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Article: India : Indian hotel chains face double whammy.
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- August 10, 2009
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Byline: pinto03
When Indian Hotels Chairman Ratan Tata told shareholders at the annual general meeting earlier this week that the hotel chain, which operates the Taj group, continues to be impacted by the slowdown, he was merely echoing what P R S Oberoi, his counterpart at the East India Hotels (EIH), had said recently.
Oberoi said 2008-09 had been one of the most challenging in the company s 59-year history, and EIH, which runs the Oberoi group, will continue to face a challenging environment this year.
The performance of these two leading chains bear this out. In the first quarter of the year, EIH saw a 22 per cent dip in its net profit. The ...