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The ministry has worked with Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India (FHRAI) and Hotel Association of India (HAI), the two major representative bodies of the hospitality industry, to gauge revision in existing classification norms. Divulging details on the same, Sujata Thakur, Regional Director, India Tourism, Mumbai stated, “We have derived new classification norms based on city wise distinction. It mentions about a separate category of hotels: the super deluxe segment.” The new segment will include hotels like the Oberoi Amar Vilas, she informed.
The new classification norms will see relaxation and rationalisation in the F&B offerings and commercial outlets present in hotels. Besides, it will see stricter norms being implemented for sanitisation, hygiene, environmental and ecological concerns. The new norms will mention specific equipment that hoteliers are expected to use in order to make environmentally sound hotels.
Source | http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/mot-to-announce-revised-hotel-classification-norms-soon-7389