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Edesia, the global cuisine restaurant at Crowne Plaza New Delhi is hosting a one of its kind food fest ‘The Culinary Renaissance’ to celebrate the occasion of ‘World Tourism Day’. This week-long festival attempts to celebrate tourism’s ability to drive inclusive development and the role it plays in promoting respect while generating opportunities for many millions across the globe via thematic culinary nights.There will be regional cuisine based Theme Nights, different cuisine every day with special offers for the Hospitality, Travel & Tourism fraternity professionals, The festival would be celebrated from 24th September to 30th September, 2021

Radisson Hotel Group is proud to achieve a milestone of 100 operating hotels in India with the opening of Radisson Bhopal. It plans to open 14 new hotels in 2021 and more than 60 hotels in the next five years. “This is indeed a nostalgic point in our journey of over two decades. Since inception in the 1990s, Radisson Hotel Group has charted out a success story and played a significant role in transforming the Indian hospitality industry. I am truly grateful to our guests, owners, employees and the extended hospitality industry for their tremendous support to help us reach this milestone,” said KB Kachru, Chairman Emeritus and Principal Advisor, Radisson Hotel Group, South Asia.

Fortune Hotels has signed an operating agreement for a resort in Benaulim, South of Goa, which is set to open in October. The resort is the third alliance of the chain in Goa. Samir MC, Managing Director, Fortune Park Hotels, said, “With this signing, we expand our leisure portfolio and now have three distinct offerings in the most popular holiday destination of India- an operating hotel in Panjim and an upcoming hotel in Candolim in the North, along with this balmy 96- key resort in the South of Goa.”

In a recent awareness session conducted on the opening of Sri Lanka for Indian traveller, Sanath Ukwatte, President, The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, said “Sri Lanka is now open for Indians. We are getting about 1,000 requests a day for visas from Indians which is a huge surge.” Indian travellers travelling to Sri Lanka should have the Indian government approved vaccination certificate that is the mandatory guideline issued by Sri Lanka.

The Ministry of Tourism (MOT) is reportedly planning to lease out ‘The Ashok’ to investors and turn the 25-acre property into a ‘multi-purpose’ building, which would have an array of facilities including service apartments and a mall, revealed an official. According to a PTI report, MOT working on the details of bidding and aims to complete the process in the current financial year. “The intention is to turn ‘The Ashok’ into an iconic building which would house service apartments, besides a mall and other amenities taking advantage of its location,” said the official.

Sarovar Hotels have signed a new Golden Tulip hotel in Goa. It will be the group’s 4th hotel in Goa, which is nestled amidst the picturesque and peaceful green hills of Arpora. Golden Tulip, Arpora upon completion in 2023 will have 50 well-appointed rooms and suites encased beautifully by quaint architecture that reflects Goa’s history and culture. Golden Tulip, Arpora aims to promote tourism in the area and offer high- quality service and stay options. Anil Madhok, Executive Chairman, Sarovar Hotels and Resorts, said “We are delighted to expand and strengthen our Golden Tulip’s leisure portfolio in this market which is a very popular destination among Indian and international tourists. We believe the hotel’s location with Sarovar’s signature hospitality will deliver a notable experience to business and leisure guests alike.”

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Thursday informed that the state government has started giving Rs 2,000 to employees of hotels, restaurants and homestays registered with the tourism department. It will be distributed for five months through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). As per the release, the tourism department is transferring permissible assistance to the accounts of the employees whose names are uploaded by the respective hotels, restaurants and homestays on the tourism department’s portal.

Global hotel employee travel program, hotelemployeerate.com, has appointed IndiJo Consulting as its representative in India. IndiJo activities will include market outreach through sales, marketing, and PR initiatives on behalf of hotelemployeerate.com. The programme which offers exclusive hotel employee rates for hoteliers, their friends, and families. With an ever-expanding collection of hotel companies, branded properties and independent hotels around the world joining the Hotel Employee Rate Travel Program, hotels in India signing up can now offer their teams the unique benefit of employee travel rate. Hoteliers in the programme can add up to 10 friends and family. Additionally, hotels benefit with commission-free incremental bookings over low demand periods from its global base of leisure travellers booking through the hotelemployeerate.com travel programme. Joseph Fernandes, CEO, IndiJo Consulting, said, “We are excited to represent Hotel Employee Rate which we believe has the potential to do exceedingly well in India, by offering hotels dual benefit of providing their employee with an additional perk, and at the same time opening up a new platform of attracting leisure guest.” Lara Sidhu, Director Business Development -APAC, Hotel Employee Rate said, “While India is a new market for us, we see immense potential and we’re eager to showcase India’s beautiful hotels and locations on our global platform. As we see travel resume, hotelemployeerate.com will help mitigate the current issues in hotel employee satisfaction and retention rates.”

