by Sanaya Jijina | Oct 23, 2018 | Travel & Tourism
Home to Ayurveda and yoga, India has a myriad of wellness traditions and practices that have been in existence for centuries. Recent years have seen the development of sophisticated healing centres, ashrams, medical and wellness spa/resort facilities such as Ananda in...
by Achin Khanna and Karan Rahan | Sep 20, 2018 | Hotel Development, Hotel Operations, Market Snapshots, Travel & Tourism
Breathe… Everything will be just fine. Don’t panic, do not hyperventilate and just take long, deep breaths. You are missing out on nothing! Trust me, that RFP account is going nowhere. Your competitor’s sneaky attempt to further drop locally negotiated rates...
by Juie Mobar and Manav Thadani | Aug 28, 2018 | Hotel Operations, Travel & Tourism
The size of the global wedding industry is estimated to be upwards of US$300 billion according to various sources, and destination weddings make up a substantial portion of it. The past decade has witnessed a remarkable growth of this segment, which is not surprising...
by Saurabh Gupta | Aug 1, 2018 | Hotel Development, Hotel Finance, Travel & Tourism
Will the next few years belong to resorts in leisure destinations or to big city hotels that are driven primarily by commercial demand? Should investors focus on resorts or on business hotels? In an evolving hotel industry such as India’s, such questions do not have...
by Jasmita Banga | Jun 6, 2018 | Hotel Operations, Travel & Tourism
Competition exists in every industry. Regardless of how niche a product/service you create, there will always be someone else who offers (or will eventually offer) something similar in the marketplace. This holds true for hotels as well. The emergence of competitors...
by Manav Thadani | May 15, 2018 | Hotel Development, Hotel Operations, Travel & Tourism
D uring the exclusive ‘owners-only’ meet at the recently concluded HICSA in Mumbai, there was an interesting discussion on the type of branded hotels entering the market today across positioning. Everyone agreed that too much of the same thing is being churned out and...
