Indigo has achieved a milestone by reporting an annual profit of $1 billion, becoming the first Indian airline to reach this figure. For the January-March quarter, the airline reported a profit of Rs 1,895 crore, a significant 106 per cent increase from Rs 919.2 crore in the previous Q4 fiscal. In fiscal year 2024, Indigo…
The waterpark is just one of the many new projects in Hyatt’s pipeline. Among its other new projects in the Middle East are the Andaz Doha and the art-focused Hyatt Centric Cairo West, the latter of which is set to open in the heart of Cairo in Q4 2024, with a convenient location near…
Qatar Airways is set to unveil new first class cabins and a redesigned Qsuite business class product in the coming months. The carrier’s group CEO Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer – who replaced the long serving Akbar Al Baker in November last year – gave an interview to CNBC, details of which have also since been…
Hilton has revealed plans to quadruple its presence by opening more than 60 new hotels across major cities and multiple regional tourism destinations across Saudi Arabia in the coming years. During a recent visit to the kingdom, president and CEO of the global hospitality group Chris Nassetta met with the country’s Ministry of Tourism, to…
US hotel owner-operator MCR has announced plans to redevelop London’s iconic BT Tower as a hotel. The 189-metre tower in Fitzrovia was opened in 1965 and at the time was the tallest structure in London. The Grade II listed building has previously housed a revolving restaurant, but this was closed in 1971 following an explosion,…
Hong Kong Airlines is preparing to launch service to Urumqi in Xinjiang, according to its latest schedule update. The carrier has loaded a thrice-weekly Airbus A330-300 widebody schedule into the system, commencing 22 June. The Hong Kong Airlines A330-300 aircraft come in a two-class configuration, with 32 seats in 1-2-1 lie-flat business class and 260…
Hyatt has announced a new strategic cooperation agreement with Hangzhou Trade and Tourism Group, and Zhejiang Dragon Hotel Management Group Co Ltd, to develop dozens of new hotels in China. The deal will see Hyatt expand its Independent Collection and select service brands in the country, at the same time as fostering “the strategic development…
Turkish Airlines has confirmed it plans to launch flights to the Australian city of Melbourne, via a one line “route announcement” on the Investor Relations section of its website. The carrier has been talking up the launch of flights to Australia for some months, with chairman of the board and executive committee recently briefing local…
Welcome to this exclusive report – SiteMinder’s Global Hotel Business Index 2017 – an in-depth look at the current sentiment of hotel operators around the world. SiteMinder surveyed global hoteliers to find out how they feel about their challenges and opportunities in 2017 and beyond. The survey, which was answered by 2,100 global hoteliers from both…
Heathrow has announced plans to build a new dedicated baggage system at its Terminal 2. The terminal currently uses a 30-year-old system housed within the airport’s Terminal 1, which closed to passengers in 2015 after 47 years of operation. BEUMER Group has been appointed to deliver the six-year project, with the new system capable of…
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