growth story for aviation. And food is set to bring revenue, regardless of whether passenger traffic surges or not.
Air India’s long-awaited turnaround has been slowed by supply chain delays, but CEO Campbell Wilson tells Skift that the structural overhaul is largely complete.
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.
Zo World is choosing to grow before it hops on the IPO bandwagon. Experiential partnerships and global expansion are all on the cards as it looks to outgrow the backpacking hostel chain tag.
Chalet’s Athiva push shows how Indian hotel operators are using rebranding and pricing power and not just occupancy growth, to capture the country’s premium travel boom.
While aircraft manufacturing in India may still be some way off, but the government is already taking steps to make domestic production commercially viable.
As India pushes its aviation hub dream, Air India is doubling down on long haul, a segment where it already has aircraft, traffic rights, and first-mover advantage.