Insights for hotel owners
Practical notes from Amit Parmar on the decisions that make or break a hotel investment in India.


Brand partnerships,
Seven hotel management agreement clauses every owner should negotiate
A management agreement can run past a hundred pages, but seven clauses decide most of what it is worth to you. Here is what…

Brand partnerships,
Management contract or franchise: which is right for your hotel in India?
The choice between a management contract and a franchise shapes your hotel’s fees, your control and your workload for years. Here is how to…

Feasibility and development,
What a bankable hotel feasibility study contains
Banks and investors read hotel feasibility studies closely. Here is what a study needs to contain to be taken seriously, and to be useful…

Feasibility and development,
Why fewer rooms can earn you more: getting the room count right
Owners often want as many rooms as the plot allows. The market does not always agree. Here is how to find the number that…

Opening and operations,
Hotel pre-opening checklist: the twelve months before opening day
Most late hotel openings could have been avoided with an earlier start. This checklist shows what needs to happen, and when, in the final…

Hotel market,
Branded hotels in tier 2 and tier 3 cities: opportunity and caution
Hotel brands are signing in cities they once ignored. For local owners this is a real opportunity, provided they check a few things first.
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