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...
Competition exists in every industry. Regardless of how niche a product/service you create, there will always be someone else who offers (or will eventually offer) something similar in the marketplace. This holds true for hotels as well. The emergence of competitors...
F requently confused, often used interchangeably and seldom understood – The cost, price and value of a hotel are not the same thing! It is rather surprising that industry stakeholders routinely seem to obfuscate these distinct terms and their implications on the...
Cracked, Not Crushed: The Glass Ceiling of Gender Parity A s the world celebrates ‘International Women’s Month’; a movement established to realize complete gender parity; the reality of executive gender balance is far from that. The disparity in gender balanced...
Indian Hotel Industry Survey 2016-2017 Compiled by Hotelivate in association with the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), the Indian Hotel Industry Survey 2016-17 is the twentieth edition of this publication since its inception. T he...
F our walls, a Bed, Television, In-room Décor and a Bathroom! A recurring lament and blame on the hospitality sector has been that its proponents have done little to reinvent the sector’s core offering. Ever since the concept of letting rooms came into play, room...