Hospitality Industry

Auto sales plunge: Sign of deepening economic slowdown or arrival of Kodak moment in industry

It is significant that auto sales in India have dropped 19 percent this year. But it cannot be a coincidence that a similar decline is evident in many other countries.

JW Marriott Chandigarh fined Rs 25,000 for over-charging bananas: Case will open Pandora’s box for the hospitality industry

The Excise and Taxation Department, Chandigarh concluded in its order that the banana supplied by the hotel is a supply of goods which is exempt from payment of tax

Oberoi's Gurgaon properties go fully solar; hospitality firm aims at reducing CO2 emissions by over 12,300 tonne per year

There’s a captive solar power plant in Balasar, Haryana that will generate 7.5 MW of electricity to meet the energy demands of the two hotels.

Suresh Prabhu to unveil new rail catering policy today as complaints on food surge

The new policy replacing the seven-year-old one gives back the IRCTC, a railways PSU, onboard catering responsibility for majority of trains including all the new ones.

Demonetisation: Cash crunch hits travel and tourism sector hard

Demonetization has shed its gloomy shadow on the booming tourism and hospitality industry in India.

Why Royal Palms is selling its profit making hotels in Goregaon

In a chat with Firstpost its Joint Managing Director, Dilawar Nensey, talks about scope for the hospitality industry, why the company is selling off their hotel properties and its plans for the future.