The Big Hotel Stories Were Out of India This Week

First Things

Global hotel CEOs, regional hotel brands, and independent operators gathered this week in Bengaluru, India midweek to discuss regional growth and what that meant for the larger travel community at the Hotel Investment Conference – South Asia (HICSA). I was lucky to be there with my colleague, Asia Editor Peden Doma Bhutia, who was interviewing leaders and writing stories.

You can read her stories about Hilton’s expansion of Waldorf Astoria in the region as well as Radisson’s own luxury expansion. Her reporting from the event will be showing up over the next few months. Much of the discussion about expansion and enthusiasm was familiar to me from reading two of Skift’s daily newsletters. Our Skift India Daily newsletter written by Amrita Ghosh covers not just hotels, but every big travel story coming out of the region. Read it if you want to understand the broader landscape. A number of attendees were subscribers to Daily Lodging Report’s APAC newsletter, which covers India extensively four days a week. Read it if you want to open or buy a hotel anywhere in India.

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