Hospitality News

» Sahara Group buys a controlling stake in New York's Plaza Hotel

The 105-year-old Plaza Hotel, overlooking New York's Central Park, is jointly owned by Elad Properties, an Israeli-owned real estate company, and Saudi-based Kingdom Holdings Co ... Read more

» Starwood opens first dual-branded ski resort complex in Changbaishan, China

The resort complex offers offers 297 guest rooms and suites & more than 37,000 square feet of state-of-the-art function and meeting space, 13,362 square-foot ballroom & nine smaller meeting rooms ... Read more

» MTDC initiates Bed & Breakfast scheme in Nashik

Plans to promote Wellness tourism in the holy city ; Begins preparation for Kumbh Mela which will be held in 2015 ... Read more

» Kerala Homestays spared from paying commercial tarrifs for electricity

State Tourism ministry to prevent unlicensed home stays from cropping up at different locales in Kerala; 4th annual convention & workshop of Kerala Homestay and Tourism Society held in Kochi, on Saturday ... Read more

» IHCL planning to add 2,040 rooms in FY 2013

Majority of this expansion would be in the budget segment; 37% of the new inventory would be via management contracts,  ... Read more

» Titanic menu fetches 46,000 pounds at an auction

Hors d'oeuvre, roast duckling, fillet of veal and french ice cream were some of the dishes in the opulent menu of the first dinner served on Titanic at the start of the voyage ... Read more

» Jungfraujoch 100th anniversary will be celebrated on the Swiss national holiday, August 1

In 2011, 60 percent of the 765,000 visitors to the site, a must-see in Switzerland for many tourists, were from Asia ... Read more

» A new hotel under all women leadership team to come up in Jakarta

State-owned department store, PT Sarinah, to build the boutique hotel worth $10.6 million in Bandung, West Jakarta ... Read more

» AAI opens up a direct, shorter route for Mumbai-Delhi Flights

A satellite-based navigation system, RNAV5, will be used to allow a straight path to certain flights; Every flight is likely to save 1,000 kg (1 tonne) of carbon emissions ... Read more

» Luxury hotel brands compete for Oberoi Realty's new hotel

The three ultra luxury hotel brands Bulgari, Waldorf Astoria and Faffles seek to make an India entry through a management tie-up with Oberoi Realty ... Read more

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