The Delhi High Court has validated the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) decision to impose higher property taxes on hotels rated thre...

The Delhi government had delinked hotels from attached hospitals this month, but the lieutenant governor had objected to the government’s m...

The ministry classifies hotels under the star rating system to conform to the expected standards for different classes of tourists. Under t...

All the big industry players, including the Taj, Oberoi and ITC, are re-evaluating bathroom configurations at their five-star properties as...

Heritage category hotels are currently classified as heritage grand, heritage classic with or without alcohol service, and heritage basic.

HRAWI said with this classification system it hopes to remove any ambiguity for tourists checking into an Indian Hospitality Quality Standa...

Prior to being elected as president of FHRAI, Malkani was the president of Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI).

The judges agreed with the state government counsel that additional taxation was a policy decision taken by it to prevent revenue loss to t...

Earlier this week, a division bench of the Kerala High Court had upheld the state government's liquor policy, allowing only bars in five-st...

The tourism ministry has cut down on licence raj, bringing down the number of mandatory approvals for hotels from 17-18 down to two.

All four-star, five-star and five-star deluxe hotels will have to install blackout curtains and provide luggage racks, portable or fixed, f...

The Ministry of Tourism launched the PSDS in April. It is a web based system which enables applicants seeking approval for hotel projects a...

To bring in transparency in granting approvals for hotel projects, the government today launched a web-based public service delivery system.

Tourism Ministry today announced that status of all such applications and those on classification status will be available online from next...

The facilities in three-star hotels across the world are different from the ones in India. Find out how to get value for your money by goin...

Hotels will get star ratings only if they are hospitable for disabled persons and have adequate arrangement for safety and security of gues...

Even before the Delhi government takes a call on whether to go-ahead with imposition of VAT from April 1, a rollback of sorts is already on.