Articles for Guest Columns

Food industry in for paradigm shift with leasing of professional kitchen equipments

"For the first time in the country, kitchen appliances are being offered on lease to commercial kitchens. Though a more acceptable trend in other parts of the world, this is a first of its kind in the Indian food service industry and the timing could not get better."

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'Definition of Hospitality has undergone a complete Paradigm Shift'

"As hoteliers, adapting to change is something that we are used to doing with agility and speed in our daily operations. But this pandemic has turned on its head everything that we knew to be true and fast tracked our learnings in all aspects of health and hygiene."

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Technology will be the defining factor: Khushnooma Kapadia

In the latest BW HOTELIER WebBlast, Khushnooma Kapadia, Area Director - Marketing (South Asia), Marriott International shared the major lessons that her company has realized during the pandemic and the changing trends in the hospitality sector.

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Reinventing travel and hospitality with revival in consumer confidence

As per Deloitte’s ‘state of the consumer survey’ (conducted bi-weekly between April and July 2020), around 40 per cent of the respondents were actively searching for travel deals as many hotels and resorts are offering lucrative and discounted packages with the promise of best safety conditions.

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'What looks good sells faster, so social media is here to stay'

Simmi Sood believes creativity on social platforms will keep customers loyal to one's Brand...

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Commitment with care and compassion is the way forward for hospitality

"The two leading aspects have been establishing heightened safety and sanitization measures for our guests and patrons when they visit us again and reimagining innumerable services within the hotel."

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Effect of COVID 19 on the alcohol and beverage industry

"The bars and restaurants that managed to have enormous sales from serving alcohol have been disproportionately affected as socialisation has become negligible and it will take enough time for the people to earn back the trust in living a socially productive life again."

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'Hospitality has always been about the connection'

"Hospitality is a bond one shares with a guest and associate alike, and with a pandemic, each day is a learning in itself. The more the challenges, the better the understanding of how we need to deal with them, we are taking each day at a time and for those that we have found a solution for, we are dwelling and practicing to just make ourselves better in that paradigm."

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Essence of warmth and hospitality needs to remain intact: Julian Ayers

Speaking at BW HOTELIER Breaking the Pandemic WeBBlast: ‘Going Touchless’, Julian Ayers, Area Vice President North India and General Manager, Hyatt Regency Delhi, emphasized that the essence of warmth and hospitality should not be lost in the new normal.

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Right people, right attitude, right training: Vijay Wanchoo

Speaking at the ninth BW HOTELIER Breaking The Pandemic WebBlast: ‘Going Touchless’, Vijay Wanchoo, Sr Executive Vice President and GM, The Imperial, New Delhi talks about leveraging technology to get past the pandemic.

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