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MakeMyTrip looks to grow its luxury homestay segment

By Netpal Travel Bureau  Online travel company MakeMyTrip (MMT) has partnered with Mumbai-based Lohono Stays that specialises in the luxury vacation rental market in India. The objective, according to the company, is to further accelerate the growth of luxury home stay segment in the country, especially ahead of the festive season. “We have been steadily […]

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Travel Advisors Reveal What’s Selling in 2023

By Staff Reporter Travel advisors say their clients are choosing vacations that virtually blanket the globe in 2023. It includes a mix of European and exotic destinations, cruises, active adventures and romance trips. According to a spokesperson of one Destination Management Company, “Business looks great for 2023. We are optimistic that the honeymoon and destination wedding […]

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Travel abroad returns in 2023, Americans appreciate tours to Asia, Europe

By Netpal Travel Bureau According to a recent poll by tourism market research firm, Destination Analysts, around 31 percent of Americans are more interested in international than domestic travel. Households are continuing to unleash two or three years’ worth of constrained demand as Covid-19 fears decrease and the last leftovers of pandemic-era border restrictions have […]

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Everest Base Camp: Enjoy an exciting trekking adventure

By Netpal Travel Bureau Our planet has amazing places with breathtaking landscapes. Each of them is unique and has its own place in the national heritage, but Mount Everest captivates both locals and tourists for hundreds of years. At first, expeditions had competitive purpose. Today, trekking to Everest Base Camp located in Nepal is an […]

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TTF Kolkata 2022, an undeniable success

By Staff Reporter Travel and tourism from India is bouncing back with full vigour after two years of pandemic-related disruptions.  TTF Kolkata, India’s oldest travel trade show (est. 1989), staged a grand post-pandemic rebound of domestic and international travel, with over 200 participants from 3 countries and over 20 Indian States and Uts recently. After an extremely tough […]

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All about Travel & Tourism industry

By Staff Reporter The travel and tourism industry is one of the worst-hit industries as of now albeit the biggest and the fastest grown industries in the world. We are still witnessing the continued interest of people preferring to spend their spare time on travel, in a modified way though! An enormous opportunity for travel […]

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New Year, New Hope

Hey All! After a difficult 2020 and 2021, we are here again, hoping against hope to see 2022 as revolution, retrieval and rebirth. The overall tourism industry has lost its glitters during social distancing and still under the clutches of Omicron and other variants knocking at the door. Very unlikely, many changes, we have observed […]

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2022: Expected travel trends

By Netpal Travel Bureau Today hotels and other travel-related companies get 60percent of bookings through mobile devices, while 74percent of total revenue will be generated through online sales by 2026. Ranging from user engagement, a broad customer base, multiple revenue streams and lower customer support costs, Booking apps offer many more benefits. In 2020, almost 150 […]