Luxury resorts and wellness retreats are capping off a gloomy year for hospitality with optimism, thanks to a growing interest among people who are desperate to take a break and reinvigorate themselves more urgently than ever. And what better than a getaway in the secure bubble of properties nestled in the hills?
Araiya Palampur, a year-old resort in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, spent a month training its staff in new protocols of sanitisation and contact-less services after being shuttered from March-end to June. As the state borders opened, it started receiving guests from August. In the last couple of months, its rooms