| DB Hospitality to invest Rs 5,500 crore to build nine hotels by 2014 Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:10 AM PST
| DB Hospitality to invest Rs 5,500 crore to build nine hotels by 2014 Posted: According to a PTI report, DB Hospitality, part of the Mumbai─based real estate developer DB Group, will invest around Rs 5,500 crore to build nine hotels across India by 2014. The company has three properties namely Le Royal Meridien in Mumbai, Le Meridien in Ahmedabad and one property in Rajasthan, currently shut down for refurbishment.<br><br>Julian Groom, CEO, DB Hospitality said, “We plan to have a minimum of 12 properties by 2014. We plan to set up nine more hotels by then at an investment of Rs 5,500─crore.”<br><br>Groom said the company has tied─up with Hyatt International to set up five hotels namely Park Hyatt (125─storeyed iconic India Tower) in Mumbai, Grand Hyatt in Goa and Pune, Hyatt Place in Hinjewadi, Pune and Hyatt Place in Mundra, Gujarat.<br><br>Besides, the company is setting up four hotels in Delhi's hospitality district, expected to be ready by end─2013. The company is eyeing private equity investment to part─fund its expansion and is already in talks with a few firms, he said, without, however, disclosing further details.<br><br>“We will fund the remaining requirements through internal accruals and bank─loans,” Groom said. | | WBTDC plans to start 'son─et─lumiere' at five heritage buildings to boost Night Tourism Posted: West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation (WBTDC) is gearing up to take a project to repair the existing son─et─lumiere at Victoria Memorial and replace it with a 'dynamic light─and─sound show'. According to a report in the Times of India, the new age eco─friendly system will have low power consumption, generate less heat, save energy and have a longer shelf life. Illuminations of four heritage buildings are also on the anvil namely Nakhoda Mosque, Town Hall, St Paul's Cathedral and Dakshineswar Temple. WBTDC is also planning to start another son─et─lumiere show at the Park Street Cemetery, as it plans to organise a light─and─sound show with a narrative on the city's history, the cemetery and personalities buried there. <br><br>TVN Rao, Managing Director, WBTDC said, “These new concepts have been thought of to give a boost to Night Tourism in the city. Tourists will actually stay back for the night if the illumination plan works out and the tours are introduced.” Sources informed that the son─et─lumiere at Victoria Memorial has been running for about 18 years now. Two shows are held daily, except on Monday. | | Keys Hotels ties up with Jet Airways Posted: Keys Hotels, the mid─market hotel brand of Berggruen Hotels, currently operational in Thiruvananthapuram, Lonavala and Hyderabad, is offering Jet Airways and JetLite passengers travelling on any sector in India with a Keys Hotel advertisement in the boarding pass a special offer. <br><br>This exclusive offer for Jet Airways and JetLite passengers is part of Keys Hotels initiative to enable the airline's travellers to experience state of the art facilities offered by the hotel. Through this tie─up, the brand is confident that they will be able to create significant awareness of their operations across India. <br><br>Jet Airways and JetLite passengers travelling on any sector in India, who stay at any of the Keys Hotels, will be given a redemption voucher of ten per cent of their total bill for use on their next visit to the same hotel. This boarding pass offer is valid till June 30, 2010 and redemption till December 31, 2010. | | GTDC launches online reservation system Posted: Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) recently launched an online reservation system on its website <a href="http://www.goa─tourism.com" rel="nofollow" target="blank" rel="nofollow" target="blank">http://www.goa─tourism.com</a>, enabling tourists to do bookings for any GTDC's services. The online reservation system was launched by Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister, Goa. The launch function was also attended by Shyam Satardekar, Chairman, GTDC; Sanjay Srivastava, Chief Secretary, Goa; M Modassir, Tourism Secretary, Goa; Lyndon Monteiro, Vice Chairman, GTDC.