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| January 2017
 
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India    
  The Fern opens its new hotel in Mumbai
   
  The Fern Hotels & Resorts announced the opening of The Fern Goregaon, an upscale business hotel which will be the closest hotel to the Bombay Exhibition & Convention Centre (Nesco). Located 800 mtrs away just off western express highway, the hotel is designed to reflect the theme of Mumbai and its culture. The hotel’s proximity to Western Express highway, important business and entertainment hubs, exhibition centre makes it an ideal location for business travellers.

The hotel offers 89 well appointed rooms ranging from 28 sqmt – 32 sqmts, an all day dining restaurant, three banquets halls which can accommodate from 25-200 people, a range of facilities such as roof top swimming pool, fitness centre and many more.

The Fern Hotel Goregaon, Mumbai opened its doors to guests on November 1, with this hotel The Fern Hotels & Resorts now manage 380 rooms in the City of Mumbai.

The unit is owned and promoted by IJB hotels Pvt Ltd and the hotel is managed by Concept Hospitality Pvt Ltd.

  The Oberoi’s first destination spa & resort comes to Chandigarh
   
  Love those luxurious tented safari camps in Ranthambore? Adore that vast, creamy architecture in Udaipur that just oozes romance? The Oberoi Group has transported the best elements of its uber-luxe ‘Vilas’ properties to the very tip of the 8,000-acre, protected Siswan Forest Range near Chandigarh, creating Sukhvilas, its first destination spa and resort. (It is opening two more resorts in 2017—in Marrakech and Ajman, UAE.) When the first Vilas property opened in Jaipur, back in 1997, it charted a new course for the Indian hotel chain, propelling it towards global stardom with its unparalleled level of personalised service for affluent international travellers. The newest Vilas property, Udaivilas, is already 14 years old and a hot favourite with Indian travellers.

And now with the 60-key Sukhvilas, The Oberoi is hoping to replicate and build on these successes with a truly unique new offering. It just might pull it off. The 12,000ft spa (opening early 2017) is a unique combination of ayurvedic, Eastern and Western therapies and includes hydrotherapy, an infrared sauna, a Turkish hammam and a Roman tepidarium as well as programmes for stress/weight management, detox and rejuvenation, that will be fully customised on-site.

But you needn’t visit Sukhvilas only for wellness; this is equally a getaway for nature-lovers. Go trekking or birdwatching in the lush Siswan forest, situated in the last fold of the outer Himalayas, and full of beautiful Indian mahogany trees (and the occasional leopard). Return to a feast of authentic Punjabi cuisine, replete with homemade butter and mango pickle. The architecture is signature Vilas, with landscaped courtyards, cusped arches, gorgeous fountains and an outdoor pool that overlooks the forest. Perfect for a family getaway, the 22-acre resort is also set to become another destination wedding favourite: easily accessible, with a scenic backdrop, beautiful rooms and a ballroom that can fit up to 600 people.

Nepal
 
  Silver Heritage Nepal soft opening in February 2017
   
 

Silver Heritage Group, which operates casinos in Vietnam and Nepal, has announced that it is planning a soft opening of its new hotel in Nepal in February 2017, according to a filing on the Australian Securities Exchange.

The foundations for the casino, hotel function rooms and F&B areas are 100 per cent complete, notes the filing, and the first phase of the property – with a 100-room 5-star hotel, 52 gaming tables, and 200 electronic gaming machines - is set to cost the group about US$40 million (MOP320 million).

The property, with a gross gaming floor area of nearly 2,500 square meters, constitutes the third phase of the group’s ‘India-facing strategy’, encompassing three hotel and casino properties in Nepal near the Indian border.

The first phase, the 41-room Hotel Devotee with 3 tables and 20 gaming machines, opened in Dhangadhi in 2013, while the second phase – opened in 2015 – added the 120-room Shangri-la Hotel, with 22 tables and 38 gaming machines. The newest addition intends to further cement the group’s position and take advantage of neighbouring India’s legislation that only allows casino gaming in two states.


 
  Soaltee to open 4-Star Hotel in Nepalgunj
   
  The Soaltee Crowne Plaza is expanding its portfolio with a four-star property in Nepalgunj, its first hotel outside Kathmandu where it has completed a half-century of operations.
The four-star property located in western Nepal’s commercial and travel hub is scheduled for a soft launch by the first quarter of 2017, the hotel said on Thursday.

It has spent Rs550 million on the new property with the brand name Soaltee which will feature 81 guest rooms. The new property incorporates a separate unit for vocational training related to the hospitality business, spa facility, swimming pool and banquet service for 250 people.
“The luxury hotel in Nepalgunj will cater to the expanding tourism business in the area,” said Prabhakar SJB Rana, chairman emeritus of the Soaltee Crowne Plaza.

“Nepal can benefit from the tourism business due to its competitive advantage through proper management and marketing in the source market,” he added.

After the new facility in Nepalgunj comes online, the Soaltee Crowne Plaza plans to open a luxury resort in Pokhara and has procured land at Khapaundi.

“The proposed resort will offer facilities similar to a four-star hotel,” said Dinesh Bahadur Bista, executive chairman of the Soaltee. “We have already procured land in Pokhara.”

The Soaltee Hotel was founded in 1966 by the late prince Himalaya Bikram Shah and the late princess Princep Rajya Laxmi. The 104-room posh property was inaugurated by the late king Mahendra.

In 1969, the hotel was converted into a private limited company and India’s Oberoi Hotels, with a capital share investment, was entrusted with its operational management under the brand name Hotel Soaltee Oberoi.


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