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India holds immense potential to attract foreign tourists, but it is lagging severely, Indian Hotels Company Limited MD and CEO Puneet Chhatwal said on Friday, asserting that high tax rates were a key impediment in creating global brands for the country's hospitality sector. He also sought an "additional push" while referring to the "infrastructure" status accorded to 50 tourist destinations in this year's Budget and reiterated the long-standing demand for an "industry" status. Alluding to the lack of competitive advantage in terms of margins, the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) MD and CEO said, "If you are the highest taxed sector in every possible way, GST, excise, paying all charges during COVID when your business is shut with the least amount of budget for promotion, for marketing the destination and just relying on what we have, then how are you going to create those kind of global brands on your own". Speaking at CII's Annual Business Summit, Chhatwal said India is not ju
Occupancy grew 80 basis points (bps) Y-o-Y to 79.4 per cent while management fees also went up 15 per cent to ₹170 crore in Q4
Analysts believe tourist arrival in Kashmir will take a halt for some time and domestic travelers will switch to other domestic tourist destinations in the near term.
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Individually, Taj had 87 operating hotels and 42 hotels in the pipeline taking the total to 129 hotels
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Rise in discretionary incomes from tax breaks may flow into travel
"The happening place in the world is India, so international is not our focus," said Chhatwal, who revealed that he had done his internship at The Claridges back in 1982
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The Tripura government on Friday took a significant step in order to boost the tourism in the state by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) for the development of the Taj Pushpavanta Palace Hotel in presence of CM Manik Saha.The Taj Pushpavanta Palace Hotel is a five-star hotel with four exclusive rooms and a touch of the royal era.Taking to social media X, the CM in a post wrote, "A significant step towards boosting tourism in Tripura. Glad to be present during the signing of MoU between the Government of Tripura and Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (IHCL) for development of Taj Pushpavanta Palace Hotel.""This world-class 5-star hotel with four exclusive rooms & touch of royal era will be a milestone in the State's history, enabling the people from the world to know more about the Maharajas of Tripura," the post read.Earlier in the day, the CM flagged off district mobile forensic vans and stated that the initiative would aid in ...
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The construction of the Taj Bandstand, which will house 330 rooms, 85 apartments, and convention spaces, is expected to commence in 2025
With the Delhi Assembly elections just a day away, the Chamber of Trades and Industries (CTI) has announced that salons and beauty parlours across the city will offer discounts ranging from 20 to 50 per cent to people who cast their vote. Apart from salons, various businesses, including shops, restaurants, hotels, malls, coffee shops, and dhabas, will also offer discounts between 10 per cent and 50 per cent to customers who vote. In a statement on Tuesday, CTI stated that around 500 salons and beauty parlours will provide these discounts on February 6, the day after voting. "The initiative aims to boost voter turnout in Delhi, where elections for 70 assembly seats are scheduled for February 5," it added. CTI Chairman Brijesh Goyal emphasised that this effort is meant to ensure a high voting percentage. "This initiative will encourage more people to cast their vote on February 5 and the voting percentage will increase," said Goyal. He said that more than 500 salon owners and makeup
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Domestic tourism will get a boost from key sporting events, and events like Bharat Mobility Expo, Aero India, Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas, and Mahakumbh
Earlier in the day, the Indian Hotels share rose as much as 2.60 per cent to hit an intraday high of Rs 835 per share