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Volume: IV July 25, 2007

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Sales and Market Share
 

 

Source: Euromonitor Report- Travel and Tourism - India- September 2006

 

 

Trends, Marketing Initiatives and Others

 

 

 

103. Carlson Hotels-Plan India Join Hands To Help Underprivileged Children – July 10

Carlson Hotels team up with Plan India to aid underprivileged children

Carlson Hotels Worldwide has associated itself with an NGO, Plan India to work toward ensuring basic rights to the underprivileged and needy children in the society. Under this initiative, Rs 40 at every guest check out would be contributed to the Plan India mission. The partnership involves all Radisson Hotels & Resorts and Country Inns & Suites by the Carlson Group in India.

 

Source: agencyfaqs

 

 

 

104. Marriott To Triple Hotel Portfolio In India By '10 – July 02

Marriott plans to have  21 properties by 2010

By 2010, Marriott International plans to triple its portfolio in India to 21 properties–six lodging brands ranging from the luxury to the upper-moderate tier and 5,524 rooms. Ed Fuller, president and managing director, International Lodging, Marriott International, said, “Our goal is to appeal to a wide range of travellers, both those visiting India from abroad as well as local travellers within India and we are confident that the portfolio that we, along with our local investors and partners, are building will be appreciated for their sophisticated amenities as well as for providing good value—whether at the luxury, upscale or upper moderate segments of the travel continuum”.

 

Source: The Economic Times

 

 

 

105. Hotel Leela Venture Wooing US Tourists With Ayurveda Therapies – June 27

Hotel Leela aiming to attract the US Tourists with Ayurveda Therapies

With interest in alternative medicine increasing in the US, the Mumbai-based Hotel Leela Venture Ltd. is promoting its hotels, especially the Leela Kempinski Kovalam in Kerala, as a destination for ayurvedic-oil-massage-based therapies. In addition, it also aims at creating awareness about the benefits of ayurveda in the US. In response to the growing demand for ayurvedic therapies in its Goa hotel, the company added 10 new `ayurveda suites' in the property. According to Peter Leitgeb, president, Leela Palaces and Resorts, the company is planning to develop a communication and branding campaign to build its presence in the US market and promote the Leela group's hotels as a destination for ayurveda.

 

Source: The Hindu Business Line

 

 

 

106. Budget Hotel Is The New Trend In North India – June 19

Budget hotels in North India offer affordable accommodation

According to industry estimates, approximately 96% hotels in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh can be categorised as budget hotels, offering travellers accommodation in the range Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,500 a night. "The definition of a budget hotel has undergone a change over the past few years. Where one can avail a room in a hotel in Delhi for Rs 8,000, checking in a guest house in Himachal might cost him around Rs 5,000. So the need of the customer varies as per the place he's going to. But the travellers want affordable accommodation, which the budget hotels are able to provide", said Manbeer Choudhary, president, Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI).

 

Source: The Financial Express

 

 

Product Launches
 

107. Jones Lang Lasalle Entering India In Q3 – June 16

Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels is set to commence its India operations in the third quarter of 2007. The company is planning to enter into a 50:50 joint venture with the real estate services and money management firm Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj.
 

 

 
 
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