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Hotelier India takes a look at what preparations hoteliers are undertaking this festive season.

It’s no secret that the hospitality industry is a busy place to be during the festive season. While business hotels experience a slight lull in footfalls, most leisure establishments are inundated with guests wanting to celebrate in style at their favourite hotel. This year hoteliers are trying to make the most of things by designing ‘short-break’ packages to attract domestic guests who don’t wish to travel abroad or even too far within India.

Lance Ourednik, general manager of the Westin Mumbai Garden City, says, “Segments that are expected to contribute to business at this time are the local market, corporates who stay back in the city and would like to spend quality time with friends and family and residents from around Mumbai or even South Mumbai who are looking for a refreshing break, a rejuvenating get away.”

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In fact, hotels find the festive season ideal for launching exciting packages to lure tourists as well as locals. These packages are activity filled and aimed at providing quality time to the entire family.

The Westin Sohna resort and spa has a host of activities planned such as such as yoga, sports tournaments, adventure activities, bonfires in their weekend package, which also includes a buffet breakfast, a themed buffet dinner and the use of hydrotherapy areas.

The JW Marriott at Juhu in Mumbai as a part of one of their packages has volleyball and rangoli competitions to give their in-house guests an experience of togetherness.

Chandrashekhar Joshi, director of sales JW Marriott Mumbai says, “From December 15 to January 10, the NRI market becomes a big contributor to occupancy as they take the comparatively pleasant weather as an opportunity to come back to the city.”

As far as more concrete festive preparations are concerned, hotels are going the distance with refurbishments to rooms, ordering of new linen and carpets, spruced up flower arrangements and such.

Executive Housekeeper, Mrs Rao of the Sahara Star shares, “We deliver comfort and ambience that will allow guests to feel like at home; we ensure detail-orientation and are well equipped with new concepts when it comes to everything from exclusive linens for the club rooms and suites to the welcome carpets in the elevators, to the fresh flowers around the hotel and the aroma oil essences that help add flavour to the surroundings.

To stay in tune with the festive times ahead of us, Hotel Sahara Star is going to be bringing out a more colourful look to the hotel in terms of banquet linen, exclusive runners, premium chair covers, plush carpets for the lobbies and much more.”

Pradipta Biswas, GM of The Orchid Hotel informs about the construction of a brand new wing with 140 rooms, which is planned for completion before the year end.