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Travel bookings up as fans rush in frenzy for Coldplay, Diljit concerts

Upcoming concerts of British band Coldplay in Mumbai and Indian singer Diljit Dosanjh in Chandigarh and other cities triggered a travel rush by fans, leading to over 300 per cent surge in flight bookings, online travel agency ixigo said in a report on Wednesday. The Grammy award-winning band Coldplay is scheduled to perform at Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium during January 18-21 as part of its 'Music of the Spheres' world tour. Punjabi singing sensation Diljit Dosanjh will perform at a live concert in Chandigarh in December this year as part of his DIL-UMINATI India tour. The country is witnessing a surge in travel bookings as fans flock to see these two live performances, said the ixigo report, adding that the platform has observed a sharp rise in flight, train, and bus bookings and searches to key concert cities. Mumbai has experienced a staggering 350 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in flight bookings, said the report. Chandigarh, one of the destinations for the DIL-UMINATI Indi

Homestays showing lot of promise with compounding growth: MakeMyTrip CEO

Magow talks about the travel boom in the country and the company's new avenues to drive growth

Planning a trip? Top 10 travel credit cards to make it more rewarding

Travel credit cards are a special category of credit cards that offer a range of advantages, from reward points and loyalty programs to travel memberships, stay vouchers and welcome perks

Money can't be accepted once booking annulled

The Rajasthan State Commission highlighted that the Board had received payment before it had sent the reminders, and it had no proof of having served a cancellation notice

Avoid too-good-to-be-true offers when doing travel booking online

While on a trip, don't conduct sensitive transactions over public Wi-Fi

MakeMyTrip logs highest-ever quarterly gross bookings at $1.75 billion

Demand for leisure travel and tourism improved on the back of peak seasonality, according to the company

OYO elevates two senior execs in service experience and revenue functions

The firm recently had also revamped its flagship patron-facing app, CO-OYO, allowing users to now run their own promotional offers ahead of the peak festive travel season this year

Festive demands up airfares by 20-30% on key routes across country

The hike in airfare prices is a result of the increased cost of aviation turbine fuel, according to ixigo's data

Hotels, tour operators shed Covid baggage as Diwali promises to sparkle

Group tours at 65-70% of pre-pandemic levels; Southeast Asia, Egypt, and Turkey seeing maximum demand

IRCTC cancels 173 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 3 here

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation announced the list of cancelled, rescheduled, diverted, source-changed trains and shortly-terminated trains on Saturday, September 3. Read this article

IRCTC cancels 165 trains today, 31 Aug: Check your train status here

Indian railways cancelled 165, rescheduled 12, source-changed 18, and diverted 35 trains today, August 31. Read more

Indian Railways cancels trains on Saturday: Over 170 trains affected

IRCTC cancels 115, reschedules 17, diverts 11 and partially cancels 29 trains on Saturday, 20 August. Read this article to know everything about IRCTC trains cancelled today

Thailand aims to woo tourists, scraps pre-travel registration for visitors

The country's main Covid-19 task force approved the proposal to scrap the so-called Thailand Pass requirement for overseas tourists, Tourism Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told reporters Friday

Cool summer spots and travel deals for last-minute holiday planners

One thing about booking at the eleventh hour is the thrill of not knowing where you're going till the very last minute; also, you can get a good deal both at the hotel and the airline

EaseMyTrip net profit zooms over four-fold to Rs 27 crore in Sept quarter

The online travel firm on Tuesday reported an over four-fold jump in consolidated net profit

MakeMyTrip refunded Rs 642 cr for travel bookings during Mar-May, 2020

Leading online travel firm MakeMyTrip said it has been able to disburse Rs 642 crore in refunds for the travel bookings between March 25 and May 24, 2020, due to enormous efforts put by its teams. "We have disbursed Rs 642 crore in refunds for travel bookings between 25th March to 24th May 2020. Over the past eighteen months, our teams have spent considerable number of hours to ensure that our customers remain duly informed about the progress of their refund requests," a MakeMyTrip spokesperson said in a statement. Besides this, MakeMyTrip has worked closely with its partner airlines to help resolve pending cases, it added. MakeMyTrip CEO Rajesh Magow on August 28 had said that the domino effect of flight cancellations leading to a massive pile up of refund requests needed an extraordinary effort to solve for flight plan changes, credit shells, refunds and more. "We are humbled to share that through the enormous effort made by our team over the last several months, almost 99.6 per

90% people want govt to frame travel booking refund policy: survey

As per the platform, only 12-13 per cent of those who cancelled travel bookings due to the second Covid wave could get timely refunds.

Boeing posts first profit in almost two years helped by 737 MAX deliveries

Boeing Co on Wednesday posted its first quarterly profit in almost two years, as deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX jets to airlines gained traction amid a sharp rebound in travel bookings

MakeMyTrip works on app upgrades, wider positioning in all types of travel

According to Magow, MakeMyTrip has been a transaction site but now wishes to cater for the customer even before the latter begins planning a destination

Coronavirus outbreak puts break on travel companies' recruitment drive

Bookings for South-East Asia have hit a snag, and travel firms are bracing for further cancellations with the virus now having spread to Europe