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Mumbai no. 65, Delhi no. 90 out of 100 destinations
Delhi hotels are amongst the worst in the world: Online survey
PTI | Mar 2, 2014
Hotels in Delhi are considered as one of the worst in the world as per the trivago Reputation Ranking of 100 destinations which places them in the 90th position, while those in Mumbai have fared better.
The ranking is based on over 82 million reviews compiled by trivago from over 200 online booking websites. Trivago is the world's largest online hotel search site which compares rates at over 700,000 hotels on over 200 booking sites worldwide.
"The national capital lands on the bottom of the list of 100 destinations...Mumbai took the 65th position with a score of 78.90 per cent, whereas Delhi was placed on the 90th position in the list with a score of 77.70 per cent," a recent trivago Reputation Ranking report said. It considers hotels with over 60 reviews and cities with over 130 hotels.
South East Asia and Paris even worse
Many other Asian destinations, including Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Pattaya (Thailand) and Manila (Philippines), are at the bottom of the list. Kuala Lumpur was ranked 94, Pattaya (Thailand) 95, Singapore 97, Bandung (Indonesia) 98, Jakarta (Indonesia) 99 and Manila (Philippines) 100.
The bottom list also included Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (91) which is hosting the football world cup this year, while the vaunted Paris is in the 92nd position.
2016
TripAdvisor's 'Travellers' Choice [World/ Asia]
Umaid Bhawan Palace ranked world's top hotel: Report
Jodhpur's Umaid Bhawan Palace has been adjudged the best hotel in the world based on reviews and opinions collected by travel site TripAdvisor. The majestic sandstone edifice with 347 rooms has bagged No. 1 spot in the global top hotels category, according to TripAdvisor's 'Travellers' Choice awards for Hotels'.
Orange County Resorts in Mysore at No. 13 is the only other Indian property to feature in the list of 25 best hotels in this category.
In the luxury category, The Oberoi Vanyavilas, Sawai Madhopur secured sixth position
Taj Rambagh Palace, Jaipur was at 15.
In the best bargain category in Asia,
Bougainvillea Guest House (Goa) featured in the third position,
Hotel Pearl Palace (Rajasthan) at the fourth
Kaiya House in Kerala at the sixth spot.
TripAdvisor's 'Travellers' Choice [India's Top 25]
1 Umaid Bhawan Palace Jodhpur Jodhpur, India
2 Orange County Resorts Kabini Nagarhole National Park, India
3 Taj Lake Palace Udaipur Udaipur, India
4 Wildflower Hall, Shimla in the Himalayas Mashobra, India
5 The Oberoi Rajvilas Jaipur, India
6 Orange County, Coorg Siddapura, India
7 Taj Rambagh Palace Jaipur, India
8 The Oberoi Cecil, Shimla Shimla, India
9 The Oberoi, Bangalore Bengaluru (Bangalore), India
10 Suryagarh Jaisalmer, India
11 The Oberoi Amarvilas Agra, India
12 Kolahoi Green Resorts Pahalgam Pahalgam, India
13 Niraamaya Retreats Kovalam, India
14 The Oberoi Udaivilas Udaipur, India
15 The Leela Palace New Delhi New Delhi, India
16 The Panoramic Getaway Chithirapuram [Munnar Hills, Kerala], India
17 RAAS Jodhpur, India
18 Amanbagh Resort Ajabgarh, India
19 The Oberoi, New Delhi New Delhi, India
20 The Riverview Retreat Jim Corbett National Park, India
21 The Tamara Coorg Yavakapadi Village, India
22 The Solluna Resort Jim Corbett National Park, India
23 Taj Exotica Goa Benaulim, India
24 Aahana the Corbett Wilderness - an Eco Friendly Resort Jim Corbett National Park, India
25 Bella Vista Resort Mahabaleshwar, India
The biggest hotel chain
2016: Marriott dethrones Taj
For the first time, a foreign chain has become the No.1 player in India's hospitality sector, dethroning homegrown brand Taj that held the top position for decades. Marriott's global acquisition of Starwood has catapulted the American chain from the fourth position to the top slot in Asia's third largest economy .
The Maryland-based lodging company , which entered India in December 1999 with the Goa Marriott resort, now has 18,000 rooms in its portfolio as against Taj's 14,000. “The Starwood purchase has more than doubled our India footprint,“ said Marriott's Asia-Pacific head Rajeev Menon. Prior to the acquisition, Marriott had 8,000 rooms in the country.
Starwood's local operations have been combined with Marriott Hotels India, which is overseen by Menon out of Singapore. Currently , both Starwood and Marriott's India heads -Dilip Puri and Neeraj Govil -report to Menon. “We will come out with a new organisational structure in some weeks,“ said Menon, adding that there will be no layoffs, something that usually follows mergers and acquisitions. Menon said that since the company is in an expansion mode with 100 hotels in the pipeline, it needs people and will not let go of employees, highlighting that its expansion tracks India's growth story . India, where the hotels sector is witnessing high-teen growth rate, is the second most important market for Marriott after China within Asia Pacific, said Menon.
While Marriott leads in India in terms of room capacity, it remains behind Taj in terms of number of hotels.Taj, which opened its first property in Mumbai in December 1903, has 108 hotels in the country in comparison to Marriott's 79. Before Starwood came into its kitty , Marriott had 33 properties.
