Telling the middle class to swap Bali for Kashmir sounds noble. But when a Dehradun flight costs as much as a Colombo holiday, patriotism alone won't fix the math.
A strike threat timed to the World Cup gave hotel workers maximum leverage. Every hotel union negotiator in other major cities will see this deal the new national labor benchmark.
More than 62% of Thai operators surveyed expect long-haul guests to decline by more than 10% in Q2 2026. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.
The travel industry runs on intelligence. The question is where it comes from. For more than a decade, the executives who've been to Skift Global Forum keep coming back. That's a signal.