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Covid-19: Delhi hotels' revenues declined 44.3% during Jan-Jul, says JLL

Delhi saw a year-on-year decline of 44.3 per cent in revenue per available room (RevPAR) in the hotel sector between January and July, property consultant JLL India said on Friday. However, this decline is the most modest decline when compared to all other major cities in India, it added. "During the lockdown months between April and June, many hotels in Delhi served as quarantine and medical staff housing facilities," JLL India Hotels and Hospitality Group said in a statement. The city is among the first key markets to bring the COVID-19 situation under control with a high recovery rate, JLL India said. Delhi has gradually opened its borders to facilitate business travel movement from the neighbouring cities of Gurugram and Noida, it added. "Delhi's hotel demand is driven by corporate business travel, the government- and judiciary-linked travel and leisure segment travel," JLL Hotels and Hospitality Group (India) MD Jaideep Dang said. He said that out of these, government-, ...

Unlock rally in hotels, multiplexes and retails stocks may fizzle out

While things have improved, market is ignoring balance sheet shrinkage and likely delay in getting back normalcy, say experts

Hotel re-opening hope post Covid-19 fires up EIH, Lemon Tree, Chalet Hotels

According to reports, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Wednesday approved re-opening of all hotels in the capital besides allowing weekly markets on a trial basis

Govt removes tweet on bringing hotel bills of over Rs 20K under I-T scanner

The tweet was put up by mygovindia, a platform founded by the government to promote the active participation of citizens in their country's governance and development, on Thursday

Forget spas and bars, hotels flaunt housekeeping to lure travellers

Housekeepers linger and clean around the lobby, conspicuously wiping down public areas, luggage carts, door knobs at hotels.

With Covid-19-related services driving demand, hotels see long wait ahead

With demand drying up, hotels are surviving on quarantine centres and isolation facilities

Hotels in discussion with banks on loan recast after moratorium ends

For one, hotels with standard loans are in discussion with banks on increasing their terms by another 12 months.

Maharashtra hotels reopen, but no room for error amid Covid-19 crisis

Staycations, discounts on offer to lure guests back; hotels to follow mandatory norms such as masks for all, social distancing

Maharashtra eases Covid-19 lockdown curbs, allows hotels to reopen

The permission has been granted on conditions of these entities adhering to social distancing norms and other protocols to avoid spread of the infection.

Tamil Nadu adds 4,289 new Covid-19 cases, 1842 of them from Chennai

While the number of new cases has started going down in Chennai, it is still increasing for other areas

Covid-19 crisis: Move to turn hotels into hospitals raises temperature

The Delhi government's recent order to attach hotels to serve as extensions of hospitals to provide for the shortfall of beds and medical facilities for Covid-19 patients has baffled many hoteliers

Safe foot forward: Stepping out still an exercise in caution amid Covid-19

At MTR Indira Nagar, pre-lockdown Sundays would mean about 1,000 diners in their 150-seater place

Start-ups tap technology to get malls, hotels back on track amid Covid fear

Start-up companies are assisting businesses to conform to the government's 'social distancing' norms and insulate their air conditioning systems from the shock of virus

Travel firms may make health certificate must amid Covid-19 crisis

Hotels, too, take the same route to ensure safe trips

Indian Hotels' Q4 consolidated profit before tax drops 69% to Rs 58.1 crore

Its consolidated net profit at Rs 76.29 crore was down 37.75 per cent. It posted a net profit (PAT) of Rs 122.56 crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.

Ahead of 'Unlock 1.0', India registers nearly 10,000 Covid-19 cases a day

The new phase is especially challenging for the five worst-affected states, accounting for nearly 70 per cent of the total confirmed Covid cases and over 78 per cent of Covid deaths in the country.

Unlock 1.0 kicks in: Hotels, malls, places of worship to open from June 8

With this, the Centre has outlined a plan to reopen nearly all activities outside of containment zones starting Monday.

Marriott International offers 30% discount at all its hotels in South Asia

The scheme covers more than 90 hotels across India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Top chefs are sharing comfort food recipes to turn their fans into cooks

The country's top chefs, in response to requests from followers and to tackle their own work-from-home blues, have been sharing culinary hacks in increasingly casual and honest tones.

Kerala has lost Rs 80,000 cr as per estimates due to Covid-19: CM Vijayan

The wage loss to around 8,330,000 self-employed persons and casual employees is around Rs 14,000 crore