The government mulls to provide a GST relief package to the worst-hit sectors like restaurants, aviation, hospitality and realty sectors that help to mitigate the impact of coronavirus outbreak. The package may consist of a six-month suspension of GST payments…
As the hospitality sector reels through the coronavirus crisis, Hotel Association of India’s (HAI) Vice President K.B. Kachru has said that if immediate measures are not taken to support the sector, around 3.5-4 crore employees in India’s hospitality sector may lose their jobs. Speaking to…
OYO has taken a series of measures to support asset owners in different regions of the country. Oyo has waived off a total of Rs 24 crore discounts to over 3000 OYO partners by lessening the burden of payments due…
Lemon Tree Hotels, through its management subsidiary Carnation Hotels, announced its debut in the second international destination, Bhutan, with the launch of the first Lemon Tree Hotel in Thimphu. The hotel, located on Changlam street, Thimphu, features 27 well-appointed rooms,…
Radisson Hotel Group has celebrated the start of the new decade by announcing the signing of 17 new hotels in India. As the Group enters the third year of “Destination 2022”, its global expansion and transformation strategy, these signings will…
Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Tuesday said the Coronavirus outbreak had begun affecting the tourism sector in Kerala as hotel bookings have suffered mass cancellations. The statement comes after Kerala government declared the novel coronavirus as a ‘state calamity’.…
Global hospitality firm Hyatt Hotels Corporation is looking to open 11 new hotels across India by the end of 2020 as part of its expansion plans in the country, a senior company official has said. The Chicago-headquartered firm currently has…
Indian National Airline Air India has partnered with the world largest hotel booking platform, Booking.com Air India partners with booking.com to offer its Flight customers access to 29.9 Million hotels including homes, apartments, villas, and resorts from Air India’s official…
As per the report published in Times of India (TOI), Bookings.com is planning to enter India’s extremely competitive online flight booking market, together with its car rentals platform rentalcars.com and restaurant reservation platform OpenTable. Booking.com presently operates its hotel aggregator…
The luxury of Maldivian water villas could soon be experienced in India. Looking to develop high-value traveler destinations, Niti Aayog, the think-tank of government, has ready a Rs 1,500 crore water villas project within the lagoons of Lakshadweep and also…
