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HOSPITALITY OR HOTEL MANAGEMENT?

Which one should a hospitality student consider?

MATTAR OF FACT

Haitham Mattar, MD-IMEA, IHG Hotels & Resorts has a straightforward plan to power through tough times – protect all stakeholders, manage stable revenues, rationalise operating costs and stay flexible

THE BIG PICTURE

While the focus of a hotel’s service design, business generating strategies and marketing spend was on room guests earlier, hoteliers are increasingly exploring revenue opportunities with ancillary departments

Why Skilled Staff Deliver Higher Business Results

Skilled and trained staff maximise profitability, resulting in stronger growth, reduce costs, and at the same time substantially increase the quality of the guest experience

THE UNSHAKEABLE HEROES

Creating any listing, especially when it involves industry leaders, requires a lot of thought. And even after using a well-thought methodology, many will find fault with the process.

THAT LUXE FEELING

Hoteliers have been obliged to reinvent the perception of safety with luxury without skipping the human element

INDIA'S HOTEL INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO REGAIN OCCUPANCY: STR

India’s daily occupancy sat in the 20-30% range in early June but improved to the 40-60% range in July

How Tech Can Help Hotels Manage Occupancy

Limited business, lack of real-time market pricing and strategy insights is resulting in conflicts. Fortunately, hoteliers can turn to tech to resolve this

Meet Mr NICE GUY

Navigating an unprecedented crisis, improvising business responses, strengthening strategic partnerships, accelerating digital adoption, thinking ahead – Neeraj Govil did all this, and more, with a cheery smile firmly in place

ADOPT ‘REALISTIC RATHER THAN RITUALISTIC' APPROACH TOWARDS HYGIENE

This approach will help hoteliers in faster recovering post-pandemic and in regaining customer confidence, according to Himanshu Jain, President, Diversey India

3 TRENDS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL

From bubble resorts, to a rise in workcations and a new breed of sustainably conscious consumers, the travel landscape is almost unrecognisable from that of previous years

COCO, FOCO, AND FOFO: WHAT'S THE RIGHT PICK?

Choosing the business model will largely depend on the capital available, growth trajectory, development stage, and brand name

DRIVEN BY DATA

People analytics can help companies to not just recruit the right talent, but also engage and motivate their current workforce to improve overall retention

74% OF HOSPITALITY SECTOR FACES NEGATIVE CREDIT PROFILE

According to ICRA, the second wave has derailed the industry's recovery by almost three quarters

FHRAI SUBMITS CURATED LIST OF SUGGESTIONS TO MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

These suggestions aim to cover duties and responsibilities of sellers, e-commerce entities while protecting the consumer and hospitality players in case of deficiency in services

FIRST WOO, THEN WOW

With business recovery on the horizon, Nikita Ramchandani explains how JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu is set to meet dynamic challenges with finely-tuned service and product differentiation as well as enhanced guest experience

AMBASSADOR OF LUXURY

Travellers seek meaningful experiences that let them develop deeper connections with the destination, and hotels are gearing up with personalisation options that provide significant gratification

DESIGNED TO INSPIRE

Using eco-friendly building materials adds to the goal of achieving the defined sustainability metrics for a hotel’s development

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

After banishing the buffet, many hotels introspected on their F&B strategies, unearthing ways to curtail overall food cost

GREEN SHOOTS OF HOPE

IHCL offers valuable lessons to hotels keen to get rid of single-use plastics

LEAVING GREEN FOOTPRINTS BEHIND

Contemporary travellers understand the concept of thoughtful travel and hence, increasingly prefer to travel in a sustainable manner

BEYOND THE OBVIOUS

Hoteliers can lead the way in eco-friendly practices by weaving sustainability into every element of their business model

CATCHING THEM YOUNG

It is incumbent on the hospitality industry to curate leadership opportunities for the millennial workforce, since future leaders will emerge from this talent pool

Champions of Sustainability

Given its sheer size, the hospitality industry constantly requires vast quantities of energy, water and food, often resulting in huge amounts of waste. Not only is this damaging to the environment, but also the balance sheet.

GREEN AT HEART

From harvesting produce grown in its gardens to training local farmers in correctly handling wildlife, Aman Resorts shows the numerous ways hoteliers can limit ecological impact

TOKENISM NO MORE

While the hospitality industry has been making significant investments in green infrastructure and sustainable operations, the pandemic accentuated the need to do more

Indian Hospitality Industry's Revpar Falls 39% In Q12021: JLL

Goa grew to be the RevPAR leader in absolute terms due to a 6.4% increase in occupancy levels, while Bengaluru saw the sharpest RevPAR decline in the Q1 2021

REVENUE MANAGEMENT: LOOKING AHEAD TO AVOID BEING LEFT BEHIND

Big Data offers real-time opportunity to analyse guests searching for a specific destination and their spending power, helping revenue managers set the right room rate to attract the right customer

TRYING TWICE AS HARD

Do companies subconsciously enforce higher work standards on women professionals, compelling them to work doubly hard to receive comparable approval as their male peers?

MORE THAN 160 'HYATT LOVES LOCAL' COLLABORATIONS ANNOUNCED

It has evolved to meet the current needs of Hyatt communities and guests, including collaborating with more minority-owned and female-owned businesses