History

About Industry

Hospitality & Tourism Industry in India is important for the country’s economy and is growing rapidly. Around 2,0000,000 Worker & Professionals are working in this industry & bread Butter for them. The World Travel and Tourism Council calculated that tourism generated `15.24 lakh crore (US$220 billion) or 9.4% of India’s GDP in 2017 and supported 41.622 million jobs, 8% of its total employment.

The sector is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 6.9% to `32.05 lakh crore (US$470 billion) by 2028 (9.9% of GDP). In October 2015, India’s medical tourism sector was estimated to be worth US$3 billion, and it is projected to grow to US$7–8 billion by 2020.

In 2014, 184,298 foreign patients travelled to India to seek medical treatment.

Over 10 million foreign tourists arrived in India in 2017 compared to 8.89 million in 2016, representing a growth of 15.6%

Domestic tourist visits to all states and union territories numbered 1,036.35 million in 2012, an increase of 16.5% from 2011

In 2014, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh were the most popular states for tourists. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Agra and Jaipur were the five most visited cities of India by foreign tourists during the year 2015-16.

Captain of the

Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata, a leading Industrialist and a philanthropist, is one of the leading entrepreneurs in India. He is a recipient of two highest awards- Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan, alongwith other notable awards like Business Leader of the year, Transformational leader of the decade, Sayaji Ratna award etc.
He is the supporter of education & medicine. Tata education and Development trust, an affiliate of Tata group donates huge funds to provide financial aid at Cornell University, to aid undergraduate students from India
Tata Institute for genetics and society, coordinates research operations in India in area of combating vector borne diseases. He is having several years of experience and managing multiple hotels and companies operating in different industries.

H.H. Maharaja Gaj Singh of Marwar

Maharaja Gaj Singh of Marwar is a prominent personality and one of the top leaders of India. His work in society is * simply amazing. He has contributed a lot to the development and sustainability of the Heritage Hotel. He is very brave, honest, humble, and very active in donating for, the betterment of society. He has a proven record of leadership in multiple domains such as politics, hospitality, etc. The Maharaja has provided dynamic leadership to the innovative Heritage Hotel movement, the future of tourism in Rajasthan. The Maharaja is involved in the education of girls, the rehabilitation of defence. personnel and families, environmental projects and water. harvesting in rural areas, the medical care of weaker sections, and the management of ancestral temples. He has a great interest and continuously supports education and cultural activities from a very early stage of his leadership. He has also been felicitated with Lifetime Achievement Awards 2020 by Indian Hospitality Leadership Awards organized by AHPWI.

Mohan Singh Oberoi

Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi (15 August 1898 – 3 May 2002) was an Indian hotelier, the founder & chairman of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, India’s second-largest hotel company, with 35 hotels in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Egypt and Hungary.

Honors and awards

Throughout his later life M. S. Oberoi received numerous honors and awards from the Indian government and private organizations.

M.S.Oberoi was presented with the title Rai Bahadur by His Majesty the King of Great Britain in 1943.

The other honors include admission to the Hall of Fame by the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA); Man of The World by the International Hotel Association (IHA) New York; named by Newsweek as one of the “Elite Winners of 1978” and the PHDCCI Millennium award in 2000.[9]

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian awards, in 2001.

global map by successfully establishing hotel brands like Oberoi and Trident worldwide.

Captain C. P. Krishnan Nair

Captain Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair was an Indian businessman who founded The Leela Group. He was a 2010 recipient of the Padma Bhushan, given by Government of India. He was sometimes popularly known as Captain Nair due to his service in the Indian Army.

Anil Madhok

Anil Madhok joined Oberoi Hotels in 1966 and worked in various positions in Delhi, Mumbai Sri Lanka, Singapore.  Including a stint of training at Sheraton Corporation Hawaii.

Left Oberoi’s in 1991 as head of operations and moved to Dubai to assist Al Bawardi Group to set up their hotel division.

Anil Madhok returned to India in 1994 and founded Sarovar Hotels in 1994. The Company has carved a niche in the mid-market hotels in India and continues to be in the forefront in the Indian hospitality arena. 

Sarovar Hotels is today the largest hotel management company in its category in India.

 

Sarovar Hotels currently manages over 95 hotels in over 65 destination in India & Africa.

Sarovar Hotels is also providing services to some of the prime institutions such as Indian School of Business, Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Khozekode and Hindustan Unilever Training Centre, Mumbai.