Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) today announced the opening of Taj Amer, a new oasis of modern luxury in Jaipur. The hotel’s design seamlessly blends contemporary elegance while paying homage to Rajasthan’s traditional architecture and offers stunning views of the ancient Aravalli Range. Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IHCL said, “IHCL has been in the Pink City for over 50 years. The culturally rich and historically significant city has evolved into a global tourist destination and important commercial hub. This opening is in line with IHCL’s vision of strengthening our presence in key markets across India. With the…
Author: Asmita Mukherjee
The ESG agenda presents enormous challenges and opportunities for the hospitality sector. Investors face a raft of new market disclosure obligations, developers must respond to rapid changes in building standards and hotel owners and operators must balance increasingly stringent requirements on energy use, carbon reporting and workforce diversity, as well as guests with ever-higher expectations of ethical performance. To help businesses meet these challenges, the EEA, pioneering ESG thought-leadership within the hospitality sector, has partnered with law firm Travers Smith to produce a timeline of anticipated ESG-related developments across the UK and the EU in the coming years, specifically targeted…
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced today the opening of Hyatt Regency Trivandrum in Kerala. The hotel is the third Hyatt property in the state of Kerala following the opening of Grand Hyatt Kochi and Hyatt Regency Thrissur, and the sixteenth Hyatt Regency hotel in the country – a significant milestone in Hyatt’s brand growth in the Indian market. Hyatt Regency Trivandrum is designed for business and leisure travelers to enjoy seamless and energizing experiences, borrowing inspiration from the rainforest, beaches and low coastal hills that are distinctive to the state of Kerala. Spread across 2.2 acres, Hyatt Regency Trivandrum is in…
ITC Hotels recently signed Welcomhotel by ITC Hotels, Belagavi under a management contract with Jolle Hospitality Group. Welcomhotel Belagavi will offer 116 spacious rooms, along with about 1200 square metres of banquet space, multiple dining experiences and a fitness centre. Located in the industrial area of Kakti, off NH-4 on Pune-Bengaluru highway, the property is just 10 km away from the popular tourist spot Belagavi fort and easily accessible from India’s first private aerospace SEZ (24 km), and Belagavi Airport (20 km). The hotel, spread over more than 5 acres of land is currently under construction and is likely to…
FAITH, the policy federation of all the ten national associations representing the complete tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India – ADTOI, ATOAI, FHRAI, HAI, IATO, ICPB, IHHA, ITTA, TAAI & TAFI is holding discussions with department of industrial policy & promotion to make compliances more efficient for hospitality and tourism and enhance ease of doing business. FAITH & its member associations have emphasised that it is critical that the tourism travel & hospitality industry is de bottlenecked to fast-track employment, capital expenditure and foreign exchange earnings from tourism enterprises across the country. They have kick started dialogues on rationalisation…
In an endeavor to promote growth & scalability, Ashok International Trade Division(AITD), an integral part of the India Tourism Development Corporation(ITDC) introduced a motivational scheme program that monitored the growth in financial targets achieved by the duty-free shops. The scheme evaluated the quarter & annual growth of all the duty-free shops across 14 seaports operated by ITDC. At the Motivational Scheme Award Distribution Ceremony held at The Ashok, New Delhi, G Kamala Vardhana Rao (IAS), Managing Director, ITDC, and Lokesh Kumar Aggarwal, Director (Finance) ITDC felicitated Mukesh Kumar Sharma, representing the Navi Mumbai seaport Duty-free shop, and A. Venkataramana from…
AirAsia India announced a partnership with Hyperlocal Cloud platform Sugarbox, to launch a first-of-its-kind in-flight experience hub, ‘AirFlix’. An innovative solution for digital access in the skies, ‘AirFlix’ is available across the airline’s fleet. Offering a value proposition unique to Indian skies, ‘AirFlix’ provides over 6,000 hours of high-resolution content, enabling access to 1,000+ International and Indian movies, short movies and 1,500+ web series episodes, enabling guests to stream buffer-free content from OTT Apps. ‘AirFlix’ is powered by the patented Cloud Fragment technology developed by Sugarbox, to provide fliers with digital access mimicking the internet experience, even without in-flight connectivity.…
Suba Group of Hotels, one of India’s fastest-growing hotel chains in India, expands its footprint in the city of lakes by opening Comfort InnTM in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Comfort InnTM is a business hotel located near Pratap Circle in Pratap Nagar, a prime area in the city. This is the 100th hotel by the group in India and 63rd Choice Hotel in India. Comfort InnTM Udaipur is designed to meet the needs of busy business and corporate travellers. There are 35 well-appointed rooms, a multi-cuisine fine dining restaurant, a roof-top bar, a restaurant and a banquet hall, which makes a perfect…
As part of their continued efforts to ensure that M2M Ferries provides the best service to its passengers, the team took a few days break to carry out extensive maintenance of the vessel – M2M-1. The vessel maintenance not only meets the statutory requirements, but is also mandatory for the vessel’s health checks in order to maintain the optimum safety standards. Being a brand new vessel launched in 2019, the vessel was due for a dry dock in 3 years as per industry guidelines, so M2M-1 went in for its first dry-dock maintenance within 2 years of its operations. The…
Post Pandemic, the demand of Indians choosing Vietnam as a desirable destination has continued to increase. The country has been actively encouraging Indians to visit through a series of bilateral conferences and activities. Instead of choosing popular tourist destinations in Southeast Asia such as Thailand or Singapore, Indian tourists are now starting to gradually turn their attention to Vietnam, a destination with beautiful scenery, delicious food, and high-class resort services. The most in-demand destinations by Indians include Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Quoc, Quy Nhon, Danang, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Phan Thiet, Dalat, and Halong, with the country continuing…
