India Hotel, which owns The Oberoi and Trident, Nariman point, will need to spend more than Rs 50 crore to restore the two luxury hotel properties, executives of the group said ahead of the reopening of Trident, Nariman Point, on Sunday.

A corporate travel management company in the US has identified a shift towards lower rates for 2009 at 3, 4, and 5 star hotel properties both domestic and international.

Oriens Travel and Hotel Management Corp., a company that seeks out mid/lower-end hotel properties in developing countries and reorganizes them under the Hotel PURE brand, is pleased to announce the company has completed the redesign and launch of its new and improved web site, http://www.HotelPURE.com

Desert attractions, hotel properties and other businesses gathered Wednesday at the Palm Springs Convention Center for a “packaging powwow.”

Development of new Phuket hotel properties remains strong, despite ongoing political issues in the country and international financial downturn. Thirty new hotels are at various stages of development