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The global cruise tourism sector is witnessing significant momentum, with industry players and policymakers increasingly viewing cruising as a key pillar of tourism growth story. Globally, the cruise industry remains consolidated, with major operators including Carnival Corporation, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Royal Caribbean accounting for nearly 70 - 80% of the market.
One of the key highlights of EEA 2026 was the Leadership Roundtable on: "Role of the Exhibition Industry in India's Viksit Bharat @2047 Roadmap". The session brought together government representatives, international associations, venue operators, exhibition organisers and industry leaders for a strategic discussion on the future direction of the sector.
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) announced the signing of a Gateway in Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru. This is a brownfield project. Suma Venkatesh, Executive Vice President – Real Estate & Development, IHCL, said, “Bengaluru is among India’s leading lodging markets with Yeshwantpur as a key commercial micro-market. The addition of the reimagined Gateway brand in Yeshwantpur reinforces IHCL’s...
Expedia Travel Agent Affiliate Program (TAAP) has launched new capabilities that aim to help travel advisors and agencies streamline back-office operations, reduce manual work, and scale their businesses more effectively. The back-office API and a new feature that lets advisors add their own internal reference codes to bookings, aims to help agencies to streamline operations like...
UFI research conducted with jwc, shows that Asia-Pacific remains the world's largest exhibition region by venue capacity, while India contributes only around 4% of that regional inventory. The country's 19 large-scale exhibition venues together offer total venue space of 639,000 sqm, highlighting substantial room for growth as demand increases, shared UFI’s COO.
