HOTELS

John Spence, Founder and Owner of Karma Group of Hotels and visiting professor at Yale University, shares his views on how he thinks the hospitality industry should cope in the present and restart in the near future. I think it will bounce back very swiftly. Clearly, the pandemic has affected …

Hilton Chennai’s approach has been to offer flexible event solutions in an optimum pricing band, thus encouraging clients to feel confident to restart physical and hybrid events, even on a small scale to begin with, says its General Manager Ruban Das. Hazel Jain Do you see corporates booking for this …

MP Bezbaruah, Secretary General, HAI, believes the government should provide sectoral, comprehensive packages. Hazel Jain With extensive experience in both Indian tourism and hospitality, Madan Prasad Bezbaruah has seen both these industry grow and evolve over the past few decades. A retired IAS Officer and a Former Secretary at the …

Growth of global wellness tourism in 2021 will still be largely driven by secondary wellness travellers who seek to maintain their health and well-being while enjoying the experiences of a regular trip or destination getaway, says Ingo Ronald Schweder, Founder & CEO at GOCO Hospitality and MD at Horwath HTL …

ITC Hotels has achieved the distinctive milestone of being the First Hotel chain in the world to receive the PLATINUM level certification under DNV’s My Care Infection risk management programme. Certification programme “My Care” by DNV, is developed at a global stage by a team of expert infection risk and hospital management professionals. …

Highlighting a significant shift in the nature of M!CE business, Rohit Chopra, Regional Director, Sales & Distribution, Accor India & South Asia, says that business associated to weddings, social events and sports has replaced corporate M!CE, incentives and charters. Hazel Jain What is your perspective on M!CE segment opening up? …

Anshu Tejuja, MD, Ashoka Dream Holidays, was on a trip in the Maldives when something unexpected happened and she had to be quarantined for five weeks on the island. This is her story in her own words. I was quarantined on an island like Robinson Crusoe from March 20 to …

  ‘The second wave has been a wake-up call for India, pushing the government to increase its spending on strengthening the medical infrastructure in the country,’ says Mandeep Lamba, President (South Asia), HVS ANAROCK. In the last decade, India has emerged as one of the leading medical tourism destinations globally. …

Swosti Group’s Swosti Institute of Management & Social Studies (SIMSS) that was established more than seven years ago now plans to introduce new courses for tourism and hospitality students. Swosti, a premium brand in the industry, has been promoting the hospitality and tourism potential of Odisha worldwide since 1981. In …