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Crisis in West Asia hits hotel bookings
Financial Express Pune
|March 16, 2026
INDIAN HOTEL CHAINS are seeing a sudden reversal in business as escalating tensions in West Asia disrupt international travel, triggering a wave of room cancellations in key markets such as Mumbai and Delhi.
Hospitality executives told FE that leading chains, including Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), which operates the Taj Hotels brand, and ITC Hotels have recor
This story is from the March 16, 2026 edition of Financial Express Pune.
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