Hilton Plans 75 Hotels in India
Photo Credit: The exterior of the Waldorf Astoria Beijing. Hilton Hotels and Resorts
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Hilton aims to triple its India portfolio to 75 hotels in three to four years, expanding into emerging markets like Ayodhya and introducing luxury brands, with a focus on tier-I markets and the growing wedding segment.
Tourism Research Australia said domestic and international travelers contributed a record A$51.4 billion to the NSW visitor economy in the year ended December 2-23. NSW welcomed the most international visitors, nights spent and visitor expenditure nationally during the period, which contributed $11 billion to the visitor economy. NSW also saw the largest absolute growth in international visitor numbers (up 1.8 million), nights (up 42.8 million) and expenditure (up 6 billion) of all states and territories. International arrivals reached 78% of pre-pandemic levels with visitor nights at 90% and expenditure at 96% compared to 2019. The US, NZ and the UK remained NSW's top international source markets last year with China showing a strong recovery as the fourth largest. South Korea saw the fastest visitor growth, Singapore led in expenditure growth and Indonesia was said to have excelled in both nights spent and expenditure. Sydney attracted 53% of all international vi
