August 1st, 2009
NEWS
Sustainability' is used to refer to an improvement made
Starwood Hotels & Resorts & Marriott uncovered the impact of swine flu
With traditional recruitment source markets becoming limited
Alhough the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott could not detail
NEC India and Tata Indicom Broadband combine resources for hospitality
Threat levels for India's west coast hotels are high with easy access
Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan promises to setup a single window system
IHG is moving from franchise to management contracts in India
ANALYSIS
The Club Suite at The Paul in Bangalore, is spacious
RateTiger enables a move from multiple to single point rate management
Newer technology that improves your hotel marketing programmes
Hotel bathrooms should meet guests aspirations and also home comforts
Security must be an integral aspect for the hospitality industry
Hotels can face up to security challenges without burning the budget
The first Think Turf discussion on the challenge of profitable design
Achin Khanna of HVS says the forecast for Mumbai hotels looks good
PEOPLE
Imperial Palace, a European palace in Mumbai says owner Amir Nensey
Martin Jones has overall F&B responsibility at Starwood's APAC hotels
Rangachari will be responsible for all Wyndham's IT initiatives
Chauhan was the engineering manager at JW Marriot Mumbai for 9 years
Vera Fernandes has a 14 year international hotel career
Aditi Kool specialises in hotel pre-opening and renovation worldwide
Stephane Fabregoul has worked for 14 years worldwide with many brands
Mrinal K Chakraborty is a 30 year veteran of Indian hospitality
Sunil Prabhakar new director S&M, The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace
Ravinder Nair sales head of Ramada Powai & The Residence Hotel Mumbai
Cpt. Nair of Leelaventure will receive the Hall of Fame at HIFI 2010
COMMENT
I take the helm with a huge amount of optimism
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Hotelier India showcases a selection of the newest products
Avaya GlobalConnect's new ERS risk management includes terror strikes
Hotel security products from computer programmes to in-room gadgets
UK's Roman brings their Infinity shower trays to India
Hindware introduces new faucets called Torrin, Rubbic and Barrel