<br><br>According to a report in the Times of India, GTDC's services include accommodation at any of its 11 residency hotels, site seeing bus tours, river cruises on Santa Monica and other boats, as well as chartering boats for private functions. The system also allows online payments to GTDC. The user friendly online booking engine will serve as a unique travel solution provider for the online community enabling tourists to book accommodation with real time confirmation. The online payment gateway system is expected to generate god number of bookings for the Corporation. | | IATA welcomes Copenhagen Accord as an important step for climate change Posted: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction for climate change. Aviation emissions were not addressed specifically in the Accord, a reflection of the pro─active measures the industry has taken to set challenging targets for itself, together with an aggressive strategy to achieve them. The industry will continue to work towards achieving these global targets, which were recognised by the member states of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at its High Level Meeting on Environment in October 2009 and which were commended by Ban Ki─moon, Secretary General, UN at a meeting with Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO, IATA in New York later that month. IATA will continue to work with ICAO to develop a global framework for managing aviations emissions.<br><br>A Global Sectoral Approach, under ICAO, to manage aviation's emissions will ensure a level playing field. The approach consists of three main elements:<br><ul><li>Full accounting for aviation's emissions as a global industrial sector, not by state.</li></ul> | | TTDC's 36th India Tourist and Industrial Fair 2010 to commence tomorrow Posted: The 36th India Tourist and Industrial Fair 2010, organised by Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) at the Island grounds in Chennai will be inaugurated tomorrow by M Karunanidhi, Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu. According to a report in the Times of India, the 70─day Fair will showcase the theme 'Tourism celebrates diversity', and will have 44 government pavilions, 115 stalls and 27 pavilions.<br><br>Irai Anbu, Tourism Secretary, Tamil Nadu said, “We expect 20 lakh visitors. The number of visitors to the Fair was nine lakh in 2005 and 17 lakh in 2008.” The Fair will also feature a replica of shore temple of Mamallapuram complete with Arjuna Penance, the five rathas. Tamil Iyal Isai Peruvizha will also be organised as an additional attraction in the Fair. | | Air India to operate additional flights to Port Blair, Goa effective December 23, 2009 Posted: Air India will operate additional flights to augment capacity to Port Blair and Goa. The additional flights to both Port Blair and Goa will be operated with the 122─seater A319 aircraft. With scheduled flights of all airlines being booked during this peak season, Air India has stepped in by deploying additional capacity. <br> <br>From December 23, 2009 to January 10, 2010, a total of 19 additional flights will operate from Chennai to Port Blair. The daily flight, IC 1549 which will be in addition to the daily scheduled flight IC 549/550, will depart Chennai at 07:00 hrs and reach Port Blair at 09:05 hrs. In the return direction, the flight IC 1550 will depart Port Blair at 09:45 hrs and arrive in Chennai at 11:50 hrs. <br> <br>Air India will also operate an extra flight on the Kolkata─Port Blair─Kolkata sector on two days ─ December 24 and 29, 2009. | | REVPAR GURU partners with HRS.com to feature new XML connection Posted: REVPAR GURU, South Florida─based automated revenue management solutions company for the global hospitality industry, recently announced that their revolutionary revenue management software solution now features a direct XML connection with HRS.com, a global electronic reservations system that features a database of 2,50,000 hotels in Europe and across the globe.<br><br>According to a report in hotelnewsresource, the direct XML connection between HRS.com and REVPAR GURU will facilitate faster updates, which will reduce rate parity issues that can arise from the more common extranet connections and create a more robust real─time rate environment for hotels. For many hotels still reliant on traditional static pricing structures, this advantage will represent the bottom─line edge that can mean the difference between sinking and swimming in a challenging economy. REVPAR GURU's revenue management systems─ based on dynamic pricing algorithms incorporate competitors' rates, availability and real─time demand allowing hotels to adjust their pricing automatically in response to minute supply and demand changes across multiple sales channels. | | DUBAILAND and Royal Caribbean International announce joint product offering for UAE visitors Posted: DUBAILAND, a member of Dubai Properties Group, and Royal Caribbean International have announced their joint product offering that will