H otelivate hosted the 15th edition of Hotel Investment Conference – South Asia (HICSA) this year, commencing with an exclusive roundtable for owners, where they jointly and candidly expressed their views and concerns. The 90-minute session was co-moderated by...
Hotel Management Contracts in India: The Game is Changing C hange is inevitable, and more so in an industry as dynamic as hospitality. Market performance, lending environment, number of players, owner and operator objectives, costs and margins, and customer profile...
The 2018 Indian Hospitality Trends & Opportunities Report 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...
Why Resorts Make Commercial Sense 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...
Testing the Hotel Operator’s Abilities F or long, hotel owners have been trying to find ways to safeguard their investments and interests during negotiation of management contracts with potential operators. And indeed, they have made notable headway. There was a time...
Has Incredible India Lost its Incredible Hotels? 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...
