Category: HotelScapes

Arif Patel, VP Sales, Marketing and Distribution, loyalty AccorHotels – India suggests that the hotel […]

Lufthansa India has unveiled a brand-new menu that has been curated in collaboration with The […]

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels has entered into an agreement with the Government of West Bengal […]

Sunder Advani, Chairman, WTTCII has recently ​made a strong pitch for scaling down GST rates, […]

Reflecting on the mega deal of acquiring Starwood, Arne Sorenson, President and CEO, Marriott Inc. […]

HICSA 2108 concluded recently. Held under the Hotelivate banner for the first time, this edition […]

These are interesting times for MMT. In a first in the Indian digital ecosystem space, […]

Government’s stance on GST rates involving 4 and 5-star hotels needs a serious reconsideration, said […]

Speaking at India Travel Congress on session titled “Delhi as a World-class Global Tourist City”, […]

Carlson Rezidor group’s resolute foray in tier-2 and tier-3 cities will continue with the same […]

We spoke to Veer Vijay Singh, CEO and MD of Trance Hotels, on the sidelines […]

Javier Cedillo-Espin, Chief Executive Officer – ‎onefinestay exudes confidence on the success of company’s ‘unique […]

Jean-Michel Casse, Chief Operating Officer, AccorHotels suggested that India’s luxury segment market was replete with […]

Global Hospitality Conclave 2018 concluded recently in Gurugram. In several engrossing sessions and keynotes, top […]

Speaking at the recently concluded Global Hospitality Conclave 2018, Aman Nath, co-founder and co-chairman of […]

Puneet Chhatwal, MD and CEO of Indian Hotels Company shared his views on opportunities in […]

Veer Vijay Singh is an old hand in the hospitality industry and has over four […]

Further consolidating its considerable hold in the Pune market, AccorHotels has launched its third property […]

In a major development in the hospitality industry, HVS, a global hospitality firm, and its […]

From being an exclusive wildlife getaway, Corbett has successfully transformed into an all-weather, all-season destination. […]

TourismFirst caught up with Neeraj Govil, Area Vice President-South Asia, Marriott International, for an update […]

Ever since he left the Starwood family, post its merger into Marriott Hotels, Dilip Puri […]

Home-grown mid-segment heavyweight Sarovar Hotels has signed a new property in Ajmer, pushing the group’s […]

In what would be the first Radisson Blu resort in the Maldivian market, Carlson Rezidor […]

Carlson Rezidor has announced the entry of its upscale hotel brand Radisson in Mumbai, Maharashtra […]

Celebrated at The Leela in Gurgaon, with keynote address by Suhel Seth on trends he […]

In India, Run to Give has raised USD 35,430 this year with 70 participating hotels […]

InterGlobe Hotels has made its foray in Coimbatore – the second most important financial centre […]

In a first, Lemon Tree Hotels, has announced the formal opening of its two new […]

Favouring an overhaul in the tourism development strategy in the country, Craig Smith, President and […]

After having gone through a multi-million pound redevelopment, Fairmont St Andrews has been relaunched and […]

The latest HVS Report decodes domestic hospitality market trends. In an interesting development, Marriott Inc., […]

In yet another sign of growing consolidation in the domestic online e-commerce space, two of […]

Having registered growth in average rates and occupancy numbers, after several years of sluggish performance, […]

Room occupancies numbers in hotels have been the higher side in 2017. In fact, the […]

In yet another demonstration of the criticality of Asia-Pacific region for the AccorHotels’, the group […]

Shwetank Singh, Vice President – Development & Asset Management- InterGlobe Hotels (IGH) is bullish on […]

Surrounded by natural beauty and lush vegetation, Kinan Spa at Belmond Maroma Resort and Spa […]

The home-grown hotel aggregator is plush with funds, as in yet around round of funding, […]

The waiting game is over, finally. After months of speculation, Taj Group has finally announced […]

It has been two successful decades of operation for HVS in India. In an exclusive […]

