TUI Group Sharpens its India Focus, Appoints Krishan Singh as CEO

TUI GROUP is expanding its online business in India. As part of the TUI 2022 programme and to gain market share in the country’s significant growth of online travel bookings, the Group’s subsidiary TUI India has been transformed to a digital provider exclusively focussing on the online business. The change is also underpinned by the appointment of Krishan Singh as CEO of TUI India. Krishan joins TUI India from Yatra.com where he served as Senior Vice President. He has over 20 years of experience in the travel sector with a strong focus on online travel.

TUI launched its classical tour operating a business in India in 2005. The business has now been realigned to reflect India’s rapidly expanding internet usage and significant growth of online travel bookings. In 2017, revenue in the online travel booking market in India climbed by more than 30 percent year-on-year to 22.5 billion dollars. With its growing affluence, India is one of the growth markets…