The Ashok Hotel, Delhi
In a strong third-quarter performance for FY 2025-26, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), a public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Tourism, has delivered robust growth, driven by improved operational efficiencies, higher demand across key business verticals, and the strength of its fully integrated travel, tourism, and hospitality ecosystem.
In a press statement, ITDC says that an impressive third-quarter performance, ITDC achieved a turnover that is 54 pc higher than the previous quarter and 28 pc higher compared to Q3 of last year, reflecting quarter-on-quarter improvement and sustained financial discipline.
The results highlight consistent progress across ITDC’s comprehensive travel and tourism network, covering hotels, air travel, premium vehicle rentals, event management, duty-free services, tourism infrastructure development and hospitality sector training and capacity building.
According to the statement Q3 saw strong performance across key areas such as event management, travel and tours, MICE, weddings, and institutional catering, underlining ITDC’s growing role as a full-service tourism provider. The corporation also enhanced its technology use and data-driven approach, improving digital systems, analytics and customer-focussed service delivery.
Mugdha Sinha
The statement adds that ITDC’s operational momentum, technology integration and focus on customer-centric service delivery position the corporation to leverage emerging opportunities in travel, tourism and hospitality, ensuring continued growth across its multi-faceted business verticals.
“As ITDC advances into the next phase of its growth journey, coinciding with the corporation’s 60th year of operations and 70 years of the Ashok, it continues to prioritise strategic transformation, digital enablement, asset optimisation and sustainability -led practices. These initiatives are expected to support improved efficiencies, enhance stakeholders value and long-term sustainable growth, aligned with the Government’s vision for tourism development,” says Mugdha Sinha, IAS, Managing Director, ITDC.