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-CB Edit Desk  IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement with Samplast Resorts to develop Holiday Inn Express & Suites Jalandhar GT Road, as reported by Hotelier India. The new-build hotel featuring 110 keys is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2024. With an existing portfolio of hotels from the Holiday Inn brand family across key cities in Punjab, the new development will further strengthen the brand’s presence in the country and the state, in line with market demand. Strategically located on the Grand Trunk Road, also known as NH1 which connects the country’s capital…

-CB Edit Desk  The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI), the northern outfit of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India, has requested the state government to provide a relief package to the industry as the impact of Covid-19 on the hospitality industry has been extremely disruptive, as reported by The Tirbune India. The association said among the core sectors of the economy, hospitality was the first one to fall and was going to be the last to recover. In a letter to the Chief Minister, the members of the association said the industry had lost…

-CB Edit Desk  Amid COVID-19 pandemic and slump in the hospitality industry owing to lockdown and travel restrictions, ITC Hotels is optimistic about domestic tourism prospects and planning to increase the number of properties under the brand Welcomhotel. The Rs 45,000 crore hospitality arm of ITC, said it was planning to increase the number of properties under the brand Welcomhotel to 25 in a year’s time from 19 now, as from PTI. “ITC Welcomhotel will be a 25 property brand over next 12 months,” an ITC official told PTI. The brand opened two properties in a span of six months. Welcomhotel Tavleen Chail was unveiled on…

-CB Edit Desk  Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Minister of Tourism, Odia Language, Literature and Culture, Government of Odisha today said that while in the government scheme of things tourism may rank a little lower than other priority sectors like health, education, it is an important sector that must be supported, as reported by The Interview Times. Addressing the virtual roundtable on ‘COVID-19: Impact on the State Tourism Sector’, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Mr Panigrahi said that the budget allotted for the tourism sector this year has seen an unprecedented increase. The Chief Minister…

-CB Edit Desk House of Catering, a prominent name in the hospitality sector, begins to yield another service of event management facilities across the country, as from PRTree. The company has recently served at the Kevadia Colony establishment, inaugurated by honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Having managed the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Event at Rann Utsav, Kutch for 3 days, the able team also catered to the Trump Delegation at the Airport. During the testing times of COVID-19, House of Catering has extended its support to feed the poor. They have delivered over 1 million meals to support the needy, maintaining the…

-CB Edit Desk  The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a tremendous impact on the tourism, hospitality and technology industry worldwide. Last year, inspired by the feedback from India’s small hotels, independent hosts and travel operators, leading players of the industry such as Airbnb, EaseMyTrip, OYO and Yatra started to discuss how interests of and challenges faced by these new age entrepreneurs building travel businesses beyond tier-1 cities of India, could also become an inclusive part of thought leadership and advocacy for the industry, as from traveldailymedia. The COVID-19 crisis presents a unique opportunity to collaborate on reviving the industry and only…

-CB Edit Desk  Food regulator FSSAI has asked states to effectively enforce the decision to ban blending of mustard oil with any other cooking oil from June 8. In its notification dated March 8, the FSSAI had prohibited the blending of mustard oil for production of Multi-Sourced Edible Vegetable Oils (MSEVOs) with effect from June 8, from a syndicate feed. To ensure that the prohibition is effectively enforced, the food regulator has issued an order on June 8 asking all the Commissioners of Food Safety of States/UTs and Central Licensing Authority to carry out an inspection drive. As per the FSSAI regulations, blending of two edible oils is permitted, provided the proportion by weight…

– Ayshwaria Lakshmi While the global COVID pandemic had shattered the restaurant sector, there are few who can raise the collar for tackling it in a better way and few had dared the situation and ventured into a new business. Sree Ariya Bhavan in Thanjavur is one who has been in the restaurant industry since 1964, has decided to venture into the sweet and savory section. The restaurateur, a favorite for many of the localities had recently launched Shri Dhivyam Sweets and Café in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

CB Edit Desk  Senior delegates of India’s apex Hospitality Association – Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) met the Hon’ble Tourism Minister – Prahlad Singh Patel and Hon’ble Minister of MSME – Nitin Gadkari yesterday to discuss the deteriorating state of the Hospitality and Tourism industry and to recommend immediate fiscal measures to save it from imminent collapse. The Association submitted representations suggesting key policy changes for the revival of the sector. The FHRAI was represented by Mr Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, Mr Pradeep Shetty, Mr D V S Somaraju and Mr Narendra Somany. The delegates apprised the…

-CB Edit Desk The UK hospitality industry warned it may lose 500,000 jobs when the government’s furlough program to support wages ends, as from The Business Times. Hotels, restaurants and bars are saddled with back taxes of 93 million pounds (S$174 million) that will become an unsustainable burden if the government fails to drop all lockdown rules as planned on June 21, said Kate Nicholls of business lobby group UK Hospitality. The remarks made during a hearing in Parliament underscore the scale of the strain placed on businesses Covid-19 rules that closed vast sections of the economy for more than…