Srinagar: Three hotels located in a high-security zone in Srinagar have come under the scrutiny. CNN-IBN has accessed the documents that show a gross violation of green norms. The hotels are hazard not just for the environment but for VVIPs like Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who live in the area. The documents with CNN-IBN reveal that the caretaker Lakes Authority had approved the construction despite caveats by both the urban...
07:01 AM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: Something is cooking in the country's largest paramilitary force CRPF! The proverb amply suits the about 2.5-lakh personnel force as more than 12,000 cooks in the forces' 200 battalions will be sent to train under the chefs of five-star hotels run by the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) to learn to prepare delicious and nutritious food for the jawans and officers of the paramilitary. An exclusive training centre--School...
01:24 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Mumbai: Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces on Monday said several hotels from its portfolio have been rated as best in Asia and the world in the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Awards 2012. Not only does Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur steal the show as being the best hotel in Asia and ranking 16th in the world, it also ranks second for the best service in the country, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces...
10:53 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Mumbai: Guess who's giving the city's upper-crust some unlikely company in the swank five-star hotels these days? Snakes. With an exponential increase in the number of construction sites, snakes in the city seem to be the new 'guests' however abhorrent and unwelcome seeking accommodation in the city's upscale resorts. The Haffkine Institute in Parel has been receiving numerous requests from major hotels recently, for their premises to be made 'snake-free.'...
03:29 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: New York-based Chatwal Hotels and Resorts is looking to expand in India with initial investments of Rs 2,000 crore and plans to operate around 100 hotels in the next 10 years in partnership with international hospitality major Wyndham Hotel Group. "In the next five years, we have a definite plan to operate 52 hotels in India and invest Rs 2,000 crore for developing infrastructure. In the next 10...
06:22 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Mumbai: In a dampener to New Year Eve festivities, the Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) has slapped notices on many hotels, restaurants and pubs which have failed to cough up license fees to play music at their venues, its CEO said on Friday. The PPL also has warned strict legal action against the defaulters who fail to pay up the requisite license fees before the events lined up for the New...
08:57 AM, Dec 31, 2011
New York: Prosecutors sought on Monday to dismiss the criminal charges in a sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, saying persistent lying by the hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her in his posh suite made it impossible for them to determine what really happened. In a 25-page court document, Manhattan prosecutors described the lies and inconsistencies they said had shattered the housekeeper's...
11:51 AM, Aug 23, 2011
New York: Days after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in his luxury Sofitel hotel suite, the housekeeping staff at the nearby Sheraton New York was called to a meeting with hotel management. In the meeting - recounted by Beverly Banton, a housekeeper at the Sheraton - management told the staff that the hotel would not tolerate any misbehavior from...
07:43 AM, Jun 08, 2011
New York: A 74-year-old former chairman of a top Egyptian bank was on Wednesday arraigned and is being held on $25,000 bail on charges of sexually abusing a housekeeper in a luxury hotel in New York, weeks after ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was detained on similar charges. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar allegedly locked a 44-year-old maid in his room at the luxurious hotel on Sunday after requesting tissues be delivered...
06:49 AM, Jun 02, 2011
New York: Travel today, from luggage to laptop, is increasingly high-tech. Yet every hotel room hosts a costly anachronism: a traditional telephone. In-room phones once produced profits for hoteliers. Today they eat into earnings as guests use cellphones instead. "Phones used to be a revenue center," said Best Western Chief Executive Officer David Kong. "Now they're a cost center." The dwindling utility of the hotel room phone is part of...
05:43 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: Air Force has raised objection to construction of some multi-storey buildings, including hotels, near its Palam base here as these are seen as a security risk. As part of the Aero City project, at least 14 five-star hotels and other buildings are being constructed near the Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is too close to the Aviation Research Centre (ARC) of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), officials said....
06:37 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Name: Aman Nath and Francis Wacziarg Profile: Founders Neemrana Hotels THEY SAY When you are surrounded by challenges, you have to be counterintuitive. All our lives we listen to parents, teachers, our friends and everyone else but finally, you must listen to your own self. Aman Nath and Francis Wacziarg, founders of Neemrana Hotels, are an unusual twosome in business. For starters, they call their enterprise "non-hotels". Here, visitors rest...
11:48 AM, Jan 03, 2011
New Delhi: Like if the recent spate of scams weren't bad enough, the government is closing in on yet another scam, this time involving the hospitality sector. Sources close to the government say it is zeroing in on misuse of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the hospitability business. It is believed that FDI is being used for arbitrage by foreigners. The fear is that the funds, meant for hotels, are...
02:40 PM, Dec 03, 2010
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