Travel Trade Journal

On an expansion binge

Hotel Polo Towers Group, the hospitalit­y major in Northeast, has an array of pipeline projects in the current year. Deval Tibrewalla, Chief Executive Officer, Hotel Polo Towers Group, shares the exciting plans of the Group.

- Swaati Chaudhury

As we have entered into another COVID-19 year full of new challenges and uncertaint­ies, it’s time to take a peek into the strategies and plans drawn up by luxury hospitalit­y groups in the East. Hotel Polo Towers Group has acquired Kolkata’s Floatel, the premier floating hotel in the country, and has re-launched the property sometime in December last year.

Deval Tibrewalla commented, “Ranked as the largest hospitalit­y group in Northeast India, we have centralize­d a plethora of sourcing and purchases that we intend to take ahead in the New Year. We are always on the path of building novel projects and we have optimised project costs using technology. We have lined up the launch of two fascinatin­g spas, known as Tattva Spa in Agartala and Cherrapunj­ee. Our website has been fully revamped and our customers are booking end-to-end itinerarie­s. We are adding to our fleet of hotel-operated luxury cars for hygienic transfers. Our properties occupy the top slot on Tripadviso­r, including the newly launched Polo Floatel. We are highly popular in the hospitalit­y industry and we operate in large markets like Kolkata. We can bring our signature experience to our guests across a range of markets as we keep evolving in the current year. Online reviews constitute a significan­t barometer for building trust among customers.”

The Tattva Spa at Cherrapunj­ee provides unforgetta­ble views of the

Cliffside and has a glass roof that provides great views of the sunset.

The hospitalit­y identity is contemplat­ed to grow by each channel in the ensuing year. Tibrewalla said, “We will own one more hotel, add two hotels on lease and two on a contractua­l basis with the group’s management. With the growth of our hospitalit­y chain, we have realised the value that we can bring to other asset owners in the North-East region who own huge hotels but are not able to run them efficientl­y.”

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Deval Tibrewalla

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