26.8 Lakh Guest Rooms Need to be Added : Estimated Hotel Body FHRAI

According to Mr. Kamlesh Barot, President, Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India (FHRAI). The federation is the apex body for the hotel & restaurant industry in India. An estimated about 1.8 lakh guest rooms need to be added to the present inventory in the organised sector & 25 lakh in the unorganised sector.  Last year (2011), nearly  62.9 lakh foreign tourists visited India. For the next 5 years, we will need to increase inventory to meet the growing demand from overseas & domestic tourists”   

FHRAI has members from over 2,300 hotels and 1,178 restaurants.

Occupancy levels in Hotels..!

Cities       2007    2011

Delhi         82     59

Bangalore    69     53

Mumbai      79     69

Chennai     78      65

Kolkata     75       65

The Ministry of Tourism aims to increase the foreign tourist arrivals to 1.10 croren by 2016, along with 1,496 million domestic tourist visits.

However, while domestic tourism has been robust, hotels have seen a fall in occupancy rates. This is largely due to over-supply of rooms at certain key sectors & also the result of foreign tourists opting for cheaper lodgings, according to analysts. Hotels across the country reported a drop in occupancy rates from 66.8% to 62.1% by December 2011.

Despite this, industry players remain upbeat about the sector’s growth.

Mr. Kamlesh Barot, also said, “The demand is high in cities such as Mumbai & Chennai. However, certain pockets in the country such as Pune, Bangalore & Delhi have seen oversupply of rooms because of which there has been a drop in occupancy rates”

Profitability

Mr. Kamlesh Barot

Meanwhile, in its recent industry report, CRISIL Research said that profitability of premium hotels ( five star and  five star deluxe) is expected to plunge in 2012-13 and 2013-14.

“Occupancy rates of premium hotels will fall from 64% in 2011-12 to 56% in 2013-14 due to large scale room additions and global economic slowdown. Operating margins will drop to just over 16% in 2013-14, the lowest in 10 years,” the CRISIL Research report added.

 Contact - FHRAI

Web Site: http://www.fhrai.com/

Monday To Friday Between 0930-1800 hrs( IST)

Mr. M.D. Kapoor

Secretary General

The Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India

B-82, 8th Floor, Himalaya House, 23, K. G. Marg, New Delhi-110 001

Telephone: 011 – 40780780, Fax: 011 – 40780777

E-mail : fhrai@vsnl.com

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