provide a substantial boost to Royal Caribbean's new cruise itinerary from Dubai. Effective January 18, 2010 to April 2010, Royal Caribbean International's 'Brilliance of the Seas' is set with its seven─night sailings around the Arabian Gulf, in line with its signature style of cruising for active holidaymakers. The cruise commences and ends in Dubai with calls at Fujairah and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates; Mina Sulman, Bahrain; and Oman's capital city of Muscat. Royal Caribbean guests will have opportunities to experience Dubai's tourism offerings at DUBAILAND's key attractions. The attractions will be featured in Royal Caribbean's pre/post cruise tour land packages and shore excursion programmes. <br><br>DUBAILAND, a landmark tourism, leisure and entertainment destination is now open with several developments already operational. These include Dubai Autodrome in MotorCity, Dubai Outlet Mall in Outlet City, The Global Village, and Dubai Sports City which features the Ernie Els Golf Club, | | DB Hospitality to invest Rs 5,500 crore to build nine hotels by 2014 Posted: According to a PTI report, DB Hospitality, part of the Mumbai─based real estate developer DB Group, will invest around Rs 5,500 crore to build nine hotels across India by 2014. The company has three properties namely Le Royal Meridien in Mumbai, Le Meridien in Ahmedabad and one property in Rajasthan, currently shut down for refurbishment.<br><br>Julian Groom, CEO, DB Hospitality said, “We plan to have a minimum of 12 properties by 2014. We plan to set up nine more hotels by then at an investment of Rs 5,500─crore.”<br><br>Groom said the company has tied─up with Hyatt International to set up five hotels namely Park Hyatt (125─storeyed iconic India Tower) in Mumbai, Grand Hyatt in Goa and Pune, Hyatt Place in Hinjewadi, Pune and Hyatt Place in Mundra, Gujarat.<br><br>Besides, the company is setting up four hotels in Delhi's hospitality district, expected to be ready by end─2013. The company is eyeing private equity investment to part─fund its expansion and is already in talks with a few firms, he said, without, however, disclosing further details.<br><br>“We will fund the remaining requirements through internal accruals and bank─loans,” Groom said. | | WBTDC plans to start 'son─et─lumiere' at five heritage buildings to boost Night Tourism Posted: West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation (WBTDC) is gearing up to take a project to repair the existing son─et─lumiere at Victoria Memorial and replace it with a 'dynamic light─and─sound show'. According to a report in the Times of India, the new age eco─friendly system will have low power consumption, generate less heat, save energy and have a longer shelf life. Illuminations of four heritage buildings are also on the anvil namely Nakhoda Mosque, Town Hall, St Paul's Cathedral and Dakshineswar Temple. WBTDC is also planning to start another son─et─lumiere show at the Park Street Cemetery, as it plans to organise a light─and─sound show with a narrative on the city's history, the cemetery and personalities buried there. <br><br>TVN Rao, Managing Director, WBTDC said, “These new concepts have been thought of to give a boost to Night Tourism in the city. Tourists will actually stay back for the night if the illumination plan works out and the tours are introduced.” Sources informed that the son─et─lumiere at Victoria Memorial has been running for about 18 years now. Two shows are held daily, except on Monday. | | Keys Hotels ties up with Jet Airways Posted: Keys Hotels, the mid─market hotel brand of Berggruen Hotels, currently operational in Thiruvananthapuram, Lonavala and Hyderabad, is offering Jet Airways and JetLite passengers travelling on any sector in India with a Keys Hotel advertisement in the boarding pass a special offer. <br><br>This exclusive offer for Jet Airways and JetLite passengers is part of Keys Hotels initiative to enable the airline's travellers to experience state of the art facilities offered by the hotel. Through this tie─up, the brand is confident that they will be able to create significant awareness of their operations across India. <br><br>Jet Airways and JetLite passengers travelling on any sector in India, who stay at any of the Keys Hotels, will be given a redemption voucher of ten per cent of their total bill for use on their next visit to the same hotel. This boarding pass offer is valid till June 30, 2010 and redemption till December 31, 2010. | | GTDC launches online reservation system Posted: Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) recently launched an online reservation system on its website <a href="http://www.goa─tourism.com" rel="nofollow" target="blank" rel="nofollow" target="blank">http://www.goa─tourism.com</a>, enabling tourists to do bookings for any GTDC's services. The online reservation system was launched by Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister, Goa. The launch function was also attended by Shyam Satardekar, Chairman, GTDC; Sanjay Srivastava, Chief Secretary, Goa; M Modassir, Tourism Secretary, Goa; Lyndon Monteiro, Vice Chairman, GTDC.