I am personally thrilled to announce our strategic partnership with Optimum Hospitality, a Vietnam-based international asset management company.
MUMBAI, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) has reached a significant milestone of completing 50 years of managing the iconic Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur. Mr. N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons graced the occasion and thanked Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, Chairman and Managing Director, The Lake Palace Hotels & Motels Private Limited, for entrusting IHCL with the care of this architectural marvel and a palace with such illustrious history.
India has prolonged the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger flights till the end of October 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic. Only flights under bilateral air bubbles, special flights, and cargo flights are permitted to operate. However, the central government is planning to welcome international travelers back to the country soon, albeit with several strict guidelines and protocols in place as the prospect of a third wave still looms large. The Indian government also recently announced its plans to provide free visas to the first 500,000 tourists once scheduled international commercial travel resumes in the country.
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), South Asia's largest hospitality company, announced that its iconic brand, Taj, has been rated the Strongest Hotel Brand in the World by Brand Finance, the world's leading brand valuation consultancy in its annual 'Hotels 50 2021' report. This report recognizes the most valuable and strongest hotel brands across the globe.
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), South Asia’s largest hospitality company, announced that its iconic brand – Taj – has been rated as the Number One hospitality brand in India by Brand Finance in their coveted ‘India 100 2021’ report. In addition, it has continued to retain its position amongst the Top Two strongest brands in India across all sectors. Brand Finance is the world's leading brand valuation consultancy.
The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has again excelled in university rankings, taking top spot in the “Hospitality and Tourism Management” category of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021.
Kew Green Hotels, one of the leading UK and international hotel management companies with over 55 hotels in its portfolio, continues its expansion in South East Asia, announcing the signing of two Cassia by Banyan Tree Group properties in Bangkok to be delivered by Siamese and Kew Green Management Company Thailand: Cassia by Banyan Tree Group Rama 9 and Cassia by Banyan Tree Group Ram Intra.
The Australian government unveiled a A$1.2 billion ($928 million) tourism support package on Thursday, aimed at boosting local travel while international routes remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Dash Living, Asia's pre-eminent serviced living community in Hong Kong and Singapore, today announced the launch of two major new Hong Kong projects in Aberdeen and Sheung Wan in collaboration with designer hotel group Ovolo. The two additions to the portfolio demonstrate how Dash Living is developing new multi-property partnerships in the region and how Ovolo Group is adapting to new market conditions.
L'hotel Group, a member of Chinachem Group, today unveils its brand transformation to Nina Hospitality. The new identity reflects the brand's promise of 'Elevating the Everyday' through personalised experiences that blend top-notch service with a friendly and approachable ambience throughout their properties. Nina Hospitality's service from the heart, across their hotels, serviced apartments and residences, creates memorable moments that feel like home. Guests are invited to discover new brand touchpoints through an array of offerings, such as the 'Hello Nina' staycation package comprising of an exclusive one-on-one private experience with master chefs and baristas.
At the end of the year 2020, ARTOTEL Group has successfully added 2 new hotels to its portfolio, TIJILI SEMINYAK, and TIJILI BENOA. These two hotels will both be operated under ARTOTEL Curated brand, as modern boutique hotels that suitable for middle class.
UNWTO has concluded a first in-person visit to Bali since the start of the pandemic. The delegation met with key figures from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to advance collaboration as the country gets ready to reopen its borders to international visitors and restart tourism.
SKYE Suites, the leading innovative hotel division of global real estate developer Crown Group, are bolstering their leadership team to skyrocket success in 2021. While other businesses restructure and streamline, the affordable-luxury hotel brand is expanding and equipping itself with some of the best minds and intellects in the hotel industry with three recent leadership appointments.
ONYX Hospitality Group, one of the region's leading hotel management companies, is expanding its partnership with leading Thai real estate company Ratanakorn Asset for three new developments in the eastern Thai city of Pattaya. The partnership will see the launch of the world's first YOO Beach Club on Na Jomtien Beach, the Asia-Pacific region's first Yoo2 Hotel, and Southeast Asia's first Shama Hub property, both to be located on Wongamat Beach.
SHANGHAI - Hilton was recently named the "Most Socially Responsible Hotel Management Group of China," at the 15th China Hotel Starlight Awards. Hilton won additional accolades at the property level, with Waldorf Astoria Beijing and Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund named among the "Best Luxurious Hotels of China," and Hilton Shenzhen Futian and Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun recognized as one of the "Top 10 MICE Hotels of China".
As one of the largest hotel chains in Japan, Tokyu Hotels Group has always stepped up to take the initiative in an emergency, its executives said, and that has been the case in the current COVID-19 crisis.
The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) awarded Daniel Yip, Senior Vice President of Strategic Advisory and Asset Management, Asia of JLL Hotels & Hospitality the Rising Star Award during the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) at the Kerry Hotel Hong Kong.
Singapore-based RedDoorz, Southeast Asia's largest and fastest-growing hotel management, and booking platform, today announced it is poised to become Singapore's second-largest hotel chain with 29 properties by end of 2020. The firm - currently Singapore's third-largest hotel chain - operates both franchise and lease models in the country and has 18 properties spread across the nation-state. Throughout Southeast Asia, RedDoorz operates a network of over 1,500 properties in more than 100 cities spanning Indonesia, Singapore, The Philippines and Vietnam making it the clear leader in the affordable accommodation space in the region.
Overtourism is now a term that is frequently used to describe the negative impacts of excessive tourism on a destination. The impacts of overtourism are numerous and even if the term is quite new, we can find traces of this concept already among scholars in the beginning of mass tourism. Plog, for example, related the evolution of the number of tourists in a destination to the type of tourists visiting that same destination.
The Death Valley Curve. The raging gulf between a promising young startup and successful viability on the market. It takes a whole lot to take a solid business idea, flesh it out into practicable form, supply the funding and manpower, generate interest, and stay the distance to make a return. A feat that can be made or broken by the environment in which the idea emerges from its cocoon as a product or service.