Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 4 Issue 5

The emerging strategic and financial issues in the Indian hospitality industry: An overview

Gunjan M. Sanjeev, Vinnie Jauhari

The paper aims to provide an overview of the facts and trends relating to the Indian hospitality industry. It also seeks to identify the key strategic and financial issues that…

Risk identification and analysis in the hospitality industry: Practitioners' perspectives from India

Sonia Bharwani, David Mathews

This paper aims to identify the key risks which are endemic to the hospitality industry and considered as important by hoteliers in today's growing global context, with particular…

Key issues in setting up a hotel in India: a practitioner perspective

Amit Kapur, Kakoli Sen

The Indian hotel industry is poised for growth but there are a number of issues that are impeding a much‐awaited boom in this sector. This paper seeks to provide a first‐hand…

Revenue management and India: rapid deployment strategies

Kate Varini, Pavan Sirsi, Sarah Kamensky

Revenue management has grown in popularity and is now a widely accepted discipline that has brought about significant improvements to businesses worldwide. With globalisation in…

A survey of factors influencing cost structures in the Indian hotel sector

Madhu Vij

The purpose of this paper is to provide some empirical evidence of the current trends regarding cost structures in the hospitality industry and to help reveal the present…

Applying innovative food cost management practices in inflationary times: Indian budget restaurant segment experiences

Sandeep Munjal, Sanjay Sharma

In the Indian context with an extended phase of high food inflation impacting the hospitality sector, there is a need for coping mechanisms to protect the business bottom line and…

Responding to the emerging strategic and financial issues in the Indian hospitality industry

Vinnie Jauhari, Gunjan M. Sanjeev

This paper aims to summarise and review the key strategic and financial challenges faced by the hospitality industry in India.

Editorial

Gunjan M. Sanjeev, Vinnie Jauhari