Hospitality weekly · HyderabadIssue 01 · 28 Oct 2026
This week in hotels & travel

Front of House

The hotel business, briefed weekly: deals, openings, results and the numbers that move them, with a close eye on India.

India occupancy68.1%2026 snapshot
India ADR₹8,962▲ 6.4%
India RevPAR₹6,099▲ 6.2%
US occupancy70.7%▲ 3.1%
US ADR$177.65▲ 2.3%
US RevPAR$125.53▲ 5.5%
India: Hotelivate–Savills 2026 report, 2,168 hotelsUS: CoStar, week of 11–17 Oct, year on year
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Lead · India

India's branded hotel pipeline reaches 1.61 lakh rooms

Hotelivate and Savills put India's five-year branded pipeline at 1,61,074 rooms, equal to about 77% of the branded rooms operating today. Close to 1,17,000 are already under active development, and about four in five are planned outside the Tier 1 cities.

Demand is keeping pace for now. Occupancy stood at 68.1%, room rates rose 6.4% and RevPAR grew 6.2%. Bengaluru and Hyderabad led growth among the 20 large markets, while Goa and Amritsar slipped.

Source: TravelBiz Monitor, 20 Oct 2026

At the front desk this week

  1. IHG signs Hyderabad's first Crowne Plaza, near the airport
  2. Post-Diwali hotel rates run about 27% above normal
  3. Hilton's Q3 RevPAR up 5.8%, pipeline at 543,100 rooms
  4. Hyatt and Brigade plan two Hyatt Regency hotels in Bengaluru
  5. IHCL raises FY27 guidance after a 21% revenue jump