Luxury Hotel’s Liability exposed

Just as the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have had a lasting byproduct on aircraft cockpit security, the deadly terrorist attacks that orchestrated at the Oberoi and Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotels here left a long suffering imprint on the design and procedures of luxury hotels.

The chairman of Oberoi group, P.R.S Oberoi said that he had actually counseled his company’s hotels to step up security two months ago after a truck driver crashed into the Islamabad Marriott and detonated a bomb that deprived more than 50 people and left a crater six meters, or 20 feet, wide. The Oberoi interdicted anyone from parking in front of its Oberoi hotel in Mumbai; for reverence that a car bomb could abolish the glass wall at the front of the lobby - a jeopardize at many hotels. “I think all hotels are vulnerable – all hotels have glass doors when you step in,” Oberoi said Saturday night at a news conference.

The Oberoi Group had no warning of the attack here, however, Oberoi said, questioning what any hotel operator could do to resist such an outrage. “The authorities have to help us,” he said, by foiling such attacks from occurring at all. The killings also come at a time of already deteriorating demand for luxury accommodation because of the global economic recession.

UNITECH LTD plans to invest 2,500 crore in hotel industry India

UNITECH LTD plans to invest Rs 2,500 crore to develop 35 hotels across India over the next seven years. The managing director, Sanjay Chandra affirmed that the firm would develop 35 hotels in next six to seven years. As a provision, land has been engaged in many cities at prime locations. The 28 hotels of the company would account for around 7,000 rooms, to be constructed by 2010.

The hotels in India would be located in the national capital region (NCR), Kolkata, Chennai, Goa, Mysore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Siliguri and Assam. Mr. Chandra acknowledged that about 50 percent hotels would be located in Kolkata and NCR cities. Host of real estate companies have chalked out to invade into the sector including DLF, Parsvnath and Emaar MGF. While DLF entered into a joint venture with Hilton Hotels Corporation, Emaar MGF has announced a tie-up with Accor for its budget class hotels.