Anumeha Chaturvedi

6 days ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Anumeha Chaturvedi

It’s not just students—US visa seekers across categories, including business and leisure travellers, are facing mounting hurdles as appointment wait times cross a year in some regions, rescheduling gets tougher, and interviews become more detailed and stringent.New visa appointment availability for some western regions is now stretching to nearly a year and a half or the end of 2026, travel companies and agents familiar with the matter told ET.

1 week ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Anumeha Chaturvedi |Rajesh Mascarenhas

New Delhi|Mumbai: About half a dozen travel and hospitality companies are preparing to go public buoyed by favourable demand-supply dynamics, rising domestic tourism, and bullish macroeconomic fundamentals. Those in the queue include Oyo, Pride Hotels Group, and boutique brand LaRiSa Hotels & Resorts. Lemon Tree Hotels plans to list unit Fleur Hotels in the next two years, Patanjali Keswani, chairman and MD, told ET.

1 week ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Anumeha Chaturvedi |Prachi Verma

New Delhi: It is business , but mixed with leisure. It is bleisure. And it is booming.Marketing professional Surabhi Tiwari likes combining her love for travel with her work trips, be it a domestic conference that she recently attended in Hyderabad or an international summit in Japan. She takes about two to three days off exploring nearby places around the destination post her work assignments.

2 weeks ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Anumeha Chaturvedi

New Delhi: Istanbul holds a special place in Abhinav Agrawal's (name changed on request) heart. It's where he first met his to-be-wife two years ago, so choosing it as his wedding destination for November felt 'right.'"But, with rising tensions because of Pakistan and Turkey's visible alignment with them, we no longer felt as emotionally connected or comfortable with hosting our wedding there," said Kolkata-based Agarwal. He has now zeroed in on Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE).

2 weeks ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Anumeha Chaturvedi

Hotels in key locations continue to reel under the impact of the India-Pakistan conflict , with cancellations of conferences, meets, and leisure trips. Companies are now pinning their hopes on June with banks and credit card firms also pushing travel offers for the month.As per data shared by RateGain with ET, from May 7-May 19, occupancies in markets such as Srinagar, Katra, Agra, Chandigarh, and Delhi fell 77%, 67%, 53%, 33% and 17% year-on-year.