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Tourist hub Goa elbows out Mumbai in average room rates of branded hotels

Goa sees eighth consecutive increase in both average room rate and revenue per available room

Hotel stocks rally; Taj GVK, Royal Orchid, EIH zoom over 15%

Oriental Hotels, EIH Associated Hotels, Advani Hotels, Kamat Hotels and Viceroy Hotels were up between 12% and 20%, against 0.18% rise in the Sensex.

Flexible hotel bookings on brochure

Travellers can now opt for a guaranteed flexible check-in across almost all hotels

Hotel start-ups look to franchisee format for profits

Cite limited control over service variation, especially in budget hotels, move to brand-led franchise format

Travel start-ups woo corporate clients

For Treebo, 30% of the total bookings come from corporate clients, now about a thousand in number

Standalone hotel owners see better business though branded operators

Individual/family-run hotels rope in branded operators to compete with increasing number of hotels

Infotech-fuelled hotel boom in South India

Realtors based there point to this as the reason for their pouring money into this space