Interactive Training Program Created by Virtual Heroes for Hilton Garden Inn

Hilton Garden Inn®, the award-winning mid-priced hotel brand with locations throughout North America and Europe, today unveiled Ultimate Team Play – the first interactive training game to be used in the hospitality industry that utilizes game-based technology.


Created especially for Hilton Garden Inn by Virtual Heroes, Inc., Ultimate Team Play puts team members in a virtual Hilton Garden Inn hotel and in various scenarios, they will have to ....Click here to read full story>

Editor: This is awesome! I think this the right step and approach. You can keep learning customer handling and multi-tasking in a classroom, but this really will make you "DO". I also think this has a huge potential in India for language and body language. Any budding entrepreneurs out there??

WOW!

I thought Hyatt was a world-class hotel operator.
They are.
And yet, they have Third party operators. this is Big!

What this means is this.
Get a good team of hotel managers together, go to one of the big guys and start managing the properties for them.
What's in it for them? They need to concentrate only on the brand. You do the operations.

So how is this different from a simple franchisee program? Its not. its just that becoming a preferred hotel operator, would increase your chances many fold to take on new projects.

Interested? want to start a team?
contact me!

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"Davidson Hotel Company (DHC), one of the America's largest hotel management companies, today announced that it had become one of the first independent management companies to receive the new designation of 'Preferred Operator' by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. ...Read more!

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The medical tourism market in India was estimated at $330 million in 2004 and it will be $2 billion by 2012 as per estimates by the Indian ministry of tourism.

This estimate is based on foreigners arriving for heart surgery, bypass operations and other major treatment at India's high-tech hospitals.

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An article in Hindustan Times, talks about the rare and exclusive.

This may be thrills, services or places, people are willing to pay top dollar to get it all.

Is it time for you to make a move into the terrific world of Concierge Services?

Sure, just spend a few minutes taking a small self-quiz:



1. Do you enjoy Luxury?

2. Do you know Luxury?

3. Can you smile through a hurricane?

4. Can you imagine?

5. Is your phone running out of contact storage space?

If you answered yes to all of the above, you can!

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In order to encourage building budget hotels, the tourism ministry will grant capital subsidy to new one-, two-, three-star and heritage hotels.

Under the capital subsidy scheme, the incentive for a new one-star hotel is Rs 2 lakh per room, subject to a cap of Rs 30 lakh. For a two-star facility, the hotelier will get Rs 3 lakh per room, subject to a cap of Rs 75 lakh, while for a three-star hotel, the amount is Rs 3 lakh per room, subject to a cap of Rs 100 lakh. The scheme will also apply to heritage hotels built before 1950.

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Dear friends,

Ginger Hotels, a 100 % subsidiary of the Taj group, who pioneered the concept of SMART Basics hotel in India are looking forward for an Operational partnering for its new unit in Agartala. We already have 8 hotels running and look forward to 30 by 2008 end.

We are on the lookout of a Vendor who could partner with us in operating the F&B, Housekeeping and Maintenance at Ginger Agartala, a 100 room budget hotel schedule to open by August/Sept 2007.

For further details get in touch with

The Training Manager at ajit.nair@gingerhotels.com ( 09223177113)

or the General Manager Operations at darius.merchant@gingerhotels.com ( 09223177107)


Thanks and regards,

Ajit Nair
Corporate Training Manager

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State Bank of India (SBI) under its Paryatan Plus scheme has further intensified its loan options, especially to augment hospitality and tourism businesses in the SME category.

It has received encouraging business from the service sector including hospitality and tourism over the last three years and has decided to extend its loan options and services to newer tourism projects such as the Bed & Breakfast Scheme (B&B) keeping in mind the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.

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Entrepreneurs have habit of Innovation.

They have capabilities for execution of new ideas. They have courage to explore new paths and walk on these paths very effectively. When opportunities are less in the system, they create a range of opportunities through effective utilization of all resources.

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YourLatitude.com - A Worldwide Vacation Rental Website

“With the ever changing landscape of the housing market and increasing home inventories, we are seeing many owners turn their vacation homes into a vacation rental property to generate passive income,” said eAtlantis LLC CEO , Scott Taylor. “More individuals and families can now take advantage of this trend by renting out some beautiful homes in many of the world’s most popular vacationing destinations. We provide a fun and easy vehicle to introduce and showcase properties to potential renters so they can better plan their next vacation.”

I think this is a fabulous idea!

India has a huge contingent of houses that are vacation homes, marriage/banquet halls and just plain serviced apartments.

Getting them altogether, including a booking engine, assured services, a loyalty card, some gurantees and you have a wonderful product/service idea.

YourLatitude.com boasts innovative improvements desired in a property rental website including: ....

This is fantastic!!... A Restaurant with rooms....see more

Buying hotel and resort properties located in hill stations after Budget 2007 could turn out to be a good investment avenue. The Centre is considering a no-tax regime for 10 years for hospitality projects in hilly states that include Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh. Also, hilly states have been asked to reduce stamp duty on purchase of land to promote the hospitality sector.

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Davidson Hotel Company (DHC), one of the America's largest hotel management companies, today announced that it had become one of the first independent management companies to receive the new designation of 'Preferred Operator' by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. Davidson will be one of only a handful of top-tier hotel operators to receive the designation, which will be required to become a third-party operator of Hyatt properties.

An organic food business can be your ticket to au natural business success.

Hospitality Entrepreneur?
here's a hot idea that is gripping America. Considering that India welcomes all fads American, sooner than later..this could be mega-bucks.

America has a growing appetite for all things healthy. From zero trans-fat snacks to fortified foods with added health benefits, if it’s good for the consumer, it’s most likely good for business.

Even candy is being loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, healthy extracts and vitamin C. But the real buzzword is organic.

According to the Organic Trade Association, based in Greenfield, Massachusetts, organic food sales in the U.S. totaled nearly $14 billion in 2005, with double-digit growth expected from 2007 to 2010.

Getting Started
Thinking of launching your own organic foods business? Follow these tips:

• Play by the rules.
• Go back to school.
• Take baby steps.
• Take baby steps.
• Attend industry trade shows.