AirAsia India that started with lots of pomp is now struggling due to huge losses & top-level exitsA key reason for delay in funding is differences over control that co-founder has raised. AirAsia India’s pricing, financing & accounting a...
18 Dec, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
Former Kingfisher CEO Sanjay Agarwal funding budget hotel booking sitePrior to heading Kingfisher, Aggarwal was chief executive of budget carrier SpiceJet. Before that, he was senior director of Marriott Inter...
10 Jun, 2015, 09.27 AM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Startup mantras from entrepreneurs like NR Narayana Murthy, Richard Branson, Kunal Bahl and othersAccording to research firm PrivCo, VC funding in startups has more than tripled, from $1.06 billion in 2013 to $3.86 billion in 2014.
28 Dec, 2014, 06.48 AM IST
Tony Fernandes getting ready for insurance play“We would like to buy stake in a small insurance company that we would add value to and grow the market through our skill set of marketing ...
30 Sep, 2014, 04.54 PM IST
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes hums hospitality tune“India is under insured and most people don’t have insurance and they don’t understand it,” AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes said.
15 Aug, 2014, 05.23 PM IST
Tune Hotels to focus on expansion plans in South India: AirAsia CEO Tony FernandesFernandes did not reveal investment details for the project, but sources said the hotels alone would attract around $30 million in investme...
15 Aug, 2014, 04.57 PM IST
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes plans to bring other businesses to India tooIn an interview to ET, Fernandes said the key lesson he has learnt in the last one-and-half year of waiting is perseverance.
04 Jul, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
SpiceJet needs to change strategy: COO Kaneswaran AviliSpiceJet needs to change its commercial strategy if it wants to resolve its financial and operational troubles, its new COO Kaneswaran Avil...
08 Feb, 2014, 06.07 AM IST
An average year; not much to cheer for hospitality industry in 2013The Indian hospitality industry witnessed an 'average' year in 2013 as slowdown in Europe and other nations hurt tourist arrivals, while ta...
24 Dec, 2013, 02.44 PM IST
How Cyrus Mistry is planning to fix what isn't working at the Tata GroupCyrus Mistry spent much of the first year as chief of the 92-co Tata group creating fresh foundation and figuring out what’s working and wh...
02 Dec, 2013, 10.54 PM IST
Tune Hotels to open 100 budget hotels by 2020 in IndiaTony Fernandes' Tune Group is set to foray into the country's hospitality sector with plans to open 100 budget hotels across the country by...
21 Apr, 2013, 11.21 AM IST
- Foreign airlines offer special summer air fares
To counter the slowdown, many foreign airlines are coming up with special fares ahead of summer holidays. New terminal at IGI Airport | Bus...
22 Mar, 2009, 09.23 PM IST
- After low-cost airline, players eyeing no-frill hotel pie
What do low-cost airline pioneers, EasyJet’s Stelios Haji-Ioannou and AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes, have in common, apart from their wish to fl...
14 Jun, 2007, 02.20 AM IST
- Thai's Nok Air may fly to India
At a time when the airline industry is steeped in losses, another low-cost airline is looking at entering the Indian market. Nok Air the lo...
05 Dec, 2006, 12.25 AM IST