India

Faced with the saturation of its rail network, but also with global warming and the carbon emissions of air travel, India is converting to high-speed rail to connect its megacities in a country that has 1.45 billion inhabitants. The first high-speed line (HSL) is under construction between Mumbai, the capital…

Bengaluru – or Bangalore – will be added to Swiss's catalogue from October. The airline plans to operate five flights per week from Zurich to India's Silicon Valley. The departure from Zurich Airport is scheduled daily except for Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:20 PM. The aircraft will travel...

The IHG group is continuing its landing phase in India. Already boasting around fifty hotels in operation in the country, the hotelier plans to open another hundred, with openings spread over the next three to five years. In this context, IHG has partnered with India's leading private airport operator, Adani Airport Holdings, to...

The Indian airline industry is going through a period of great tension as a result of the Gulf War, which is further destabilising the already precarious financial health of local carriers. Last Monday, the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) alerted the Ministry of Civil Aviation to the real risk of a shutdown of the...

The inauguration ceremony for Air India's new lounge took place on 16 February in Delhi. A special moment for the Indian airline, since it marks the arrival of the Maharaja Lounge concept, the new generation of Air India lounges. With the ambition of "building a world-class airline with an Indian soul", according to the company's management...

The return flight is scheduled for 25 March 2026. On that date, Air India - which had packed up during the health crisis - will once again set course for Italy. Four flights a week will be operated between Delhi and Rome's Leonardo da Vinci - Fiumicino Airport. The flights will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays,...

The annual conference of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) was held in Delhi this year. The event highlighted India's increasingly important role as an airline nation. This is also confirmed by a new partnership between Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and Indian carrier IndiGo. The agreement...

Marriott is continuing its offensive in the mid-range hotel sector. In addition to its domination of the luxury segment with brands such as Ritz-Carlton, St Regis and W Hotels, the American hotelier has been working in recent years to perfect its range of affordable establishments. This strategy, which is both global and regional, has resulted in the acquisition of a hotel in the...

A new problem is emerging for airlines: the military escalation between India and Pakistan. Until now, this has been a limited armed conflict, which could simply degenerate into a war between the two countries, enemies since the partition of India in 1947. Military fire in the Kashmir region means that...

Conquering the Indian subcontinent: international hotel groups are looking for the magic bullet to penetrate a huge but elusive market. Accor hopes to have found it with the conclusion of a major partnership with the local leader in the travel sector, the conglomerate InterGlobe. In addition to its hotel activities, which include the development of around twenty ibis...

Fairmont is expanding its footprint in Asia this year. The Accor group's luxury brand, which is present in several Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, as well as in Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta and Manila, will be adding several key destinations on the continent to its list of addresses. Mumbai in particular, from next April, when the brand will...

Already present in the United States with more than 300 establishments, the Indian group Oyo is preparing for a major expansion across the Atlantic with the acquisition of G8 Hospitality, the parent company of the Motel 6 hotels and the Studio 6 extended-stay hotel. This is a key player in the American budget hotel sector, hitherto owned by investor Blackstone, and previously...

Indigo is taking advantage of its 18th anniversary to mark its entry into a "new era". On Monday, the Indian carrier made official the forthcoming arrival of IndiGo Stretch. Deliveries will start at the end of this year and will run until the end of 2025. The first route concerned will be the Delhi - Mumbai route, from mid-November. ...

Delhi-Bangalore and Delhi-Chandigarh. These two routes are the test routes for the new Premium Economy class which Air India is launching from July. The launch of this new class with premium seats is part of the Indian airline giant's policy of improving its inflight product. This premium class offers...

Sébastien Bazin spoke of the enormous potential of the Indian market, but also of the difficulties in exploiting it, during the presentation of the results for the last quarter and for 2023. "We have around sixty hotels in India, compared with nearly 700 in China, even though we started developing there at the same time...

One year after Marriott, IHG has just passed the symbolic milestone of 1,000 hotels in Asia-Pacific, including more than 700 in Greater China alone. Rajit Sukumaran, the British group's managing director for East Asia and the Pacific, hailed this as a "fantastic achievement". To achieve this result, IHG has been able to rely on the attractiveness...

AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1 Hotel Melbourne (2024)Set on the banks of the Yarra River, this new hotel embodies the arty, eco-friendly spirit of the 1 Hotels chain. By way of regeneration, the luxury brand launched by former Starwood boss Barry Sternlicht is taking part in the Seafarers project. In other words, the metamorphosis of a former industrial...

Air India's new image was presented recently as part of the transformation of the Indian national carrier into an international-standard airline, following the entry of the TATA group into its shareholding. The powerful Indian industrial group had paid 2.4 billion dollars to acquire the airline in 2021. The facelift...

Lufthansa will be launching new Airbus A380 destinations from Munich next winter. From 5 October, the airline will once again operate daily services to Los Angeles with the giant aircraft. This will be followed on 28 October by the entry into service of an Airbus A380 to Bangkok. The aircraft will increase the number of seats available by almost...

Since 26 March, the official start of the summer schedules, Air India has strengthened its presence in the UK. The Indian national airline has launched 4 new routes from London Gatwick to Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Kochi and Goa. Each of these destinations is served three times a week by the airline's Boeing 787 Dreamliner...