Who was Anunay Sood, Dubai-based Indian travel influencer who died in Las Vegas?

Popular travel content creator and photographer Anunay Sood has died at the age of 32.

Published on: Nov 6, 2025, 11:13:08 IST

By Sanya Jain

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Popular travel content creator and photographer Anunay Sood has died at the age of 32. His family confirmed his death in a statement shared on his official Instagram profile.

Anunay Sood was a travel influencer, photographer, and entrepreneur known for his visually striking travel content. (Instagram/@anunaysood)

The cause of his death has not been publicly confirmed. It is believed that Sood was in Las Vegas at the time of his death — just two days ago, he had shared photographs from the Concours at Wynn Las Vegas. (Also read: Anunay Sood’s last Instagram post from Las Vegas before his death: ‘Still can’t believe…')

Anunay Sood’s family requested privacy in their statement confirming the tragic news. “It is with deep sadness that we share the news of our beloved Anunay Sood’s passing. We kindly ask for your understanding and privacy as we navigate this difficult time. We humbly request you to avoid gathering crowd near personal property,” the statement said.

Who was Anunay Sood?

Anunay Sood was a 32-year-old Indian travel influencer and photographer, based in Dubai.

He had cultivated a large social media following with over 1.4 million followers on Instagram and around 380,000+ subscribers on YouTube.

Sood was the co-founder of Meta Social FZ LLC and Marketing Specialist at Getaways Tourism LLC. He ran a digital performance and marketing agency based in Dubai.

He was included in Forbes India’s Top 100 Digital Stars list for three consecutive years (2022-2024).

According to his Facebook profile, Sood studied at DPS Noida and then at Amity University Noida, where he graduated with a degree in Automobile and Automotive Mechanics Technology.

He travelled widely and shared his travel content on YouTube and Instagram. He had travelled to 46 countries and had planned to visit all 195 territories and nations of the world.

He had collaborated with brands like Switzerland Tourism, Visit Saudi, New Zealand Tourism Board, OPPO, Airtel and more.

(Also read: Anunay Sood dies at 32 in Las Vegas, tributes pour in for travel influencer)

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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