In this issue

Hygiene and health are right on top of every traveller’s checklist. Mindful of this fact, Thomas Cook and its group company, SOTC, are collaborating with various hospitality brands to underline how safety forms the core of all their business plans. This is part of its twin-pronged strategy to boost customer confidence who are taking hesitant steps towards travelling.
Also, 2020 has been a roller coaster year for the hospitality industry; with more downs than ups. As this tumultuous year draws to an end, industry stakeholders reflect on the challenges thrown up by the pandemic, how they overcame these, and their hopes to use those lessons to become more resilient in the future.
Moreover, with technology replacing face-to-face interactions, Deepika Rao, MD & CEO, Ginger Hotels reveals how the midscale hotel chain has revised its SOPs to keep the human element of the business intact, albeit safely.
Read all this, and more, in Hotelier India’s December 2020 issue.

LEADING WITH CARE

As the hospitality business gradually picks up, concepts of travel, stay and dining will be grounded in trust. And brands that demonstrate these stand to gain the most

4 mins

SAFE TRAVELS

As customers prioritise health and hygiene, travel and hotel brands are collaborating on safety protocols to score points with them

7 mins

WEIGHING IN ON 2020

2020 has been a roller coaster year for the hospitality industry; with more downs than ups. Most hoteliers believe that business will now be measured in pre- and post-COVID terms. As this tumultuous year draws to an end, they reflect on the challenges thrown up by the pandemic, in what manner they endeavoured to overcome these on personal and professional levels, and how they hope to use those lessons to become more flexible and resilient in the future.

10 mins

STEPPING UP THE HYGIENE QUOTIENT

From more frequent, clinical level of sanitisation to retraining staff with new norms to teaming up with infectious disease experts, hotel brands are going the extra mile to add a layer of protection to their properties with elevated cleaning practices and protocols.

10+ mins

Reimagining The Post-Covid Hotel Design

Baskaran Kolathu, Vertical Head, Hospitality Architecture, Edifice Consultants outlines in detail the post-COVID design changes that will help hotels to contour a safe and superlative guest experience

4 mins

RETAINING THE HUMAN ASPECT OF HOSPITALITY

With technology replacing face-to-face interactions, Ginger Hotels revised its SOPs to keep the human element of the business intact, albeit safely

6 mins

RE-STRATEGISING' FOR LONG TERM SUCCESS

The hotel and tourism industry is currently going through one of the most difficult times that can be recalled.

4 mins

52.8% REVPAR DROP DURING JAN-SEPT 2020: JLL

All key 11 hospitality markets in India reported significant decline in RevPAR performance in Q3 2020 Y-o-Y

2 mins

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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.