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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