A business hotel for that great weekend getaway with your family and Fido

WFH and travel paranoia during Covid-19 have lowered occupancy in these hotels, forcing them to offer alluring rates as low as Rs 5,000 a night with meals to leisure customers

Time was when it was par for the course for a top-notch five-star hotel in the heart of the city to charge anything like 10,000-20,000 a night. Would you believe you can stay in some of the best brands in the city's prime central business districts for Rs 3,500-5,000 a night, with a few meals thrown in?

The travel and tourism, and hospitality industries were the first, the worst and the longest-affected due to the pandemic, says Piyush Tiwari, Director Commercial & Marketing, ITDC (India Tourism Development Corporation), a group which runs Ashoka and Samrat, among others. He adds, “To