Neil Paterson, General Manager, Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre & Hyderabad International Convention Centre spoke to […]

Raj Rana, CEO – South Asia, Carlson Rezidor Group calls the recently implemented GST a […]

Vikram Oberoi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, EIH advocated taking advantage of the immediate […]

Aarti Ahuja speaking at the Odisha Tourism Conclave, gave insight in to the new investment […]

Balanced development costs and average rates in the budget accommodation segment is helping investors leverage […]

Televisions and displays are important elements in elevating the guest experience. In an attempt to […]

Binod Chaudhary remains confident of India as a business opportunity and envisages healthy growth in […]

Meena Bhatia, VP-Operations, Le Meridien New Delhi  reflected on the year gone by and opportunities […]

Wai Wai noodles recently launched Wai Wai city, a one of its kind chain of […]

Manav Thadani, Chairman – Asia Pacific, HVS threw open the 13th edition of HISCA yesterday. […]

Any hospitality player intends to find a footing in the mid-market space, it must scale […]

Manav Thadani, Chairman, HVS-Asia Pacific believes that the blip in real estate prices will have […]

Rakesh Sarna, Managing Director and CEO, Taj Hotels Palaces Resorts Safaris recommends a pro-active role, […]

With the dawn of the milliennials, there has been a profound shift in the way […]

Discussing the vital role that the digital space is to play in the sales and […]

Technology assimilation in day to day operations has created a new set of challenges, forcing […]

The recently released HVS Report takes a holistic look at India’s most important cities and […]

Moving away from being just a dull, room focussed development, mid-segment hotels are emerging as […]

Introducing Andaz Delhi. A fresh modern day interpretation and understanding of luxury and lifestyle for […]

Ankur Bhatia talks passionately about his latest product, Roseate Hotels and Resorts, perhaps the newest […]

In a freewheeling interview with TF, Rohit Khattar, Founder Chairman, Old World Hospitality – which […]

Taj Group of Hotels is eyeing a bold strategy towards increasing its market penetration in […]

Marriott Hotels took over the Starwood group earlier this year, and the process of integrating […]

Given the fast altering dynamics of the digital space and rapidly transforming consumer behaviour, hotels […]

Located in the Girwa valley, amidst the desert of Rajasthan, stands the city of Udaipur. […]

Indian cuisines needed to be taken to the global audience through roadshows and seminars for […]

A heady mix of regional and global cuisines, a 24-hour spa, and design elements that […]

Calling India a unique nation, only in the world, with products galore and the ability […]

Having recently concluded the much anticipated acquisition of the Starwood group, the time now was […]

Kapil Chopra opened up about his formative years, his decision to take up the President’s […]

The health of the hospitality industry is dependent on a plethora of factors and not […]

As per the recently released report by NITI Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant, the chain and […]

What are your predictions for the top trends in 2016? In my opinion, I think […]

Defining luxury as the ability to have time to oneself, Kal Schukowski, GM, Kempinski Hotel- […]

Instead of creating a single massive luxury property, AccorHotels is smartly mixing its offerings to […]

Self-serve platforms have been in vogue in some parts of Europe and the US. It […]

Parmeet Singh Nayar, General Manager – Shangri-La’s – Eros Hotel, New Delhi bets on authentic […]

An interview with Param Kannampilly, Chairman and MD of CONCEPT HOSPITALITY – who conduct, manage […]

A breed of travelers who demand more options at very competitive pricing will continue to […]

Vijay Goel is a familiar name in Delhi circles. A two time Lok Sabha MP, […]

Bengaluru, long established nerve-centre for service based businesses in India, is grappling with the shortage […]

At a time, when the Indian landscape is witnessing a swift unlocking of ignored alternative […]

Given that the economy has shown signs of improvement, after years of lull, hospitality industry […]

With over forty years of experience in operating different hotels in the USA, Anupam Narayan […]

“ If Airbnb will have its way, it will turn every house on the planet […]

