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6 EDITORIAL HOSPITALITY BIZ OCTOBER, 2024
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Editor-in-Chief & CEO : Sheldon Santwan
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s has been repeatedly reported, the
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Editor & Business Head : Sumit Jha Ahospitality industry in India has been
sumit.jha@saffronsynergies.in, +91 9764062266
experiencing a significant boom. According
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Executive Editor : Prasenjit Chakraborty to news data available and recently published
prasenjit.chakraborty@saffronsynergies.in, +91 9819263364
reports, there has been an unprecedented
Editorial Team growth which has transformed the industry
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News Editor : Disha Shah Ghosh into a powerhouse of economic development
disha.shah@saffronsynergies.in, +91 9619453170
– passing on more revenue to the exchequer,
Sr. Correspondent : Tejaswini Paranjape
tejaswini.paranjape@saffronsynergies.in, +91 99200 80545 increased employment opportunities, and much more. A remarkable 10 to
NEW DELHI 12 percent annual growth rate has outpaced the global average. According
Sr. Correspondent–North India : Shayan Mallick
shayan.mallick@gmail.com, +91 9818710659 to an estimate by CareEdge, following a 14 percent increase in RevPAR
HYDERABAD last year, the average growth this fiscal is expected to be in the range of 9
Chief Correspondent–South India : Asmita Mukherjee
asmita.mukherjee@saffronsynergies.in, +91 98342 55360 percent.
BENGALURU
Social Media Consultant : Vitasta Gurtoo These are not mere numbers but have been the driving force for new hotel
vitasta.gurtoo@saffronsynergies.in, +91 90555 05184
development across the country. An additional 55,000 keys are expected to
Social Media Team (Mumbai) : Nishtha Ganesh
nishthagan@gmail.com, +91 93240 36308 be added over the next 5 years, to increase the existing tally of 166,000 rooms
DESIGN & LAYOUT (MUMBAI) in the organized sector. According to Smartscrapers (an advanced AI tool
Madhukar Ingawale that enables businesses and individuals to scrape data independently), there
madhukar.ingawle@gmail.com, +91 9967433821
are 1,26,005 Hotels in India as of October 1, 2024; which is a 5.12 percent
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DELHI increase from 2023. Even if the provided date is to be partially believed,
Anurag Yadav, Nivesh Bhagtani
just shows the vast gap between the organized and the unorganized sector,
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Marcellus Baptista, Bhisham Mansukhani, that needs to be plugged in if we want to see the standards of our hospitality
Dominic CostaBir increase and enable guests to have an experience that is not full of surprises.
DATABASE & SUBSCRIPTION
Senior Coordinator (Mumbai) : Gauri Sawant There has been a change of guard at many hospitality associations
gauri.sawant@saffronsynergies.in, +91 83690 80796 recently. The hospitality leaders perhaps can take up an initiative, in their
Coordinator (Mangaluru) : Priya Karkera
priya.saffron@gmail.com, +91 9702944562 respective domains, to map the hotel topography of the country and bring
Tech Support forward the true numbers and collectively ensure that guest convenience is
Design & Development (Mumbai) : Gilson Prabhudas thought of. Those operating hotels without catering to the basic standards
Marketing Team must be brought to books and reported to the authorities, for necessary strict
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Head - Sales & Marketing : Ajay Wadode action. As the industry grows, there will be an express need to ensure that
ajay.wadode@saffronsynergies.in, +91 8087127814
the guest confidence is sustained. Who is to be held accountable for guest
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Sr. Manager – Sales & Marketing : Pooja Nalawade experience at these unorganized hotel rooms?
pooja.nalawade@saffronsynergies.in, +91 97690 52241
Manager – Sales & Marketing : Jagdish Patil Sumit Jha
jagdish.patil@saffronsynergies.in, +91 74000 63663
Editor & Business Head
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