How IHCL Is Using Sound to Redefine the Luxury Hotel Experience

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Rosastays’ recent acquisition by UHM reflects la broader shift. Boutique hospitality is no longer a niche — it is increasingly recognised as a strategic growth segment that complements traditional branded hotels.&nbsp;

Boutique Play: How Rosastays Is Scaling India’s Experiential Hospitality

Chocolate expert and educator Martin Christy unpacks the sensorial world of craft chocolate and how it’s reshaping India’s hospitality landscape.

Inside India’s Craft Chocolate Revolution

India’s quietest coastline is becoming its most compelling escape. Once a secret known only to locals and divers, Sindhudurg is now drawing boutique hotels, thoughtful luxury, and curious travellers.

Sindhudurg’s Slow Bloom

How Indian hotels are leveraging AI without compromising their authenticity. &nbsp;

Why EQ Still Matters

Music concerts are fast becoming a reason to travel in India, filling flights, hotels, and city streets. As music turns destinations into cultural moments, the concert economy is expanding into a defining pillar of the orange economy.

How India’s Concert Boom is Powering the Orange Economy

In an exclusive interview, with SOH, Vikram Lalvani, Managing Director &amp; CEO of Sterling Resorts, reflects on Sterling’s journey of reinvention, the principles shaping its leadership and culture, and how the brand is positioning itself for the next phase of Indian hospitality.

Sterling Aims To Lead Meaningful Journeys For Indian Travellers: Vikram Lalvani

Long before architecture or design, there was sound—and today, IHCL’s Taj is bringing this ancient truth into contemporary hospitality through its newly registered sonic identity.

Indian branded hospitality has finally woken up to the fairly immense potential of the midscale and budget segments, and Tier 2&nbsp; and 3 markets are seeing an unprecedented boom in signings.

Indian Hospitality’s Mid-Market Pivot

The Palace Returns, quietly, within Air India’s Vista cabins. Nearly 90 years after that first mail flight, Air India’s interiors are once again central to its identity.

A Palace in the Sky, Reimagined

In 2026, hospitality, travel, dining, and spirits rediscover their soul, embracing connection, meaning, and balance over excess.

Balance Becomes  the New Luxury

This centuries-old Western tradition is serving modern hospitality with a graceful evolution.

How the World’s Finest Hotels Are Reimagining the Butler

Taj Cidade de Goa creates space and dignity for event support teams.

Taj Cidade de Goa Fosters Respect, Dignity, and Space for Event Support Teams

IHCL’s Taj InnerCircle–NeuPass partners with Shangri-La Circle and MyMillennium for strategic marketing collaborations.

IHCL’s Taj InnerCircle–NeuPass Goes Global

India’s hotel sector may be entering a new era as it breaks the cyclical nature of its growth with record revenues, bold partnerships, and a new trajectory.

The Hotel  Boom That Refuses to Slow Down

Strategic hotel alliances now shape loyalty, sustainability, and visibility in the world of global luxury travel and hospitality.

Alliances Redefine Global Hospitality Playbooks

In a bold and joy-filled statement on love and equality, The LaLiT Great Eastern Kolkata hosts&nbsp;Pure Love’s Fake Wedding — a vibrant celebration of queer love in a country where marriage equality remains a dream.

The LaLiT Great Eastern Kolkata Celebrates Pure Love with a Grand Fake Wedding

The Leela Palaces, Hotels &amp; Resorts’ latest campaign with Princess Gauravi Kumari of Jaipur captures the evolving expression of Indian Heritage through a contemporary lens of luxury.

The Leela x Princess Gauravi Kumari: A Reimagining of Modern Indian Royalty

India’s travel landscape is transforming, with emerging destinations reshaping traveller experiences and hospitality investment.

India Recharted

Global hospitality major believes its India story needs to accelerate to grow faster. Can a new merged entity do it?

Is This  Accor's Do-Or -Die Moment In India ?

Is This Accor's Do-Or -Die Moment In India?

India’s festive quarter offers hospitality brands a peak opportunity to boost revenue and deepen guest engagement through targeted, occasion-driven marketing. A closer look.

The Business of Celebration: How Festive Campaigns Boost Hospitality Brands

This World Tourism Day 2025, SOH speaks to hospitality champions on their role and vision of responsible tourism and sustainable change.

World Tourism Day 2025: How Hospitality is Powering Tourism & Sustainable Transformation

How Hospitality is Powering Tourism & Sustainable Transformation

India seems ready to adopt AI but is not yet ready to fully trust it, reveals a recent Bookiong.com report. The worldwide survey demonstrates that while AI is permeating daily life, caution, excitement, and curiosity are in conflict.

Is AI Set to Transform Travel Planning?

From check-in to take-off, how the latest GST reforms impact the new age consumer.

Decoding the New GST Rules: What They Mean for Consumers

The Heart of Hospitality

A CAGR growth of 75% for the last five years of individuals with a combined wealth of ₹1,000 crore. A sales record high of 42,731 luxury cars in 2023. Disposable income levels on the rise. Aspiration for finer things in life on the increase. This discerning demographic is eyeing luxury residences, made more covetable by association with a high-end brand, with great interest. &nbsp;

The  Signature Life: Is India Ready for Branded Residences?

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Boutique Play: How Rosastays Is Scaling India’s Experiential Hospitality

Sindhudurg’s Slow Bloom

Why EQ Still Matters

How India’s Concert Boom is Powering the Orange Economy

Sterling Aims To Lead Meaningful Journeys For Indian Travellers: Vikram Lalvani

How IHCL Is Using Sound to Redefine the Luxury Hotel Experience

Indian Hospitality’s Mid-Market Pivot

A Palace in the Sky, Reimagined

Balance Becomes the New Luxury

How the World’s Finest Hotels Are Reimagining the Butler

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Boutique Play: How Rosastays Is Scaling India’s Experiential Hospitality

Inside India’s Craft Chocolate Revolution

Sindhudurg’s Slow Bloom

Why EQ Still Matters

How India’s Concert Boom is Powering the Orange Economy

Sterling Aims To Lead Meaningful Journeys For Indian Travellers: Vikram Lalvani

How IHCL Is Using Sound to Redefine the Luxury Hotel Experience

Indian Hospitality’s Mid-Market Pivot

A Palace in the Sky, Reimagined

Balance Becomes the New Luxury

How the World’s Finest Hotels Are Reimagining the Butler

Taj Cidade de Goa Fosters Respect, Dignity, and Space for Event Support Teams

IHCL’s Taj InnerCircle–NeuPass Goes Global

The Hotel Boom That Refuses to Slow Down

Alliances Redefine Global Hospitality Playbooks

The LaLiT Great Eastern Kolkata Celebrates Pure Love with a Grand Fake Wedding

The Leela x Princess Gauravi Kumari: A Reimagining of Modern Indian Royalty

India Recharted

Is This Accor's Do-Or -Die Moment In India?

The Business of Celebration: How Festive Campaigns Boost Hospitality Brands

World Tourism Day 2025: How Hospitality is Powering Tourism & Sustainable Transformation

Is AI Set to Transform Travel Planning?

Decoding the New GST Rules: What They Mean for Consumers

The Heart of Hospitality

The Signature Life: Is India Ready for Branded Residences?