Hospitality News

» Indian Hotels Company Limited to expand its room capacity with the addition of 13 hotels

Over 1,500 guest rooms are to swell its global portfolio of 13,887 rooms in 115 hotels;The additions will be made through a mix of management contracts and new developments ... Read more

» International tourism strong despite uncertain economy

One Billion Tourists;One billion Opportunities - new UNWTO campaign calls on one billion tourists to make their actions count ... Read more

» India needs to focus more on setting up of budget hotels: IITF

Hotel room availability is scarce in the budget category that cater to the ever expanding category of middle class travellers says S.K. Ghosh, chairman of the Industrial India Trade Fair Committee ... Read more

» HHI Select, a business hotel launched in Bangalore

The property originally known as The Emilion was taken over by the HHI group and has been re-modeled to be a business hotel ... Read more

» Southeast Asian luxury hospitality operators tapping Indian market 

In October Thailand-based Six Senses Resorts and Spas which has 10 properties in Europe and Asia opened a spa in a Jaypee group hotel in Greater Noida ... Read more

» Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Alps offers traditional monastic medicine treatment

Swiss monastic medicine uses medicinal herbs gathered from the Swiss mountains tried and tested over centuries to provide unparalleled healing results ... Read more

» Accor eyes 90 properties in India by 2015 to become the market leader

Also announced its entry in Bangladesh with the expansion of its brand Novotel in Dhaka and Chittagong; The company is also looking at opportunities to expand its hotel footprint in Sri Lanka ... Read more

» Orient-Express Hotels remains non-committal about USD 1.8 billion bid by IHCL

The US company posted a profit in the third-quarter ended September 30, with net earnings, in line with analysts estimate, at $17.73 million or $0.17 per share, as compared to a net loss of $49.92 million ... Read more

» Amsterdam looking for ways to get around coffe shop ban for tourists

From January 1 tourists will be barred from its famous marijuana-selling coffee shops ... Read more

» Shangri la Mumbai gets environmental clearance but developers to face action for construction

The construction on the luxury hotel cost about Rs773 crore and started in 2004. However, developers did not seek environment clearance for the project till last year ... Read more

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