Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group passed away this morning due to a massive cardiac arrest. He was 48. Bhatia is survived by his architect wife, Smriti and two children. Bhatia has led the group’s strategic thrust to create multiple drivers of growth that made a significant and growing contribution to the company and industry […]
Bird Groupâs Ankur Bhatia passes away due to cardiac arrest By TBM Staff | Mumbai
Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group passed away this morning due to a massive cardiac arrest. He was 48. Bhatia is survived by his architect wife, Smriti and two children.
Bhatia has led the groupâs strategic thrust to create multiple drivers of growth that made a significant and growing contribution to the company and industry at large. Articulating a vision for Bird Group and direction to the consortia of companies, he is credited with bringing in the Amadeus brand to the Indian sub-continent in 1994, which today is the market leader in providing travel technology for travel agents & airlines.
/ Posted on 27 April, 2021 9:40
India s latest Covid-19 infection surge has been disruptive to her people and the destination brand, but Rajeev and Rohit Kohli, the joint managing directors of Creative Travel, believe that the country will bring that under control soon with her continued vaccination drive, stern lockdowns, and resilience of her people.
(From left) Rohit and Rajeev Kohli
The world is now reading and watching headlines of a story unfolding in India of widespread infections, mass cremations and all-around anguish.
The stories are not all false, of course. It will be irresponsible for us to say otherwise. What happened? How did we go from being a global role model of controlling the infection to a living nightmare in less than a few weeks?
/ Posted on 26 April, 2021 12:02
More countries are imposing travel restrictions on Indian arrivals as India continues to grapple with her worst Covid-19 wave of infections.
New Zealand, the UK, the US, the UAE, Singapore are among countries that have imposed temporary restrictions on travellers from India.
New Zealand is suspending the entry of all travellers from India, including her own citizens, for two weeks between April 11 and 28.
Meanwhile, the UAE has barred the entry of travellers from India for 10 days from April 25 until May 4.
India started a nation-wide vaccination programme on January 19, 2021 and, according to news reports, has administered more than 127 million doses as of last week