Room for ambition

Ms Narayanan is bang on when she underlines the criticality of managing relationships, for 'how these management firms manage the relationship with the hotel owners will define their future.'

From Oberoi To Oyo:  Behind the scenes with the movers and shakers of India's hotel industry

Author:  Chitra Narayanan 

Publisher: Penguin Portfolio

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This book is not about the history of hoteliering in India, or even the triumvirate badshahs of Indian hospitality in the Taj, Oberoi and the ITC, though the initial pages do bring you up to speed on some of it. Rather, the book by business journalist Chitra Narayanan is about, in her words, “…more on the unknown players who now have a lot of skin in the game.” So change-makers  and professional managers in Agarwals, Madhoks, Kerkars, Bakayas, Chhatwals, Keswanis,