Business hotels woes continue in absence of corporate travel
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As a result, hotel chains are offering work from hotel packages, steep deals, dining and spa discounts and late check-outs. The difference in room rates between some five-star luxury hotels in leisure destinations and their city counterparts primarily targeted at business travellers in markets such as Gurgaon, Delhi and Mumbai is over 100% in some cases.
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Room rates for business and city hotels continue to spiral downwards in India in the absence of large-scale corporate travel post the Covid-19 pandemic, even as some leisure properties of chains are being sold at a premium or at 2019 levels.
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As a Black traveler, I ve had my share of difficulties. I ve been ignored and belittled by waiters and hotel staff. Locals have grabbed my arms and taken my photo. I ve been told I look too exotic to be from London, my hometown. Women have touched my hair without my permission. Men have catcalled, shouting the names of celebrities who look nothing like me except for the fact that they, too, are Black.
These disrespectful gestures are almost enough to discourage me from traveling at all.
So when I set out for India in April 2019, I braced myself for plenty of negative attention and racial comments. Instead, I discovered a place that felt like home and that rekindled my love of exploring the world.