Authenticity
We design experiences that are genuine to the destination, not manufactured for tourists.
About Eastbound
Local Knowledge. Global Standards.
Founded in 2006, Eastbound is a specialist destination management company spanning India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the UAE. Meet the founders and the philosophy behind two decades of bespoke travel design.
Our Story
Built here, shaped by two decades of travel.
Eastbound was founded in 2006 on a simple premise: that the best travel experiences are built from the ground up, by people who live in the destinations they design for, not by people looking at them from a head office overseas. What began as a specialist boutique has grown, over two decades, into a full destination management group spanning five countries — serving luxury tour operators, incentive houses and educational institutions worldwide.
That founding philosophy — local intelligence, meticulous planning and hands-on execution — still shapes every itinerary Eastbound builds today, from a single-traveller birding expedition to a 200-delegate incentive programme.
- 2006
- Eastbound founded
- 05
- Countries
- 20+
- Years of expertise
Our Values
What guides every journey we build.
Excellence
Operational precision is non-negotiable, at any scale of programme.
Partnership
We see ourselves as an extension of our travel-trade partners' own teams.
Responsibility
Sustainable, respectful travel that benefits local communities.
Leadership
The people who set Eastbound in motion.
Three founders, one shared conviction: remarkable journeys begin with deep local understanding.
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Prrithviraj Singh
Founder & Director
Prrithviraj Singh is a seasoned travel and tourism professional and entrepreneur with close to three decades of experience in the industry. He is a co-founder and Director of Eastbound, a travel group he helped establish in 2006 alongside Amit Kishore and Manish Pratik. Over the years, he has played an instrumental role in building and expanding the group’s diverse portfolio across inbound and outbound travel, destination management, corporate travel, MICE, travel representation and specialised luxury travel.
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Amit Kishore
Founder
Amit Kishore is a career entrepreneur, investor and travel industry leader with more than two decades of experience building businesses across travel, tourism and destination marketing. He is the Co-founder of Eastbound Group, established in 2006, and has played a pivotal role in shaping its evolution into a diversified travel enterprise spanning destination management, experiential travel, MICE, business travel, hospitality, technology and tourism representation.
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Manish Pratik
Founder & Director
Manish Pratik is a co-founder and Director of Eastbound, with over two decades of experience in the travel and tourism industry. An innovator at heart, he has been instrumental in shaping Eastbound’s philosophy of creating journeys that go beyond the conventional, with a particular focus on discovering lesser-known destinations and developing distinctive travel experiences.
The Team
Expertise across every journey.
Destination specialists, relationship builders and storytellers united by care for the details.
India
Dishaa Siingh
Vice President, Business Development
Dishaa Siingh is Vice President, Business Development at Eastbound Group, where she works with travel partners and clients to bring conferences, incentives and journeys to life across India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the UAE. With 15 years in the travel industry, she brings a background in sales, operations and business development, and a careful understanding of what each client needs from a destination. Partners value her for her attention to detail, responsiveness and depth of destination knowledge.
India
Reshma Naqvi
Eastbound Group
Reshma Naqvi drives business development at Eastbound Group, working with partners around the world to bring discerning travellers to India. She first built Eastbound's luxury segment across Germany and the USA. Earlier in her career she held sales and operations roles at Cox & Kings and TWX. Known for her drive and her love of exploring new places, Reshma is passionate about the experiential journeys today's travellers look for.
Gurgaon, India
Swati Chandra
Eastbound Group
Swati Chandra is part of Eastbound Group’s team in Gurgaon, contributing to the company’s strategy in India and globally. An enthusiastic traveller herself, she brings that same spirit of discovery to her work, guided by a simple philosophy: smile, and spread smiles to others.
UAE
Shantanu Mehta
General Manager, Eastbound DMC
Shantanu Mehta is General Manager of the Eastbound Group DMC in Dubai, bringing over two decades of experience in tourism and hospitality. Before this role, he held senior positions at Arabian Oryx Travel & Tourism and Rotana across contracting, reservations, product development and group sales.
India
Shikha Mishra
Brand, PR and Communications
Shikha Mishra shapes how Eastbound Group tells its story. A journalist turned communications strategist, she began her career writing and editing food, fashion, travel, arts and lifestyle coverage for publications including Hindustan Times, The Times of India, The Indian Express and Asian Age. She later worked with India West in California and with Gulf News and ITP in Dubai.
A podcaster and social media influencer, she channels her content skills into public relations and has led media, influencer and marketing mandates for some of the world’s best-known tourism and technology brands. At Eastbound, she leads brand, PR, reputation and social media, and works closely with the founder’s office on thought leadership and building the Eastbound brand.
About Eastbound
Eastbound designs and operates luxury travel, MICE/incentive programmes, educational trips and specialist tours (photography, birding, walking, cultural immersion) across India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the UAE.
Five: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the UAE.
sustainability
Quietly responsible
For Eastbound, responsible travel is not a separate product. It is part of how we design every journey.
We believe that when you travel it should leave the places you visit with something in return. We work with local communities, independent artisans, naturalists, guides, conservation initiatives and responsible hospitality partners to create journeys that respect the places and people at their heart.
From choosing local experiences and supporting regional businesses to creating meaningful encounters with communities and contributing to conservation, we look for ways to make every journey more thoughtful.
Because the most rewarding way to experience a place is to understand it, respect it and help ensure that it remains extraordinary for the people who call it home.
We collaborate with the Faith Foundation, an NGO providing financial independence to destitute and widowed women and schooling children living in the slums of Delhi and & the NCR region. We also endeavour to work closely with the Signature Foundation, an old-age home in Kochi. This organisation works relentlessly to provide a helping hand and a better-retired life to the elderly abandoned by their families.
As a company, wildlife conservation is a cause we hold very close to our heart and we are always willing to throw our weight behind any eco-friendly crusade. We are primary affiliates of TOFT, an unique international campaign advocating and supporting responsible tourism as a way to save the Tiger, India’s wildlife and its wilderness areas.
Eastbound sponsored the guide training of Sudarshan Singh Dhurvey in association with The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Park Guide training programme. This training focuses on creating a balance between class room based theoretical teaching and field studies to nurture the remarkable skill these Park Guides already possess, having be born and brought up within forest habitats. Dhurvey is now the official guide at the Tala Zone in Kanha National Park and is gainfully employed leading groups in the Park. Kanha National Park is one of the biggest national parks in Madhya Pradesh, India, and is a Tiger Reserve in the Mandla and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh, India.
We also endorse SOS’s Bear Rescue Village that works for the humane treatment of Indian bears.
We sincerely believe that it is our duty to look beyond the traditionally perceived capitalist mandate of purely making a return on investment for our company’s owners or shareholders -- we want to make every effort to manage the social, environmental and economic impact of every one of our actions and make the local community a better place.
Work with Eastbound