Yes I can, says Radisson Blu Hyderabad
Having opened almost a month-and-a-half ago in Hyderabad, the Carlson Rezidor property is living up to its tagline and guaranteeing 100 per cent satisfaction to its guests. Nishan Silva, General Manager, Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Hyderabad Banjara Hills, s
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you go around the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Hyderabad Banjara Hills, you can’t miss the ‘Yes I Can!’ badges that the hotel staff sports. According to their General Manager, these badges embody the very spirit of the brand, the positive attitude that guarantees 100 per cent guest satisfaction. While speaking about the hotel, Silva says, “I am happy with the way things are moving for Carlson Rezidor’s first Radisson Blu hotel in the city. We have seen tremendous potential and we are moving ahead in the right direction.”
About Hyderabad as a city for the hospitality sector, he says, “Hyderabad has good infrastructure and the IT sector here is also doing very well. The expansion of the airport is another key decision that the government has taken. That’s why not only us but some of the major hospitality players are now venturing into the city. Even the local hospitality companies are also doing very well. The competition is growing and we have a great mix of local and international com- panies. It’s a city you must be in and in the month-and-ahalf that we have been here we have seen tremendous potential.” Proof of this can be seen in the fact that there are around four major hotels located within a close distance of each other.
The recent spurt in the number of hotels has only turned the tables around and the city which was once said to have an undersupply of hotel rooms now has an oversupply of hotel rooms. As Silva points out, “Now, we have more hotels than what is needed and in the next 18 months we have another 600 rooms being added to the market as more hotels are coming up. Hyderabad is not the easiest cities to drive occupancy rate and if we look at the current market there is an oversupply of rooms. However, the future is looking good and we, at Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Hyderabad Banjara Hills, have taken strategic partnerships with the corporate world and are driving forward to a very good business model.”
On being asked why the hotel at Banjara Hills has been categorically positioned as a business hotel, he says, “We are not driving much business from the leisure sector as people coming to the city are mostly business travellers. It is one of the biggest hotels covering 44sqm of area (it has 142 Superior, Deluxe & Business class rooms and 13 suites) and with facilities such as free internet, a great breakfast spread and great F&B facilities. However, the city has a small leisure market with 67 prominent locations for sightseeing. But even then almost 80 per cent of our business is from the corporate sector.”