Indian government has delinked hotel classification from liquor service.
New Delhi, Aug 25/Nationalturk – Indian government has delinked hotel classification from liquor service, thus fulfilling the long pending demand of hotel industry.
“Considering the long standing demand of Hotel industry, Tourism Ministry has taken a step for classifying 4 Star, 5 Star hotels in non-Heritage sector and Classic category Hotels in Heritage sector without insisting on the presence of a bar that serves alcohol on the premises,” India’s Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik said.
As per the new guidelines, hotels in categories of 5 Star and 4 Star in non-Heritage sector and Classic category Hotels in Heritage sector can now be classified as “5 Star with alcohol service”, “5 Star without alcohol service”, “4 Star with alcohol service”, “4 Star without alcohol service”, “Classic Heritage with alcohol service” and “Classic Heritage without alcohol service”.
‘Alcohol service was essential for Hotel classification’
At present, Indian Tourism Ministry classifies various hotels on voluntary request in the categories of 1 Star, 2 Star, 3 Star, 4 Star, 5 Star and 5 Star Deluxe in non-Heritage sector and in the categories of Basic, Classic and Grand in the Heritage sector. Under the guidelines of the Ministry of Tourism till now , alcohol service was essential for Hotels seeking classification under the categories of 4 Star, 5 Star, 5 Star Deluxe, Classic Heritage and Grand Heritage.
Indian government’s decision to delink hotel classification from liquor service would allow hotel owners and management in India to take considered decision on whether to provide alcohol service or not in their units.
However, Tourism Ministry has made it compulsory for all the classified hotels to make their precise classification status shown on the opening page of their (Hotel’s) website and also declare such status clearly on their (Hotel’s) promotional and marketing material without any abbreviations.
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