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Cendant
to do an ‘Encore’ in India
The evolving mid-market segment in India has got Cendant Hotels
joining the race to capture a hefty chunk, with the group
planning to launch its mid-market brand - Ramada Encore in
the country.
Upfront
'We
have grown nearly 45 per cent against an industry growth rate
of 30 per cent'
Sanjay Sethi, area director and general manager of Taj Hotel
Resorts & Palaces, Hyderabad is a certified hotel administrator
with over 20 years of experience in the business. He speaks
to Biju Mathews about the Taj group's plans in Hyderabad and
the current state of the industry.
Bharat
Hotels on an heritage drive
Kolkata's Great Eastern Hotel, the city's heritage landmark,
which was recently sold to Delhi-based hotelier and Congress
Rajya Sabha MP, Lalit Suri for Rs 520 million (US $11.3 million),
is the third heritage property of the eight owned by the Bharat
Hotels Ltd.
Impressario
in JV with Italian major to introduce gelato
Impressario, the parent company of Mocha - Coffees & Conversations,
with popular hang-outs in Delhi and Mumbai, is poised to locally
produce gelato, the Italian parallel of ice cream in a joint
venture with an Italian major and retail it under the brand
name Amichi.
Sparring
for healthy bottomlines
Spas have been touted as the biggest trend to hit the hospitality
and tourism industries on a positive and profitable note,
worldwide. But in India, hoteliers need to rework the concept
to make it a viable business element, discovers Vyas
Sivanand
'We
want to increase our presence through alliances'
In an effort to capitalise on the growing Indian tourism and
hospitality market, Carlson Hospitality Worldwide (CHW) set
up its Indian arm - Carlson Hospitality India Ltd. Paul Kirwin,
president of Carlson Asia Pacific speaks to Express Hospitality
about his plans and his views on the Indian market
Dubai
gets its first Indian hotel management institute
Kolkata-based International Group is going to set up the first
Indian hotel management institute in Dubai, which has 45 star
category hotels but only one hotel management institute. This
would be the second institute in Dubai.
Cendant
Corp to separate into four companies
Cendant Corporation has announced its plans to separate Cendant
into four independent, publicly traded, pure-play companies.
Continental
India join club of national awardees
Continental Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. was recently awarded
the prestigious National Award for excellence in entrepreneurship
by the President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.
Spectra
Hospitality becomes exclusive distributor for GenaRes in India
GenaRes Worldwide Reservation Services Ltd, an international
representation and reservations company, recently announced
that it has chosen India's Spectra Hospitality Pvt Ltd to
be the exclusive provider of GenaRes' reservations services
in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Bhutan and
Pakistan.
Movements
A
tale of two hotels
By a strange coincidence two of India's fine hotels - the
Sea Rock in the western metropolis and the Great Eastern in
the eastern metropolis have begun to see light at the end
of the tunnel.
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