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The July edition of Hotelier India features interesting updates on how hotels are introducing new formats of doing business. Our cover story this edition is an interview with one of the longest-serving expat hoteliers in India, Accor’s top boss over the last decade, Jean-Michel Cassé. He takes us through his journey, challenges and opportunities offered by the Indian market, as well as the learnings. Our article on IHCL’s app, Qmin, talks about how hotels are using technology to reach out to newer audiences beyond the property. Then there is the banqueting segment, a major revenue cache for most hotels, which many believed will remain depressed for a long time because of the crowds involved. Industry leaders walk us through the factors that will recast hotel banqueting into a completely new avatar. Interestingly, Bangalore hotels, which were the first ones to open in India, are reporting trends that the hospitality stalwarts had been talking about: the first sign of revival will come from the domestic market. Our conversations with Bangalore hoteliers revealed that most hotels are reporting an interest in staycations, dining-in experiences and ‘work from hotel’ trends. With this and lot more in terms of news and views to keep you informed and interested.

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Steering Travel Out Of Troubled Waters

MICE to hospitality and restaurants, certification programmes to promoting the country’s cultural, scenic and culinary offerings, the ambit of intervention by India’s Ministry of Tourism is wide. The initiatives to kick-start the crucial travel segment is spearheaded by Union Minister of Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel and backed by Additional Secretary – Tourism, Rupinder Brar

4 mins

HARNESSING HOTELS AS HOSPITALS? POSSIBLE, IF THE TWO FORGE CLOSE SYNERGIES

The world is facing a pandemic that most of us have not experienced in our lifetimes. It is on its knees and struggling.

2 mins

VOYAGE INTO THE HEARTLAND

Jean-Michel Cassé, COO – India & South Asia, Accor, has spent the last decade establishing the global hospitality brand in India, creating new segments, transforming and adapting the group’s well-established formats. He speaks about the challenges and opportunities offered by the Indian market, as well as the learnings

10+ mins

Unlock 1.0: The Emergence Of Backyard Tourism

In June, hotels in the southern tech city tentatively opened. Bengaluru-based hoteliers are reporting an interest in staycations, dining-in experiences and ‘work from hotel’ trends

9 mins

IHCL'S QMIN GIVES A DIGITAL PUSH TO THE F&B SEGMENT

The group makes a bid for market leadership in the gourmet home delivery segment with an app that will provide end-to-end solutions: food from their best gourmet restaurants, delivered by the IHCL team, in sustainable packaging

2 mins

THE NEW BANQUETING EXPERIENCE - REVIVING AND RESTORING THE BOTTOM-LINE

Industry leaders walk us through the factors that will recast hotel banqueting into a completely new avatar

10+ mins

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Hotelier India Magazine Description:

A definitive guide to successful Hotel Management.

Published by ITP Media (India), and circulated to a carefully targeted audience of hoteliers country-wide, Hotelier India combines the latest news analysis, products news, industry features, business trends and best practices to create a must read title for professionals in the country's hospitality industry.

Regular sections in the title include up-to date local and international news; interviews with hotel general managers and other senior staff; comment and analysis from industry professionals; market intelligence; round table sessions with every sector of the hotel community; industry case studies, destination reports and product updates. Hotelier India's combination of strong industry-specific content, including a heavy focus on new products and service innovations, and its local industry audience, makes the title the perfect advertising platform for suppliers to the industry. India's hospitality industry is forecast to become one of the most stable in the coming years. Today, there has never been a greater need for Hotelier India, nor a better time for suppliers to enter this market.