Hotel Business Review - July - August 2023

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Step into a world where hospitality meets sustainability, where lush experiences blend with eco-conscious choices. 🌿 Discover the allure of Green Hospitality, a global movement embraced passionately even within India's borders. Whether you're an avid traveler seeking to explore ethically or a mindful wanderer wandering closer to home, our pages unfold the captivating saga of Eco Hotels — where innovation meets conservation.

As the sun rises on the post-Covid era, the stage is set for a digital symphony orchestrated by Information Technology, breathing life into India's hospitality landscape. 🌅 Unveil the secrets behind the revival and triumph of hotels, where pixels and algorithms join forces to shape the very essence of hospitality. Venture into the intricate dance of sales and marketing, where every click holds the power to transform a stay into an experience.

Beyond these horizons, a tapestry of trends and tales awaits. 📚 Our Feature Story unwraps the enigma of guest contentment, where strategies weave into seamless stays, ensuring hearts return as surely as footsteps. Enter the heart of a hotel — the coffee shop, where camaraderie simmers like a perfect brew. 🍵 Watch tradition intertwine with modernity, paying homage to the past while embracing the future.

Welcome to our July August 23 rendezvous, where pages are portals and words are windows. 📖 Embark on a journey that blends insight with inspiration, where the hospitality industry's pulse beats vibrantly, and each story is an invitation to explore.

Going Green

\"Tradition is the democracy of dead!\" said Hitler. This would be highly appropriate for the present day scenario of the hotel industry which has not only to adopt itself to suit the needs of the international traveler in terms of opulence and service but also becoming eco-friendly. The awareness of preservation of ecological balance has led to the concept of Eco Hotels or Green Hotels. Over the last couple of decades going green has been amplified in India. Several hotels are adopting new techniques like installation of renewable sources, insulated facades, waste management systems, etc. Ashok Malkani examines various aspects of going green.

9 mins

Pillars of Hospitality Industry

Marketing and sales are essential areas in the hospitality industry, which not only depends on room revenue but also on F&B and other areas. The sales and marketing team is responsible for maximizing the hotel's revenue. This department is tasked with earning revenue from various verticals like room occupancy, event spaces, leisure facilities, restaurants, etc. And it is definitely not a cake walk as there are various problems that it has to tackle like seasonality, competitors, et al. Ashok Malkani tries to fathom the department's problems and the strategies they adopt to tackle the issues as well as the latest trends in marketing in the industry.

10+ mins

How to Win Hotel Guests' Loyalty!

A competitive marketplace throws lots of challenges and opportunities for the hotels to device their best strategies in place. The foremost challenge common to all hotels is seeking to attract new guests to their property. The second challenge as a follow up is to retain their loyalty.

5 mins

Blending Culture & Style

Hotel Sangam, one of the oldest and most prestigious hotels in Tiruchirappalli, TN, had been around for more than four decades. Trichy, as it is more popularly known, is an ancient city on the banks of river Cauvery in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu.

4 mins

Taj Holiday Village Resort & Spa, Goa

Sprawling across 28 acres of lush landscaped gardens, on the pristine shores of North Goa, is Taj Holiday Village Resort and Spa, an iconic haven that offers an unrivalled experience of luxury and natural beauty.

6 mins

"Be empathetic, passionate and keep a keen eye on excellence"

Souvik Bhattacharya, General Manager, Taj Holiday Village Resort & Spa, Goa

3 mins

Revamping a Coffee Shop

A coffee shop is extremely important for the image of the hotel. It experiences maximum movement through its opening hours. This is where people meet up during non-meal times as also for the quick bite during busy schedules. It is the coffee shop where most visitors end up waiting if they have come to meet any guest in a hotel.

5 mins

Clean Chemicals

Ignoring the harms associated with the usage of low quality or higher quantity of cleaning chemicals could be hazardous for workers

3 mins

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Hotel Business Review Magazine Description:

Today hotel professionals in India are seeking innovative strategies to grow their business along with new ideas and opportunities and current issues that affect their companies. This includes strategies in managing successful hotel operations, knowledge of purchasing products and services and other business opportunities and know-how. They want accurate, reliable, unbiased information from a company they can trust. 
“Hotel Business Review” covers front and back of the house facilities and general hotel management along with regular features. All aspects of successful hotel management, with specific case studies reflect through the articles featured. Unlike other magazines aimed at the hospitality industry, “Hotel Business Review” retains its unique niche as the only magazine devoted exclusively to hotels.
Hotel Business Review - the first and only bi-monthly magazine exclusively focused on the Indian hotel business. The magazine provides exclusive editorial content with a specific objective to produce valuable information sources, to assist hotel executives in maximizing their business. It offers fresh information on leadership styles and management techniques to key decision makers in the hotel business. 
The editorial focus is on Trends, Business, Technology, Engineering, Equipment, Design, Food & Beverage, Sales & Marketing, Manpower & Training and Finance. 
The circulation of the magazine offers maximum qualified respondents with the highest volumes of purchases. The primary focus is on Corporate Management, Projects & Facility Planning and top-end Operational Management of the business. 
The readers are Owners, Directors, CEOs, Vice-Presidents, Corporate Heads (Chains), Project Managers, Facility Planners, General Managers, Executive Engineers, Materials Managers, Consultants; the key people seeking information to compete in the market place. The magazine serves hotels, resorts, spas, clubs and offices of corporates / franchise/ chains / developers / consultants / architects / engineering and design institutions.