| Cover
Story |
The Highs
& Lows Of Mumbai’s Five-Star Segment
While 2004 ended on a promising note with Mumbai’s
five-star segment enjoying over 80 per cent occupancy,
hotel performances in the initial months of 2005, particularly
post February, have dropped by over eight per cent. Express
Hotelier & Caterer takes a look at how hotels
in Mumbai’s five-star segment have fared from January
to April 2005... |
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| Newstrack |
Travel-Hospitality
Nexus Takes On New Meaning
Taj Enters
Southeast Asia
BAI Forays
Into The Indian Market
Liquor
Prohibition Is Hypocrisy |
| Avenues |
Can Hospitality
Be A Profession?
Questions
To Ask When Recruiting Online |
| Talking
Point |
Unconventional
Berlin
Berlin is distinct in its approach towards making a foray
into the Indian market. Not depending on support from
the German embassy nor following the conventional route
popular with other players it has, instead, tied up with
a USD 25 million conglomerate to enter the country.
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| View Point |
Indian
Hotel Industry... New Paradigms - I
Today’s hotel professionals are markedly different
from what they were five (or even three) years ago, in
terms of their career growth aspirations, and their willingness
to make the personal adjustments that the hotel industry
career so often demands. |
| Globe Watch |
Snippets
Marriott,
Sunstone, Walton Street Buying Hotels For USD 1.452 Billion
Over 100
New Hotels Under Construction In Dubai
Hilton
Sydney Scheduled To Open For Business In July
Taylor
Looking To Turn Up In Three Scottish Cities
BB Aims
To Be King In Oporto |
| Business Buzz |
Hospitality
Business Gaining Momentum, But Not All Hotels Will Emerge
Winners
This is vacation time in India. The fact that corporate
chiefs are either already out cooling off or on their
way to lands with cooler climes is evidence enough. It
seems like travel and tourism on the back of higher incomes,
lower air-travel costs and attractive tourism packages
is catching on fast in India. |
| In Focus |
Drawing Attention
To Guest Transfers: An Oft Ignored Service
Rangaswamy Vijaykumar outlines how Indian hotels can make
that first impression with personalised guest conveyance |
| On Campus |
Atharva
Education Trust Launches Hospitality Courses
GIHM Forms
Alumni To Promote Hospitality & Tourism
Photo Caption
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| Food
& Beverage |
‘Guests
Can Have A Variety Of Experiences Under One Roof’
'Chettinad
Cuisine Extends Well Beyond Just Chicken Chettinad'
Cooking
Up A Storm
Bon
Appetit
Sweet
Chariot On An Expansion Spree
Onions
- Layered Tear Jerkers |
| Events |
Scene&
Heard
Live And Cooking
Learn By Doing
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| Equip-Mart |
‘Our
USP Is To Customise Colourful Stone Ware Crockery’
Get Fit
Palladio
To Launch Topkapi With Swarovski |
