Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company, today marked its debut in Dudhwa, Uttar Pradesh with the opening of Jaagir Manor – a SeleQtions hotel. With design inspired by Victorian elegance, the hotel is a serene oasis in the heart of the rainforests of the Terai Himalayas bordering Nepal. Commenting on the occasion, Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IHCL, said, “IHCL has always been a pioneer of positioning new and lesser explored destinations on the tourism map. Located within the Dudhwa wildlife corridor, Jaagir Manor brings alive yet another hidden gem of India and opens the…
Author: Asmita Mukherjee
Oetker Collection, the luxury brand behind legendary hotels such as Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Le Bristol Paris, Brenners Park Hotel & Spa Baden-Baden, Eden Rock – St. Barths, and more is seeing a doubling of revenues from the Indian market. According to 2022 data, nearly half (46%) of the Indian guests received at the Oetker Collection hotels booked suites – a high percentage compared to other markets. Asmita Mukherjee spoke with Timo Gruenert, Chief Executive Officer of Oetker Collection to understand their plans for the growing Indian market. As per the statistics, in the past 5 years (which include two years…
GoMMT, booking.com and Agoda were the top three distribution channels that brought in the highest room nights to Indian hotels in 2022, according to statistics by global tech solutions provider STAAH. Expedia, STAAH- Direct Bookings, Travelguru, airbnb, HRS, EaseMyTrip and Hotelbeds also featured in the Top 10 Online Channels for India. STAAH is a New Zealand-based technology company specialising in hospitality solutions that powers a property’s distribution network through Online Travel Agencies (OTA) and direct bookings. Globally, booking.com, Agoda and Traveloka held the top three spots generating the highest room nights. STAAH data also showed that hotels were…
Pride Hotels Group has announced the signing of & quot; Pride Biznotel Digha & quot. The hotel is prominently located at Digha, the most well-known beach and tourist destination in West Bengal, which is located southwest of Kolkata. The hotel will have well-appointed rooms, a multi-cuisine restaurant, an open terrace specialty restaurant, banquet facilities, and a swimming pool. The new property will be operational from February 2023. Announcing the signing, Atul Upadhyay, Senior Vice President, Pride Hotels Group said, “Digha has always been an extremely popular weekend getaway for tourists and widely referred to as the Goa of the East.…
Pride Hotels Group has announced the signing of & quot; Pride Biznotel Digha & quot. The hotel is prominently located at Digha, the most well-known beach and tourist destination in West Bengal, which is located southwest of Kolkata. The hotel will have well-appointed rooms, a multi-cuisine restaurant, an open terrace specialty restaurant, banquet facilities, and a swimming pool. The new property will be operational from February 2023. Announcing the signing, Atul Upadhyay, Senior Vice President, Pride Hotels Group said, “Digha has always been an extremely popular weekend getaway for tourists and widely referred to as the Goa of the East.…
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has announced the signing of a management agreement with Satyadeo Hospitality Private Limited to convert Corbett Aamod Spa & Resort into India’s first Voco hotel. The new voco Jim Corbett is scheduled to be rebranded by July 2024, adding 100 rooms to IHG’s premium portfolio in the country. The signing also marks introduction of the 7th brand from IHG’s global portfolio to the Indian market. The distinctive, lifestyle brand, voco offers a premium experience to guests and combines the informality and charm of an individual hotel with the quality…
Following India’s recent announcement of mandatory negative RT-PCR tests for travellers from six countries, including Singapore, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) would like to highlight that there is no change to Singapore’s current COVID-19 protocol. Fully-vaccinated travellers from India will continue to be able to enter Singapore with no quarantine and testing requirements under the Vaccinated Travel Framework (VTF) that came into effect on April 1, 2022. The reassurance from STB comes after the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India announced on December 29, 2022 that it would require negative RT-PCR test reports from all travellers entering…
Espire Hospitality Group, one of the swiftly growing hospitality companies has signed a Country Inn Express hotel in Sajjangarh, Udaipur, marking it as the launch of group’s new select-service hotel brand, which aims to address the needs of price-conscious business and leisure travellers seeking comfort at an affordable rate. Providing convenient access to the guests, Country Inn Express Seasons Hotel, Udaipur is located in close proximity to the Monsoon Palace, Fateh Sagar Lake, and Badi Lake. The newly built hotel offers 22 well-appointed modern rooms, a multi-cuisine restaurant, and modern amenities for a comfortable stay. The hotel is scheduled to…
AN AIR India Mumbai-Dubai flight aborted takeoff after it developed a snag at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here on Tuesday evening. Owning to a suspected technical glitch in one of the engines, the aircraft was not permitted to take off, said airport sources. There were an estimated 240 plus passengers on board and they were deplaned near the regular deboarding area. Some unconfirmed reports earlier claimed that the fliers allegedly spilled onto the runway but airport sources have denied it. Source: IANS
According toBusiness Standard, personal details of nearly 30 million railway users have been put on sale on the dark web by a hacker. These details include the name, email address, phone number, gender, and other personal information of several government officials and notable personalities, the hacker has claimed. This is the third major data breach over the past two months. The hacker refused to disclose the name of the company whose servers were breached but said it had one of the biggest railway databases in India. The Ministry of Railways confirmed the hacking and said it had alerted the Indian…
