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Lemon Tree Hotels bags the coveted Times Travel
Academy award
India’s first and largest chain of upscale hotels and resorts, Lemon Tree Hotels was recently conferred with the prestigious Times Travel
Academy award - “Best Mid Range Hotel” for 2011. The Academy comprised of over 100 Travel industry CXOs from leading Travel
and Tourism companies who voted for their favourite brand.
Rahul Pandit, President & Chief Operating Officer, Lemon Tree Hotels said, “This award is of special importance to us as it signifies
the appreciation given to us by our peers from the hospitality and travel industry.” He added, “Lemon Tree Hotels has worked
towards being a pioneer in the upscale/mid range segment and this award encourages us to take our effort up a notch.” Lemon Tree
Hotels is one of India’s fastest growing hotel chains and currently owns and operates an inventory of more than 1500 rooms across 15
properties. The brand’s profitable growth has been driven by an end-to-end business model, which has led to a 60 per cent year-onyear
growth in rooms over the past five years. By 2013, with 2,800 rooms in 20 hotels across 15 cities, Lemon Tree Hotels will own over
2 per cent of all hotel rooms in the country.
Salford University & CII sign MoU on Green Building
initiatives
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between University of Salford, United Kingdom and Indian Green Building
Council (IGBC) of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for a joint partnership to promote cooperation in the fields of training, research
and enterprise in Green Building initiatives. The MoU was signed during the last day of the 9th edition of Green Building Congress
2011 organised by IGBC of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at New Delhi. Dr Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC, said, “With 100
new townships coming up between Delhi and Mumbai, the need of the hour is to start building sustainable and green cities right at the
inception. We cannot afford to waste even a day to start planning and working towards building Green homes and Green cities.”
Under this Partnership, both the institutions will seek to encourage direct contact and cooperation between their faculty and
administrative staff, including those of relevant Internet schools and the Universities’ Research Institutes. They will also conduct joint
research activities and explore areas for display of Green Building Materials that industry in India and UK can offer, apart from joint
teaching and the development of new Degree and training programmes in the field of Green construction. Prof. Michail Kagioglou,
Dean, University of Salford said, “India is well-positioned to lead the way in Green Building norms and hoped that the initiative will
help in better B2B interactions on Green Products in India and United Kingdom.” Dr Kath Williams, Past President, World Green
Building Council said, “Sustainability is like a three-legged stool standing on environmental, social and economic considerations. All
three facets need to be developed to get a workable sustainable model.”
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