Category Archives: Hotels

Shahpura Hotels & Resorts has announced an expansion with new hotels in Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. 3 new hotels – ‘Shahpura Boutique’, ‘Shahpura Dev Villa’ and ‘Shahpura Dev Panache’ will soon open up in Udaipur, informed Digraj Singh Shahpura, Director, Shahpura Hotels & Resorts.

Justa Mukteshwar Retreat and Spa has launched an awesome blend of celebrations, stunning Himalayan views and scrumptious cuisine to usher in the New Year.  Celebrations include complimentary snacks and IMFL during gala dinner and new year brunch at Sabor.

Welcomhotel has launched its first property in Himachal Pradesh, Welcomhotel Shimla. Tucked away in an unexplored village with experiential stays, lush green expanse and breathtaking views of the hills, Welcomhotel Shimla is the ideal getaway destination for those wanting to reconnect with Nature. As one leaves behind the bustling streets of Shimla city center and drives uphill, the tranquil town of Mashobra is only half an hour away and is a beautiful haven for hodophiles. Building a remarkable growth trajectory, Brand Welcomhotel is taking a giant leap, soon touching 26 hotels. A huge addition of 9 new Welcomhotel properties in the next 12 months; almost one new hotel every month makes this brand one of the fastest-growing brands in the country with an extensive location spread in every region in India. Blessed with pristine beauty, natural streams, bountiful orchards and lush green coniferous forests, Mashobra is a quaint, serene destination that attracts nature lovers, peace mongers, thrill seekers and history buffs. With a 25-hour check-in / check-out, all Welcomhotels give you that additional hour to explore more or simply bask in the warmth of your hotel. Welcomhotel Shimla offers a great view of the green splendor with all 47 rooms and suites overlooking the picturesque Mashobra valley. The views are panoramic and unparalleled. The building is laid out to receive maximum natural light and all guest room windows are designed at very specific angles to receive incessant sunlight from dusk to dawn. The design philosophy of the hotel is modern with minute elements of the old world charm and has all the makings of a “Green” hotel with commitment to sustainability – Ecological, Social and Economic. ITC Hotels’ specialized design team …

Fortune Hotels have announced that they have signed four individual operating agreements for hotels in Candolim (Goa), Deoghar (Jharkhand), Haldwani (Uttarakhand) and Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). Samir MC, Managing Director, Fortune Park Hotels Limited, said: “With these additions, we not only increase our appeal in the domestic market but also offer a very interesting destination mix to our business and leisure customers, thereby opening up new vistas for their travel.”

HVS ANAROCK, in its monthly hospitality monitor titled ‘Hotels & Hospitality Overview India’, reveals that Chandigarh and Goa topped the charts with over 40 per cent occupancy during the month of October, driven by the demand from wedding events and leisure travellers, respectively.  

Spree Hotels has signed a new boutique hotel in Aurangabad, located in the industrial powerhouse of Waluj. This will help the group further cement its strong presence across the country. Spree will bring the first boutique and mid-market hotel in this suburb, filling an urgent need. The Spree Aurangabad will offer comfortable rooms, a rooftop bar and grill, large and luxurious banquet halls, 24×7 multi-cuisine dining options, and a host of technological enhancements for a quality stay.

JLL’s quarterly hospitality sector monitor – Hotel Momentum India (HMI) Q3 2020 – reveals that for the said period, international operators dominated hotel signings over domestic operators with the ratio of 53:47 in terms of inventory volume. There were a total of 24 signings in Q3 2020, totalling 2,314 keys.

Concept Hospitality has announced the complete opening of its 45-room The Fern Residency, Noida in Uttar Pradesh. This is the third hotel the company is operating in both the state and in the NCR. The other operational properties in UP are in Agra and Sarnath. This takes the number of hotels managed by the company in India, Nepal and Seychelles to 74 operational hotels, with 6 more scheduled to open by the year-end.

Accor has added India and Turkey to its Middle East & Africa region. Under the newly expanded region would come a portfolio of over 84,000 rooms across 400 hotels. This regional expansion brings an increased pipeline of over 112 properties, scheduled to open in the coming 24 months, bringing the overall number of keys close to 110,000 rooms. “The addition of Turkey and India to our already diverse region means that we will be able to consolidate the existing relationship and work that has been accomplished over the years and centralize it into a collective effort. It is in a strategic but natural move that we are integrating India and Turkey to our portfolio with long term plans in sight for the future of the region,” says Mark Willis, Chief Executive Officer, Turkey, India, Middle East & Africa for Accor.

Madan Prasad Bezbaruah, Secretary-General, Hotel Association of India (HAI), has said in a statement that Government should immediately open online applications for hotels to claim the benefits under SEIS for FY 2019-20. “We appeal to the Government of India to make the online application process available to hotels. These benefits are offered to hoteliers as a fixed percentage of their annual net foreign exchange earnings. The incentive enables hotels to subside input costs of imports and facilitates Indian hospitality to match global standards of hotels that a foreign tourist is accustomed to.  Given the hardship that hotels are going through since March, this delay may prove to be a crippling injury to an industry that is struggling with a force majeure scenario. The request to allow the hotels to avail the SEIS benefits that have already accrued to them for the year 2019-20 is fair and legitimate and should be acceded to. It is not a concession,” he said. HAI has urged the government to look into the matter urgently and has submitted a representation to Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to this effect. They claim that the process will go a long way in providing some relief to the hospitality sector which has been heavily burdened with high fixed costs of salaries, utilities, and licenses, etc.