RARE India, which is a community of some of the best ‘conscious luxury’ hotels and travel experiences in India and the subcontinent, is organizing a virtual event called ‘RAREfied’ on 17th and 18th of April. RARE India was originally supposed to host the third edition…

Airbnb has secured a further $1 billion in loans from institutional investors. The cash comes as the home rental site seeks to bolster is liquidity position in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Demand for accommodation has fallen precipitously in recent weeks, as governments around…

Marriott International has said it expects RevPAR across its hotels to fall by 23 per cent during the first quarter of the year in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. In America, the figure is expected to be 20 per cent, though the hospitality giant…

India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC), a hospitality major under the aegis of the Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, following the social distancing guidelines, observed Samrasta Divas digitally on 14th April 2020. This Divas marks the birth of Dr. BR Ambedkar, an Indian jurist,…

OYO Hotels & Homes is opening the doors to its hotels and offering free stays to doctors, nurses and other medical first responders who are helping in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) in India. Starting with select OYO Townhouse hotels in Gurgaon and Bangalore, medical…

The covid-19 pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill. This can be easily termed as the darkest phase in the last century of the history of mankind. Majority-if not all- sectors have taken a severe hit during this turbulent phase. One of the…

Accor has prioritised the mental and physical well-being of its staff through a range of programmes and apps that can be used at home. “In these unprecedented times, many of our colleagues are facing reduced hours or stand-downs and we know this is causing enormous…

Continuing its fight against COVID-19, OYO announced the onset of furloughing and temporary leaves in the US & select other markets while assuring that India remains unaffected till the lockdown period. In a video message and letter to employees and all other stakeholders, Ritesh Agarwal,…

THE Park Hotels, pioneers of luxury boutique hotels in India has launched a solicitous initiative, #THEParkHeartofHope to provide a helping hand to its guests and neighbours. The Park hotels in Bangalore, Chennai, Goa, and Hyderabad are doing Neighbourhood Services for all its neighbours and especially…

Over the past three weeks, the COVID19 crisis has grown to almost unbelievable proportions, with over half of the world's population either confined and/or under lockdown. With so few people now travelling, more than half of Accor-branded hotels worldwide have already been closed, and this…