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Hunt on to trace man who posed as UAE official, fled hotel without paying

Police are on the lookout for a man who stayed at a Delhi 5-star hotel for 4 months by posing as a senior functionary of the UAE royal family and fled without paying bills worth more than Rs 23 lakh

Updated On: 17 Jan 2023 | 3:35 PM IST

Vacationers head to the hills to de-stress as states start unlock process

Over the past fortnight, five-star hotel chains including and premium boutique brand are seeing the occupancy at their properties either reach the near optimum level or being completely sold out.

Updated On: 17 Jun 2021 | 4:51 AM IST

Zooming onion rates to pricey bananas: Advertisers bask in moment-ary glory

When onion prices were hovering around Rs 150 a kg and FM Nirmala Sitharaman was being pilloried for her comments on the kitchen staple, food-delivery platforms put out clever one liners

Updated On: 27 Dec 2019 | 12:13 AM IST

Good news: Your stay at luxury hotels to be less expensive from today

Travellers staying in a hotel room costing over Rs 7,500 per night will now have to pay GST of 18 per cent, against 28 per cent earlier

Updated On: 01 Oct 2019 | 10:39 AM IST

GST Council may rationalise rates for five-star hotels in Friday meeting

Fitment panel does not favour rate reduction for vehicles, biscuits

Updated On: 18 Sep 2019 | 2:07 AM IST

Acting on PM Narendra Modi's call, hotels cut use of PET bottles

Large chains like the Marriott and Taj that are estimated to consume two million plastic bottles a year

Updated On: 10 Sep 2019 | 12:47 AM IST

Govt's five-star hotel plan for Pragati Maidan may find no takers

The ITPO floated the request for proposal for this project on December 6

Updated On: 16 Dec 2018 | 11:13 PM IST