Govt’s Green Signal for Opening Hotel & Restaurants in Delhi
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The Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi has accorded permissions for opening of the Hotels & Restaurants in the hotels in Delhi. This is a big step towards revival of tourism and hospitality activities in the capital city.
Union Minister of State (IC) for Culture & Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel held discussion with the Lt. Governor of NCT to request him to accede to the demands of the hospitality industry in Delhi for permission to start hotel and restaurant operations. Prior to this he had also taken up this matter with Home Ministry.
Welcoming this major announcement of opening of the hotels and restaurants in Delhi, Patel said “opening of the two biggest segments of the tourism industry viz hotels and restaurants in the country’s capital is positive move that will help push domestic travel and give much relief to the industry which has been reading itself with all health and safety protocols”.
Towards another major move in rebooting the tourism activities, Patel has requested that Home Ministry to consider allowing the Banquets halls and Conference facilities to operate at 50 percent of their capacity by following the existing safety protocols and social distancing norms , a move that will help kickstart the MICE Industry.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has given permission to start the hotel, restaurant and hospitality services in the tourism sector from 8th June '20 in a phased manner. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare had issued SoPs /Protocols for operation of the Hotels, Restaurants & other accommodation Units and Ministry of Tourism had subsequently come up with Operational Guidelines for Hotels, Restaurants & other accommodation units which were circulated countrywide.
Patel also held meetings with the Union Civil Aviation Minister last week to discuss the issue of refund policy on the cancellation of air tickets and some resolution is expected on that front.