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  • Ixigo finds Goa to be popular monsoon destination

    Ixigo finds Goa to be popular monsoon destination

    MUMBAI: Ixigo, a travel marketplace reveals that the upcoming monsoon travel trend amongst millennials is taking a “bae-cation”. A bae-cation is the new-age term used for taking a vacation as a couple.

    According to Ixigo, some of the most popular couple destinations this monsoon are Port Blair, Shillong, Guwahati, Kodaikanal and Puducherry, which are ideal for an extended weekend getaway.

    Commenting on the findings, Ixigo CEO and co-founder Aloke Bajpai said, “Travel becomes far more affordable during the monsoon as it is a lean season in comparison to summer and winter. Major Indian airlines have announced their monsoon sales, offering big discounts on flights, reducing fares by almost 20 per cent. Goa remains to be the most popular destination showing an eight per cent increase in flight and 16 per cent increase in hotel searches. It is great to note, how owing to improved infrastructure and better flight connectivity, north-eastern destinations like Shillong and Guwahati are also becoming crowd favourites.”

    Ixigo’s research data reveals that 39 per cent Indians, travelling during the monsoon, are planning to travel as couples, followed by 24 per cent with family and 18 per cent solo. Couples are planning short-stays that extend to about three or four days. Hotel searches for Goa show the maximum spike of 16 per cent from previous months, while Shillong and Guwahati follow with 11 per cent and nine per cent spikes respectively.

    While about 25 per cent couples from Chennai and 18 per cent from Bangalore are booking a short vacation to Puducherry, about 14 per cent couples are travelling from Mumbai to Goa via train.

  • Superman’s opening flight might cross the $100 mn barrier at the BO

    Superman’s opening flight might cross the $100 mn barrier at the BO

    MUMBAI: Within a week from now, the box office is going to be struck by the Kryptonian capped superhero film, Man of steel. The Superman reboot, has the 300 director Zack Synder at the helm and stars Henry Cavill as Superman, along with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Jadin Gould, Rebecca Butler and Christopher Meloni in its leading cast.
     
    According to sources, Warner Bros‘ Man of Steel hitting the theatres on June 14 in UK and US should be geared up for a strong $100 million debut at the US box office alone. Given the early buzz on the film has been strong with a healthy marketing campaign spend of over $150 million. Warner Bros has been going into an overdrive in promoting the movie, with 13 TV spots and 4 clips to date, and while the final trailer dropped yesterday, there is likely much more to come over the next seven days, added by a source.
     
    It seems a lot of expectations are riding on the $225 million blockbuster especially with Warner Bros wanting a Justice League film within the next four years. After Christopher Nolan‘s Dark Knight‘s standalone stupendous success at the box office, Warner Bros is all set to re-launch the red capped DC superhero, Superman through Man of Steel, in their attempt to create a wider universe for other superheros as well.
     
    Also with Iron Man 3‘s collections surpassing the $1.2 billion mark, sources expect that the Christopher Nolan produced Man of Steel has a long way to go to compete with the likes of Marvel‘s Mr. Stark.
     
    Still the industry observers look strongly at the reboots imprint on the box office which premiers on June 10 in New York.

  • Discovery sees ‘Dragons’ taking ratings flight

    Discovery sees ‘Dragons’ taking ratings flight

    Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real, which aired on Discovery Channel earlier this month, has garnered high viewership. |

    Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real received higher viewership than Star Movies, HBO and MTV, all news channels and even general entertainment channels like Star One, Sab and Sahara One.
    Dragons garnered 32 per cent channel share in CS4+ and 39 per cent in AB15+ as per Tam data for week 32, Sunday, 8 pm to 10 pm, CS4+, All India market. This was also more than 60 per cent ahead of Star Movies and almost twice that of HBO, the release states.

    The highest rated show in the week amongst the international channels, it recorded higher viewership than many programmes and movies across other channels including Mummy Returns and Home Alone 3 on Star Movies, MTV Khamosh, MTV Mobbed, Keen on KANK on NDTV 24×7. (Source Tam: 07:00-23:59, Week 32, CS 4+, All India).

    Discovery Channel has staked its claim to the number one position in the last eight weeks amongst all international channels taking into account all viewers and all day across India. (Tam: CS 4+, All India, Week 25-32, 07:00- 23:59 hours)

    Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real aired on Sunday, 6 August at 8 pm.