RARE India has added 18 new hotels, of which seven are based in North and West India, five in South and Western Ghats while six hotels are located in the North Hills, Terai, East India and the Himalayas. With these additions, RARE India now has 86 hospitality and destination brands across 18 states in the Indian subcontinent, all of which offer experiential stays and immersions that place a great emphasis on community engagement and strive to preserve and protect the planet. The new hotels and experiences in the RARE India Community include: North & West:Khem Villas in Ranthambhore (Rajasthan); Premkunj in Udaipur (Rajasthan); Dera Amer near Jaipur (Rajasthan); Killa Bhawan in Jaisalmer (Rajasthan); Mihir Garh near Jodhpur (Rajasthan); Rohet Garh near Jodhpur (Rajasthan); The Rohet House in Jodhpur (Rajasthan) South & Western Ghats:Gratitude Heritage, Kariappa House and Grand Hotel D’Europe in Puducherry; Dhole’s Den in Bandipur (Karnataka); Cabo Serai in Cabo de Rama (Goa) North Hills, Terai, East & Himalayas: Karan Mahal in Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir); The Apricot Tree Hotel in Nurla (Ladakh); Atali Ganga in Rishikesh (Uttarakhand); The Mandala House in Devprayag (Uttarakhand); Neeralaya in Manali (Himachal Pradesh); Ging Tea House in Darjeeling (West Bengal) Shoba Mohan, Founder, RARE India, said, “We worked away through the pandemic lockdowns, creating value and awareness for the RARE India Community hoping that when the world opens up for travel, our community of hotels, carefully chosen for their experiences and attitude towards sustainable luxury and community engagement, will be known globally and will be on the travel-list of Indian travellers discovering their own country and the subcontinent. This not only meant stepping up our marketing strategy to improve sales but also create better distribution of our hotels and …

Following its successful transition from BHMA to Cross Hotels & Resorts, the Thailand-based hospitality group will now change the name of its X2 brand to Cross and X2 Vibe to Cross Vibe. This name change is part of the group’s strategy targeted to emphasise the strength of its capabilities, growth, and commitment to identify product position in the marketplace. All X2 and X2 Vibe hotels in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam will be progressively relaunched to further enhance quality and drive consistency across the brand portfolio. All references associated with X2 and X2 Vibe brand name and logo shall reflect the new identity. Cross Hotels & Resorts will continue to drive excellence in comprehensive hospitality solutions as it crosses the globe with new and existing brands, and business proven practice to ensure all its partnerships are a successful collaboration. The group recently signed another hotel in Vietnam and a seven-hotel deal in Japan as well. X2 and X2 Vibe hotels that will be rebranded are: EXISTING NAME & EMAIL ADDRESS NEW NAME & EMAIL ADDRESS THAILAND X2 Kui Buri Cross Kui Buri book.kb@X2resorts.com stay@crosskuiburi.com X2 Koh Samui – A Spa Retreat Cross Koh Samui – A Spa Retreat book.ks@X2resorts.com stay@crosskohsamui.com X2 River Kwai Cross River Kwai book.rk@X2resorts.com stay@crossriverkwai.com X2 Chiang Mai Riverside Cross Chiang Mai Riverside book.cmr@X2resorts.com stay@crosschiangmairiverside.com X2 Pattaya Oceanphere Cross Pattaya Oceanphere book.por@X2residences.com stay@crosspattayaoceanphere.com X2 Hua Hin Le Bayburi Pranburi Villa Cross Hua Hin Le Bayburi Pranburi Villa book.bvh@X2villas.com stay@crosshuahinlebayburi.com X2 Chiang Mai North Gate Villa Cross Chiang Mai North Gate Villa book.ng@X2villas.com stay@crosschiangmainorthgate.com X2 Chiang Mai South Gate Villa Cross Chiang Mai South Gate Villa book.sg@X2villas.com stay@crosschiangmaisouthgate.com X2 Chiang Mai Nimman Villa Cross Chiang Mai Nimman Villa book.nm@X2villas.com …