Pivoting strategy will be a core business habit

Vineet Mishra, General Manager – The Ritz-Carlton, Pune & Cluster General Manager, Pune speaks to Today’s Traveller in a one-on-one on his approach to adopting new protocols to restore guest confidence as well as carve a sustainable future, regardless of the challenges. TT Bureau: As a luxury hotel in Pune, what are the challenges you face during these unprecedented circumstances? Vineet Mishra: Within this new environment, our singular goal is to provide guests and associates with the

GNTB launches recovery programme with virtualGTM 2020

The German National Tourist Board (GNTB) is launching its recovery programme from 22 to 24 June, with the first virtual Germany Travel Mart, the largest sales event for German incoming tourism, after three months of lockdown. As many as 450 key accounts from the international travel industry in 49 countries have registered for virtualGTM 2020. During the three days of the event, they will meet 250 German companies from the hotel, transport and leisure industries, incoming services and regional

PRIDE RE-OPENS ITS DOOR WITH “PRIDE SAFETY ASSURANCE”

Pride Group of Hotels begins welcoming its guests by adapting measures for a safe and hygienic experience under the ‘Pride Safety Assurance’ initiative. This assurance covers hygiene guidelines, booking policies as well as precautions to be taken by guests and staff to ensure safety and flexibility.The initiative is designed to tackle the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic at the hotel level and further advance the company’s efforts in this area. With travellers being extremely thoughtful about

Tripadvisor Recovery Study

Tripadvisor released the findings of a multi-month study that analyzed consumer travel sentiment and first-party behavioural data related to the ongoing pandemic. The report outlines a five-stage recovery for the travel and hospitality industry, inclusive of the period of decline created by the pandemic through the anticipated market recovery and the return of international travel.The research paper entitled “Beyond COVID-19: The Road to Recovery for the Travel Industry,” explores and identifies

Reviving Public Confidence to Travel takes Centrestage at Today's Traveller Webinar

While the world is opening up slowly to economic activity, the less impacted industries are at the forefront of the upturn. The Travel industry is more sentiment-driven than others and will take much longer to recover. While the government with the new norms is making all efforts in opening tourists places, hotels, airlines and other infrastructure the negative sentiment in the mind of the consumer raises a big concern.The Revival of Public Confidence to Travel is a precursor to the start of

IHCL REPORTS  HIGHEST FULL YEAR PAT AT RS. 354 CRORE – UP BY 24% Y-O-Y

It has been a strong showing despite the turbulence in global economies on account of the COVID pandemic. IHCL reported the highest full-year PAT at Rs 354 crore- up by 24 per cent year on year as well as the highest full-year EBITDA at Rs 1,100 crore, up by 20 per cent year on year.The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), South Asia’s largest hospitality company, reported its Consolidated and Standalone financials for the fourth quarter ending March 31st 2020, year ending March 31st