Amid pandemic uncertainty, hospitality sector pins hopes on Indian weddings

Leisure is the asset owner of Jim Corbett Taj Hotel and Club Mahindra properties in Uttarakhand

Amid the many pandemic-related uncertainties, weddings have emerged as a bright spot of sorts for the battered domestic hospitality sector.

After hosting a record number of weddings in November, hotels and resorts have decked themselves up for the peak season that began in December and will stretch till March. And they are counting on the big, fat weddings that are being planned with a vengeance after the pandemic restrictions.

Driving the domestic hotel business are restrictions on global travel, which rule out mega-weddings at exotic destinations such as Istanbul, Greece, Italy, France, Thailand and Japan. Now, Gulmarg, Goa, Udaipur, Jaipur, Mussoorie, Shimla,