Akash Datta

This report highlights the key trends in the Indian hospitality sector in 2020 along with the sector performance metrics, brand signings and openings during the year. It also provides our outlook for the sector for 2021.

This article discusses some of the reasons why franchising, which is the most popular model in mature hospitality markets, is still struggling to make a breakthrough in the Indian hotels sector.

Hotel conversions are expected to increase in India in the next couple of years as both hotel owners and brands consider this win-win proposition to tide over the current downturn.

2020 was a challenging year for hotel transactions in India, with hotel transactions value in the country contracting by approx. 50% compared to the previous year. The uncertain market conditions and COVID-19 related restrictions suppressed M&A activity during the year as companies adopted a wait-and-watch policy.

India's first post-COVID budget failed to provide any direct and immediate support to the Indian hospitality sector. However, the massive fillip given to other allied sectors such as healthcare and infrastructure will indirectly help boost the tourism and hospitality sector’s growth in the long-term.

This report provides a comparison of hotel room supply and demand generators for 10 key Asian cities across 6 Countries.

As the Indian hospitality sector embarks on the path to recovery, hoteliers need to test waters in the branded residences segment, which is still a niche concept in India.

This article provides a summary of the Indian hotels sector's performance in 2020.

In the last few weeks, demand for domestic leisure tourism has improved in India, which is a silver lining for the distressed and vulnerable Indian hotels sector. However, sudden changes in regulations are adding to the sector’s woes and may dampen the spirits going forward.

Before investing millions of Rupees of expensive capital, it is prudent to spend an insignificant fraction of the sum on Feasibility and ROI Studies for a hotel and/or a mixed-use project to help determine the viability of the project. The rapidly evolving consumer behavior and demand fundamentals are expected to make a professionally prepared feasibility study even more critical than ever before.

Franchising provides an efficient growth model with lower risk for both hotel brands as well as asset owners, but it has still not gained significant traction in India. Read on to know more.

Mixed-use developments are going to be the most sustainable model for hotels going forward as they leverage the best of each asset class, while diversifying the risks for the investors and enhancing the overall experience for the guests. Read on to know more.

This article discusses the reasons why the Discounted Cash Flows method is considered the most appropriate hotel valuation methodology in a market like India. Read on to know more.

Luxury boutique hotels and resorts, which is still at a nascent stage in India, is expected to become an increasingly preferred choice in the post-COVID era. Read on to know more.

Hotel owners need to don the hat of institutional investors now more than ever as creating a well-thought and well-researched ‘development-growth-exit’ strategy for their projects will become critical in capitalizing the asset in the post-COVID world.