Hospitality major Hilton, which has around 17 hotels in the country across five of its brands, plans to double it in the next three or four years. The company is planning to open a hotel and a resort in Goa and a hotel in Ahmedabad in 2019 and has strengthened its partnership with the Bengaluru-based […]
Category Archives: Hotels
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Europe’s leading hospitality group AccorHotels said it has plans to launch new hotel brands in luxury and service apartment space. The company is in advanced stage of discussions with a real estate developer in Gurugram to launch its first global apartment hotel brand, Novotel Suites in India. The construction of the project which comprises around […]
Hospitality, Hotels, Kerala, Top Three Stories
Vishala Hospitality takes over Gokul Oottupura hotel in Kochi
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Mar
Mar
Vishala Hospitality takes over the Gokul Ootupura Rooms in Kochi, a division of Gokul Ootupura, one of the leading vegetarian restaurant chains in Kerala. Launched in 1950, the Gokul Boutique hotel near the Ernakulam Shiva temple, has a background of providing hospitality and restaurant services for over fifty years. Now that with Vishala on board taking […]
Hospitality, Hotels, Top Stories
Isobar India launches ‘The Blind Faith Upgrade’ as part of accessible tourism
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Mar
Mar
Isobar India, the digital agency from Dentsu Aegis Network, has introduced the Blind Faith Upgrade, a thoughtful and cause-oriented initiative under accessible tourism. A sustainable step towards accessible tourism, this initiative explores the challenges faced by visually-impaired travellers and allows the hotel to transform any of its rooms into a visually-impaired-friendly room. The launch of […]
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Jumeirah Group, the global luxury hotel company and a member of Dubai Holding, announced the launch of Zabeel House by JumeirahTM. This exciting second brand from Jumeirah Group, which already operates the award winning luxury Stay DifferentTM brand, has been created in response to the continuing and growing travel trend for exploration and enrichment through […]
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Jan
Travel spice, an online hotel booking platform from Bangalore, has won the ‘Travel Tech’ start-up of the year 2018 award from the Government of Karnataka. Award, and a prize money of Rs 15 lakhs, was handed over by the Minister of Tourism Priyannk Kharge to the co-founders of travel spice Ankit Manglik and Prashant Mitta […]
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Jan
Avani Hotels & Resorts launches its first hotel in the historic town of Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Laos. The 53-room hotel is located on a narrow peninsula at the joining of the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers. Currently known as the Azerai Hotel, the rebrand will be completed in March […]
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Crowne Plaza London – Albert Embankment, the first luxury hotel in the Albert Embankment area, is all set to launch in May 2018. Located on the South Bank of the River Thames, this new hotel is symbolic of the new brand platform from Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resort that launched earlier in 2017 called ‘We’re […]
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Jan
Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, issues fresh guidelines with aim to streamline hotel classification, to make them simple, transparent and time-bound. Liquor shops and stores on the premises of a hotel other than bars will not be considered for classification under star hotels “with alcohol” category, to remove any ambiguity. Besides, all hotels will […]
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Jan
Jan
Web Desk International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) Kolkata, will open the country’s one and only tourism university. IIHM is investing over Rs. 150 crore in setting up the University out of which Rs. 70 crore has already been invested towards setting up the infrastructure and state-of-art facilities in Salt Lake Electronic Complex Sector 5. […]
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Jan
Web Desk Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced its plans to open a third property to its portfolio in the Philippines. Located in Metro Manila, the Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Quezon City, is scheduled to open by Q4 2021. The new hotel will have 350 guestrooms and suites as well as 250 residences. All 600 […]
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Jan
Web Desk Oman is soon to have two brand new hotels from Wyndham Hotel Group and Oman-based contracting firm Al Khaleel Group, under the brand Ramada. Ramada Encore, a three-star hotel offering 140 deluxe rooms and 24 suites, will be located along Sultan Qaboos main road in Al Ghubrah, close to Muscat International Airport. The […]
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Jan
Jan
Web Desk Marriott International launches its third property in the UK and the second in Stratford under its experiential hotel brand Moxy Hotels. The 294-bedroom Moxy London Stratford is located very close to the Stratford International Station. Moxy is an affordable hotel for every budget with the soul of a boutique hotel. Marrying smart service […]
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Experience Sweden in a floating hotel
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Jan
Jan
Web Desk From the Arctic beauty of the North with its midnight sun, to the castles of the southernmost province Skåne with its more continental flavour, Sweden has never failed to attract globetrotters to this magnificent land. And now, to add to its magnanimity and the magic it offers, Sweden is going to be home […]
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Jan
Web Desk The Government of India is considering a complete exit from the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) by selling 87 per cent of its shares. As part of its disinvestment exercise, the Cabinet, in September 2017, has approved the transfer of Hotel Jaipur Ashok and Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, Mysore, to the governments of […]