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Oyo's premiuim hotel brand 'SUNDAY' launches first international hotel

In a bid to expand its premium property portfolio overseas, SUNDAY, a luxury hotel brand owned by OYO's parent firm and SoftBank Group, has opened its first properties abroad in the UK and UAE, OYO announced on Wednesday. The initiative is a part of OYO's ongoing efforts to strengthen its premium property portfolio across the globe, the company stated. SUNDAY Lansbury Heritage near London's iconic business district Canary Wharf will now be operated by Oravel. The 35-room property is a restored Grade II listed building with its history dating back to 1628 when the East India Company built its first chapel and almshouses on the site. SUNDAY in Dubai has been launched with the opening of SUNDAY Holiday International Hotel. The premium brand of properties was originally launched in May 2023 in India by the joint venture between the Softbank and Oravel Stays. At present, there are three SUNDAY properties in India with a plan to increase to 25 by the end of March 2025. "Our data indic

HAI mulls incentives for hotel operators to adopt sustainable practices

Hotel Association of India is considering asking government to provide incentives to small hotel operators for adopting sustainability practices, according to its Secretary General MP Bezbaruah. While big luxury and five star operators are leading from the front on adopting sustainability practices, the smaller members of Hotel Association of India (HAI) are lagging behind due to cost issues of taking up the initiatives, he told PTI. "We have the big five star and luxury hotels with records which are exemplary and have been leading the world but we want it to flow down the line to get the smaller members (join the sustainability drive)," Bezbaruah said. HAI has tried to encourage its members and non-members into globally accepted certification programmes of sustainability, he said, however adding,"Some of these practices can be costly and may not be cost effective for many smaller hotels." When asked if HAI is looking for government support for the hospitality industry to adopt ...

Six dead in Bangkok's five-star hotel: A case of poison and a missing guest

The locked hotel room in Bangkok's Grand Hyatt Erawan, the untouched room service, and the missing seventh guest have deepened the mystery

Oyo parent Oravel Stays plans to launch 13 premium hotels this year

Last year, the company started a pilot by setting up 10 Palette resorts in Jaipur, Hyderabad, Digha, Mumbai, Chennai, Manesar, and Bengaluru

Espire Hospitality plans to have 20 hotels by FY25 with Rs 560 cr capex

Espire Hospitality Group is planning to have 20 operational properties by 2024-25, with a capex of Rs 560 crore under its brands - Zana, Country Inn Express and Country Inn Premier, a top company executive said on Saturday. "Currently, we have 10 hotels in the portfolio under the 5 star luxury boutique resort brand 'ZANA - a Luxury Escapes' and the 4 star brand 'Country Inn Hotels and Resorts', with 780 keys. In this financial year, we are adding 200 more keys (3 ZANA resorts) to reach 13 operational hotels with 980 keys," Espire Hospitality Group Chief Executive Officer Akhil Arora told PTI. The capex, through in-house funding, will also be utilised in phases for renovating, leasing and upgrading the existing hotels, he added. The hospitality group, Arora said, is exploring both green-field as well as brown-field properties in leisure destinations like Goa, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. "We are exploring opportunities in leisure destinations as well as tier I cities

How a man staying in Delhi five star hotel left with unpaid bill of Rs 58L

In a shocking incident at Roseate House, a renowned five-star hotel in Delhi, a man allegedly stayed for two years without paying, resulting in a loss of Rs 58 lakh

Hunt on to trace man who posed as UAE official, fled hotel without paying

Police are on the lookout for a man who stayed at a Delhi 5-star hotel for 4 months by posing as a senior functionary of the UAE royal family and fled without paying bills worth more than Rs 23 lakh

Vacationers head to the hills to de-stress as states start unlock process

Over the past fortnight, five-star hotel chains including and premium boutique brand are seeing the occupancy at their properties either reach the near optimum level or being completely sold out.

Zooming onion rates to pricey bananas: Advertisers bask in moment-ary glory

When onion prices were hovering around Rs 150 a kg and FM Nirmala Sitharaman was being pilloried for her comments on the kitchen staple, food-delivery platforms put out clever one liners

Good news: Your stay at luxury hotels to be less expensive from today

Travellers staying in a hotel room costing over Rs 7,500 per night will now have to pay GST of 18 per cent, against 28 per cent earlier

GST Council may rationalise rates for five-star hotels in Friday meeting

Fitment panel does not favour rate reduction for vehicles, biscuits

Acting on PM Narendra Modi's call, hotels cut use of PET bottles

Large chains like the Marriott and Taj that are estimated to consume two million plastic bottles a year

Govt's five-star hotel plan for Pragati Maidan may find no takers

The ITPO floated the request for proposal for this project on December 6