Technology and convenience will drive the F&B segment in the times ahead. Given that stand-alone […]

Jean-Michel Casse, Senior Vice President – Operations, AccorHotels India region shares some of the trends […]

Hospitality and tourism must necessarily be viewed as part of a larger economic and social […]

Conrad Hotels and Resorts have launched their first property in Pune. Strategically located in the […]

On the opening day, on the sidelines of the HOSI Summit, TourismFirst caught up with […]

TourismFirst interviewed Peter Fulton, Group President, EAME & SW Asia, Hyatt Hotels and Arun Saraf, […]

As ASSOCHAM and ICPB came together to hold a seminar on MICE tourism in India, […]

Driven by stronger online presence, loyalty programs and mediums like apps, to offer personalisation of […]

When you engage OYO’s founder Ritesh Agarwal in a candid conversation, barring his youthful exuberance, […]

With the economic fortune of the developed markets continuing to stay in a sluggish mode […]

At a time when developed markets are struggling to shrug off the saturation growth trends […]

Akhil Behl – CEO, Ayana Hospitality believes that Indian hospitality sector has started taking small […]

Owing to the end of supply pressures and robust demand, primarily from the leisure domestic […]

Hospitality is clearly the next big frontier for players in the online booking space with […]

Buoyed by the growth in online bookings, existing and new hotels are going to add […]

With over 700 rooms in the pipeline, in the next few months, IBIS will somewhat […]

After making a relatively slow start in India in 2000, the mid-segment global hospitality major […]

Ajay Bakaya contends that hoteliers wanting to sell off their properties must be realistic in […]

The Pride Hotels will keep expanding but without over-burdening themselves with debt, says the MD. […]

For The Park’s mid-segment baby (Zone brand) which had taken its first step in Coimbatore […]

Speaking at the third Global Hospitality Conclave, Ritesh Agarwal shared his vision of transforming nation’s […]

Spurt in users of online bookings is swiftly creating a new trend – rise in […]

Deciphering individual behaviour pattern by using big data analytics is believed to be subtly ushering […]

The expansion drive of domestic hospitality mid-segment major, Sarovar Group, is all set to roll […]

2016 is going to be a critical year for the domestic hospitality major Leela Hotels […]

Golden Tulip’s journey in India since 2007 has been of slow and steady nature. But […]

Neemrana’s passion for heritage property restoration and management will now have a new signpost – […]

He was most informally attired,​ as his flight from Male to Mumbai was diverted through […]

In a deal that signifies a sea-change in the perception of J&K’s tourism, hospitality industry […]

One of the most iconic luxury brands in hospitality around the world, Mandarin Oriental, has […]

Accor Hotels opened Pullman and Novotel recently, and now has over 1000 rooms to offer […]

In lack of adequate marketing, Noida’s excellent road connectivity to Agra has not been commercially […]

Accor’s presence in the Aerocity has been bolstered courtesy the launch of first Pullman in […]

“Welcome to Shangri-La Bengaluru, how may I be of any assistance”, is the spirit echoed […]

ZO Rooms CEO Dharamveer Chauhan believes that hotel aggregators have helped improve the quality of […]

In an exclusive conversation with TourismFirst, Rajiv Kaul, President, Leela Hotels explains how the domestic […]

For the global hospitality industry, this challenge is uniform – geography agnostic and also brand […]

Fortune Park Hotels, recently further expanded its bouquet of hotels with the opening of the […]

Despite cyclical turbulences every now and then, in terms of capacity addition, Indian hospitality has […]

According to Dilip Puri, MD (India) & Regional VP (South Asia), Starwood Hotels & Resorts, […]

Radisson Red is an upscale, select service concept that boasts a forward-thinking focus on design […]

If the basic definition of e-commerce has to be taken into the account – anykind […]

Binod Chaudhary, presiding over 80 companies in diverse sectors, has a major interest in the […]

Rakesh Sarna is the new head at India’s most iconic hotel brand, the Taj Group. […]