Indian tourists take the road less travelled abroad

1. Indian Tourists Take the Road
Less Travelled Abroad
International chain Belmond reports more Indian presence as foreign
shores take on new meaning for travellers seeking exotic luxury resorts

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Indian travellers are living it up abroad. Luxury travel services provider
Belmond has noted longer vacations and a surge in revenues from its Indian
guests during January-May .The company pointed to an increase of 50% from
last year in terms of room nights and 24.8% in terms of room revenue during
the five months. Belmond operates hotels, resorts, river cruises and trains
across the US, UK, Europe and South East Asia.
Hotels that saw the most dramatic increase of Indian presence were
Belmond Grand Hotel Eu rope in St Petersburg, Belmond Copacabana Palace
in Rio de Janeiro and Belmond Residence d'Angkor in Cambodia. Demand is
also high for Hotel Cipriani in Venice -made famous as the wedding location
of actor George Clooney and lawyer-human rights activist Amal Alamuddin.

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Domestic portal MakeMyTrip also says Indians are trying more activities
and local experiences, spending 10% more days per trip on an average.
There is demand for the exotic -from private pool villas in Bali to luxury
resorts in Mauritius and Sri Lanka.
“We provide premium and luxury upgrades on many of our vacation
packages. For travel within India, at popular destina tions like Ladakh
and Andamans, customers ask for hotel upgrades and even flight class
upgrades. To cater to this increasing trend, we have done campaigns
with luxury chains like the Taj and Sheraton groups,“ said Ranjeet Oak,
chief business officer (holidays) at MakeMyTrip.

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“In the lean season, we see more Indians taking advantage of lastminute
offers by airlines, especially for short breaks and long weekends at
destinations such as Siem Reap, Koh Samui, Luang Prabang and Bali,“ said
Andrea Filippi, executive director (worldwide sales) at Belmond.“During a
recent road show, we were pleasantly surprised to learn how much interest
there is for remote and exotic destinations, such as Peru, where we operate
five hotels and luxury trains to Machu Picchu, or Botswana, where we offer
three safari lodges. Both are located in a different ecosystem.“
Belmond is currently in preparation for launch of the Belmond Grand
Hibernian, the first luxury sleeper train in Ireland, to be launched in August.
It has also announced the Belmond Andean Explorer, the first such train in
South America. It will start two to three night journeys across some of the
highest points in the Peru Andes from May 2017. The company will also open
the doors of its first hotel in London, the Belmond Cadogan, in 2017.

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