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Chhatwal: 25-year-olds should build budget hotels instead of AI platforms
“I would tell the 25 year old there's enough platforms, there are enough people working on AI, there's a lot of competitor overcrowding, don't go there, start a boutique hotel business, or start very nice, clean, budget hotel business, and you will have a lot o…”
Chhatwal: The best hotel deals are available directly on hotel websites
“Usually there is rate parity. It's not that we have cheaper, but you know, the best deals are available on the hotel website.”
Chhatwal: Calling IHCL "Taj Group" prevented other brands from thriving
“So what in my experience it does is it does not allow other brands to stand on their feet. You're always like a second child or a stepchild or a.”
Chhatwal: Hotels should leave wedding planning to specialized professionals
“We don't need many things outsourced or better that there are wedding planners because they are professionals at that. Our job is very good when it comes to catering the food, the service, the, you know, everything else. It's like we as a sector got out of doi…”
Chhatwal: Entrepreneurs can launch hotels by remodeling rented spaces on revenue-share
“So many spaces which could be remodeled and converted into boutique assets or budget assets. And has to just calculate what kind of revenue share he's going to give from his total revenue.”
Chhatwal: Wildlife lodges are hard to make viable due to six-month shutdowns
“There is, but that is the one which is more difficult to be a good financial value, because those are small lodges, 12, 1418, 20 rooms. They get a good rate, but they also shut down four, five, six months in a year sometimes. So you have to make all that busin…”