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GBCI Providing with Better Green Building Initiatives

GBCI for the first time is bringing their annual Greenbuild conference to India which be held from 2nd to 5th November, 2017 at Bombay Exhibition Center (NESCO), Mumbai.

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Taj Plans Further Expansion in Middle East

Taj Dubai plans to go up from 296 rooms to over 300. The hotel chain is also looking at Bahrain as well as Mecca for further expansion in the region, according to Ranjit Phillipose, General Manager, Taj Dubai.

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HKTB Focusing on Young Demographics of India

The HKTB Trade Mission 2017, provides an opportunity for representatives from the Honk Kong tourism industry to network and establish business relationships with key qualified travel agencies and tour operators from India.

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Stick To The Basics : Chef Bali

A versatile personality Anshuman Bali, has a great exposure in handling Operations Management, Quality Control, Production Operations, Materials Management and Safety Operations. With over 16 years of experience, Bali has recently been appointed as the Executive Chef of JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar.

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Sustainable Tourism: Effective Driver to Positive Change

2017 is the year of the U.S.-India Travel and Tourism Partnership and also the UN International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. We speak to Kelly S. Bricker, Professor and Director, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism in the College of Health at the University of Utah who gives us invaluable insights into the promising yet challenging world of sustainable tourism and how to promote it globally.

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Living in Five Star Private Luxury

Four Seasons Provenance is first-of-its-kind hotel branded luxury residence in Mumbai offering experiential living that goes beyond good design and architecture. We speak to Adarsh Jatia, CEO and Managing Director, Provenance Land on the market for uber-luxury real estate in India.

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‘Great Potential in Using Home-Grown Ingredients’

With over 15 years of experience in hospitality, Rajesh Kumar Roy, has been appointed as the Executive Chef at Le Meridien, Gurgaon.

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Serena Spa Opening its Door at the Marriott Bengaluru Whitefield

Jesper Hougaard spoke to BW Hotelier about the Spa market in India. He also announces the opening of Serena Spa at the Marriott Bengaluru Whilefield in September.

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'Preserve and Reflect Nature With Design Ethos'

Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA) announced a brand new specialty division and international office – HBA Resort in Bali, Indonesia recently. Having already completed award-winning luxury resorts around the world, including Four Seasons Seychelles, Park Hyatt Maldives, Jumeirah Maldives and Eagle Island Botswana, HBA Resort is poised to bring bespoke properties filled with global inspiration and local artisanal spirit to exotic destinations. The new division spearheaded by David Haughton, HBA Principal, who has resided and designed in Bali for the past 25 years is an artist himself and is responsible for leading both HBA Resort offices in Indonesia in Bali and Jakarta. We spoke to David Haughton to know more about the resort and its expansion plans.

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Akkarat to Bring Relishing Thai Cuisines in India

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With an illustrious career of 12 years in culinary experience under his belt, Chef Akkarat, is Sodexo’s designated promotional chef for Thai cuisine. Hailing from the Northeast region of Thailand, Roi Et, Akkarat is currently in India as part of Sodexo’s Asia Pacific Global Chef Program. In Asia Pacific, the program has travelled to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Philippines till date.

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