{"id":49383,"date":"2021-02-15T19:41:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=49383"},"modified":"2021-02-15T19:41:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:41:48","slug":"travel-trends-that-will-dominate-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/02\/travel-trends-that-will-dominate-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel trends that will dominate 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A<\/span>After one of the most challenging years for travel and hospitality, Ritu Mehrotra of Booking.com, lists top trends that will dominate the industry in 2021.<\/p>\n

Ritu says that through the pandemic, one-third of airlines were shut down, and hotel room occupancies were down to five to 10 percent. But through the end of the year, certain segments started to pick up a bit. However, \u201cThis is not the fight of months or weeks. It will take us years for the (travel) industry and businesses to come back to normal,\u201d she adds.\u00a0 For Booking.com, reaching pre-COVID-19 levels will take time. While the last quarter was incremental, Ritu says that for the online travel platform, its businesses globally is nowhere close to where it is.<\/p>\n

By the end of 2020, while governments lifted lockdowns and travel restrictions, people were still not confident enough to fly. However, short travels, \u201cCloser to home and drivable distances\u201d picked momentum, she says. Listing the trends that will dominate the travel industry in 2021, Ritu lists:<\/p>\n