Hotelier India Magazine - May 2019

In this issue

While some of the world’s best hoteliers plan out every detail during the construction a hotel—from rooms to lobbies, restaurants to spas, what is often neglected is effective security. The absence of which doesn’t just have the ability to cripple hotel functions and hit the bottom-line, but most crucially results in the loss of precious lives, which is a bigger loss. As we have seen in Sri Lanka. The Emerald Island in our neighbourhood is still grappling with the aftermath of multiple bomb blasts, which have left some of Colombo’s biggest hotel groups reeling. Even as the world comes to terms with the dastardly attacks, what lies exposed is the country’s, and the world’s, failure to deal with growing terrorism. In this edition, Rahul Chaudhary, MD at CG Group talks about how attacks like these can derail countries such as Sri Lanka, which was, till the bombings, trending as the hottest travel destination in the world. This apart, on a more positive note, our cover story looks at the newest Made in India hotel company, the Postcard Hotels, set up by Kapil Chopra. This edition is a versatile read, with articles spanning F&B trends to a slew of design stories and interesting interviews.