Inbound US travel slows as APAC travel demand booms
Bhanu Chopra · How One Indian Company Powers the World’s Hotels & Airlines | Bhanu Chopra, RateGain · Oct 31, 2025 · at 31:37
Bhanu Chopra, founder and CEO of RateGain, breaks down 2025 international travel demand trends across North America, Europe, and Asia.
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“Demand domestically in the US is I would say static, but internationally, there has been a slowdown in terms of traffic into the US because of this whole tariff situation, et cetera. Europe is, again, holding steady and again, even from a demand perspective, it's really You know, booming from India and the APAC and Middle Eastern corridors.”
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