<br><br>According to a report in the Times of India, GTDC's services include accommodation at any of its 11 residency hotels, site seeing bus tours, river cruises on Santa Monica and other boats, as well as chartering boats for private functions. The system also allows online payments to GTDC. The user friendly online booking engine will serve as a unique travel solution provider for the online community enabling tourists to book accommodation with real time confirmation. The online payment gateway system is expected to generate god number of bookings for the Corporation. | | GTDC launches online reservation system Posted: Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) recently launched an online reservation system on its website <a href="http://www.goa─tourism.com" rel="nofollow" target="blank" rel="nofollow" target="blank">http://www.goa─tourism.com</a>, enabling tourists to do bookings for any GTDC's services. The online reservation system was launched by Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister, Goa. The launch function was also attended by Shyam Satardekar, Chairman, GTDC; Sanjay Srivastava, Chief Secretary, Goa; M Modassir, Tourism Secretary, Goa; Lyndon Monteiro, Vice Chairman, GTDC.<br><br>According to a report in the Times of India, GTDC's services include accommodation at any of its 11 residency hotels, site seeing bus tours, river cruises on Santa Monica and other boats, as well as chartering boats for private functions. The system also allows online payments to GTDC. The user friendly online booking engine will serve as a unique travel solution provider for the online community enabling tourists to book accommodation with real time confirmation. The online payment gateway system is expected to generate god number of bookings for the Corporation. | | IATA welcomes Copenhagen Accord as an important step for climate change Posted: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction for climate change. Aviation emissions were not addressed specifically in the Accord, a reflection of the pro─active measures the industry has taken to set challenging targets for itself, together with an aggressive strategy to achieve them. The industry will continue to work towards achieving these global targets, which were recognised by the member states of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at its High Level Meeting on Environment in October 2009 and which were commended by Ban Ki─moon, Secretary General, UN at a meeting with Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO, IATA in New York later that month. IATA will continue to work with ICAO to develop a global framework for managing aviations emissions.<br><br>A Global Sectoral Approach, under ICAO, to manage aviation's emissions will ensure a level playing field. The approach consists of three main elements:<br><ul><li>Full accounting for aviation's emissions as a global industrial sector, not by state.</li></ul> | | IATA welcomes Copenhagen Accord as an important step for climate change Posted: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction for climate change. Aviation emissions were not addressed specifically in the Accord, a reflection of the pro─active measures the industry has taken to set challenging targets for itself, together with an aggressive strategy to achieve them. The industry will continue to work towards achieving these global targets, which were recognised by the member states of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at its High Level Meeting on Environment in October 2009 and which were commended by Ban Ki─moon, Secretary General, UN at a meeting with Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO, IATA in New York later that month. IATA will continue to work with ICAO to develop a global framework for managing aviations emissions.<br><br>A Global Sectoral Approach, under ICAO, to manage aviation's emissions will ensure a level playing field. The approach consists of three main elements:<br><ul><li>Full accounting for aviation's emissions as a global industrial sector, not by state.</li></ul> | |
No comments:
Post a Comment