Author: HBI Staff | Hyderabad
The flavor of food is the single most crucial factor in driving consumers’ choices. It is even more relevant in sweet food categories like chocolate, cakes, and patisserie. Traditionally the market for compound chocolates has been segmented as Dark, Milk, and White. However, the growing appetite for chocolate flavor in various sweet recipes has propelled the demand for colored and flavored compound and compound filling. Hence keeping up with the market landscape, Puratos India has now launched Colored & flavored compound and compound filling in two categories – Hard Compound Chocolate, Carat Cover Classic, and Fat-based filling, Carat Supercrem. Mr. Ashish Seth,…
The most iconic hospitality destination in Chennai, ITC Grand Chola – celebrates 10 years of its peerless presence in this glorious city, from 10 – 20th October 2022. Grand celebrations await guests for 10 continuous days starting from 10th October to the 20th of October. Any guest entering the iconic premises will be greeted by the brand divas clad in traditional kanjivaram saris, with the signature warm namaste, welcoming the guest to an exceptional experience. A beautiful floral rangoli, invoking Southern nativity, a performance of the traditional and time-honoured Bharatnatyam, the lighting of the lamps, and a glorious Champagne ceremony…
The issue of employee mental health has taken center stage with every industry, field and in lives of everyone. Even in the world of hospitality, it has made an impact and affected the mental well-being of professionals. It has been learnt that, employee’s facing increased stress from their work, and a few been found it as a cause for major mental health concerns. Keeping in view with Employee’s mental health being, Crowne Plaza, Greater Noida hosted a mental health workshop to mark the World Mental Health Day, today. Team including top management participated in the workshop addressed by Counselling Psychologist…
Accor, a world-leading hospitality group with over 425 hotels across India, the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, continues to expand its luxury footprint in India with the signing of Fairmont Udaipur, located in the historical city of Udaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, which is set to open in 2024 The agreement was signed in partnership with Keystone Resorts Pvt Ltd., a real estate development company set on increasing their footprint in hospitality. At the signing event, Mark Willis, Chief Executive Officer India, Middle East, Africa and Turkey for Accor, said, “With the aim to provide unforgettable experiences,…
By Adrian Artimov Director Marketing and Enrolment Higher Education, Sommet Education After fighting hard for two years hospitality sector, not only managed to sustain itself but made progressive and massive changes with the power of technology to keep the business afloat by ensuring utmost safety standards. The sector received much-needed relief after the government announced the extension of ECLGS up to March 2023 with an additional package ofINR50,000 crores to boost the hospitality and allied sectors. The hospitality sector is one of the major contributors in the growth of the Indian economy today. Let’s understand where it stands today- the…
Lollo Rosso is preparing to open its second outlet in Anjuna, Goa. Following the success of Lollo Rosso Ahmedabad, the brand has turned its attention to India’s most coveted destination, Goa. Lollo Rosso, Anjuna is a lovely location with 15000 square feet of land. The large open area of the restaurant is decorated with recycled materials like coconut shells and earthy colors, as well as naga bamboo furniture. The property has used the concept of recycling and reusable materials to ensure that the environment is not harmed and that nature’s mother is unharmed. Commenting on the launch in Goa, owners…
The Chefs all across India create many unique and delicious food for all. To celebrate and honor the very talented chefs and reward their culinary excellence, Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) organized Trade Test a culinary competition for the 19th edition of Chef Awards, at Institute of Bakery & Culinary Arts, Vikaspuri, Delhi and Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology. Over 150 Chefs from all over India competed against each other in 11 different categories at this 4-day culinary competition. The winners of the culinary competition will be awarded at the grand ceremony of Chef Awards 2022 on…
A pan – India survey commissioned by IHG Hotels & Resorts as part of the launch of their “Guest How You Guest” global loyalty campaign revealed insightful results, to better understand how consumers like to enjoy their time as a hotel guest. With a total sample size of 5000 respondents including male (52.7%) and female (47.3%) from age groups of 18 – 65, the survey aimed to explore preferences and desires of guests during hotel stays, critical to offering a world-class hospitality experience. It revealed how hotel guests value a more personalised experience that allows them to be totally themselves,…
Ghost Kitchens India Pvt Ltd is an internet restaurant tech platform that helps restaurants and cloud kitchens having under-utilized capacities to earn incremental revenue without any investment. The company has announced the opening of its 100th Fulfillment partner in Bharuch in Gujarat and aims at further amplifying its brand footprint by investing INR 50 Crores during the next one year. With the 100th outlet in Bharuch in Gujarat, Ghost Kitchens has taken the overall tally to 1200 internet restaurants in the last 10 months becoming one of the fastest-growing internet restaurant tech platforms in India. Currently, Ghost kitchens is present…
Isthara, India’s premium co-living brand and Smart Food Court pioneer has raised fresh funding of USD 10 million (INR 81 crores) led by Dubai-based Eagle Investments. The current funding round brings Isthara’s total fund-raise to aboutUSD 21 million. Isthara, which currently operates in the co-living and institutional smart food court space, will deploy the new funds to foray into the B2C retail food court space and expand its presence in the co-living sector. While Isthara has witnessed immense growth in the B2B institutional cafeteria segment, the company aims to replicate this business success in the B2C space by launching smart…
