Category Archives: Hotels

Cinnamon Bey Beruwala launches new Luxuring Wing

Cinnamon Bey Beruwala, a flagship resort in the Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts portfolio, has recently launched an all new Luxury Wing within its 11-acre premises to offer travellers an enhanced holiday experience on Sri Lanka’s south coast. Located in a dedicated section of the hotel, this new wing is designed to elevate Cinnamon Bey Beruwala’s […]

Palladium Group opens Costa Mujeres Resort and TRS Coral Hotel

Palladium Hotel Group has opened two new resorts, TRS Coral Hotel and Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres Resort & Spa, located in Costa Mujeres, north of Cancun, Mexico. The resorts house a one-of-a-kind ‘Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre’ that was officially inaugurated by the legendary tennis player Rafael Nadal himself alongside Abel Matutes, CEO of Palladium Hotel […]

The Fern opens Viola Beacon Resort in Lonavala

The Fern Hotels & Resorts has opened Viola Beacon Resort at Lonavla in Maharashtra. Located amidst sylvan green surroundings off the Old Mumbai-Pune Highway in the Waksai-Maval area of Lonavala, the 40 room hotel is just 6.5 km from the Lonavala Market. The popular weekend getaway, which is just a 2 hours drive from Mumbai, offers […]

IHG to come up with Crowne Plaza in Amaravati

The InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a management agreement with Indroyal Hospitality Services for Crowne Plaza in Amaravati. The 300-room hotel will be the first IHG hotel in the city and is expected to be operational by 2024. Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh is being rapidly developed as a world class city and […]

Uday Samudra to conduct first international waitress race this Women’s week

The Uday Samudra Hotel in Kovalam is all set to conduct the first International Waitress Race on the occasion of International Women’s Week. The International Waitress Race will be held on March 13, 2019. “Women empowerment and women rights are burning issues in today’s world and many women are deprived of their talents and self worth. The event […]

Marriott International expands in Kerala with Four Points by Sheraton Kochi Infopark

Expanding the brand into Kerala, Marriott International has opened Four Points by Sheraton Kochi Infopark. Nestled in one of Kerala’s largest IT hubs and located within close proximity to several corporate parks, Four Points by Sheraton Kochi Infopark is the ideal destination for any business traveller. The hotel has 218 spacious and well-appointed guestrooms including 23 suites, […]

Aleph Hospitality signs deal with Marriott to manage first Four Points by Sheraton in Liberia

Pioneering hospitality management company, Aleph Hospitality has announced the signing of a franchise agreement with Marriott International for the first Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Liberia. Located in the capital city, Monrovia, the hotel is due to become the first internationally branded hotel in the country upon opening in 2020 and will be managed by […]

Marriott International continues expansion across Africa with three new deal signings

From the Forum de l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain in Marrakech, Marriott International announced three new deal signings across North and West Africa, reinforcing the company’s commitment to expanding its presence across the continent. The new deal signings highlight the company’s growth in Morocco and Ghana, while marking its debut in Liberia. Organised by Bench Events, Forum de […]

Spice Village Thekkady receives Outlook Traveller’s Outstanding Property award

The Spice Village hotel by CGH Earth has bagged the Outlook Traveller’s Outstanding Property award at the Indian Responsible Tourism Awards 2019, held at Shangri-La Hotel, Delhi, today. Spice Village is a tribal village set in a spice garden at Periyar in Thekkady. Spice Village is modelled on the dwellings of the native Manan tribe […]

The new adults-only resort is open now! Check it out

The all-inclusive, adults-only luxury resort, Bungalows Key Largo, has opened on the Northernmost island of the Florida Keys. The hotel, located just 63 miles south of Miami, features 135 private bungalows dotted across the property’s 12 acres. Opening as the first-ever all-inclusive in the Keys and  the upscale, boutique, waterfront resort  Organic textures, soothing tropical hues and […]

Ginger signs new hotel in Srinagar

IHCL subsidiary, Roots Corporation Ltd, has signed a new Ginger brand hotel in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Ginger Srinagar will have 64 comfortable rooms including 9 suites offering a seamless stay experience for guests. The hotel, which will also have an all-day diner, is located at Barzulla, and is a comfortable drive from the airport and […]

Fortune Park Hotels opens Fortune Select Forest Hill, Solan

Fortune Park Hotels has opened its 47th hotel, ‘Fortune Select Forest Hill, Solan’. Owned by Forest Hill Resort, the property is located amid a forest and on a hill that offers a wide range of guest services and facilities to today’s traveller. Set in the Solan Valley, the hotel is located 300 km from Delhi and […]

Park Hotels unveils plan for 4,000 rooms in 5 years

The Apeejay Surrendra Group, which owns The Park Hotels, is planning to double its inventory to 4,000 keys over the next five years. It is also planning to add niche offerings that include management of heritage properties and making them commercially viable. The Park and The Park Collection will target the luxury and super-luxury segments, […]

IHCL opens second property, Vivanta Kathmandu, in Nepal

Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), has announced the opening of Vivanta Kathmandu, the company’s second property in Nepal.  This will be the company’s first property was Meghauli Serai, a Taj Safaris Lodge in Chitwan National Park. Vivanta Kathmandu is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Patan Darbar Square. The hotel is a perfect gateway […]

IRCTC plans affordable pod hotels for station stopovers

The Indian Railway Catering Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) is all set to open pod hotels near the Mumbai Central Railway station, for which they have already sent a proposal to the Western Railways, and approval is awaited. Pod hotels/capsule hotels were first developed in Japan and had attracted the world’s attention with their compact accommodation […]