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Hospitality industry witnesses a boom in Gurgaon
Notwithstanding the rickety roads, rampant and long power cuts, and water crises among a plethora of problems, Gurgaon is attracting major investors and buyers and 5-star properties are coming up rapidly in the city.

WITH THE emergence of new five-star property from Hilton Group called Double Tree, Gurgaon is believed to be giving a tough competition to the 5 star hotels of Delhi. The Bristol, Country Inn and Suits, Trident, Galaxy and now Hilton's Double Tree are some among the long list of five star properties in the city.

Question arises that whether these properties are coming up in Gurgaon because they found city better place with better infrastructure (which is a doubtful fact), or they couldn't just find a place in Delhi for setting-up property there.

Delhi also have many world renowned 5 Star hotels like The Ashok, Leela, Le Meridian, to name a few, but according to the experts from the industry Delhi hotels are old in construction and facilities and there is a less chance or scope of improvement against Gurgaon properties, which are more innovative and luxurious. "Delhi no doubt is the hub of hotel industry but they have very less scope to improve further while Gurgaon hotels have much more," said Rajesh Thakur, a professional from Hotel Industry and now a professional photographer.

There are also many reasons as to why all new properties is moving to 'The Millennium City'. “The main reason is that Delhi is out of the space; investors are not finding any space there to build a property, so they are moving to the nearby areas,” Thakur added.

But why only Gurgaon, why not Noida, Ghaziabad, or any other place near Noida? "Because all multinational companies are established in Gurgaon and people who visit these companies prefer to stay here as companies do not want their visitors to travel long distances daily till the time they stay here looking at the increasing traffic of Delhi NCR," Thakur added further.

When we look at this aspect one more plus point for the city is that international airport is located just at a distance of 20 to 30 minutes and many travellers and commuters, especially foreigners want to stay in the viscinity.

Thakur also said that there is not much difference in the tariffs of these hotels but still Gurgaon has an upper hand due to other factors. "Land acquiring policies are much more flexible and less expensive in Gurgaon as compared to Delhi" said Thakur.

In Delhi land rates are touching 10,000 to 15000 per sq feet whereas in Gurgaon you can acquire land within 5000 or a maximum of 9600 rupees per sq feet in most posh areas like DLF.  Also the taxes and duties are higher in Delhi so this is an added advantage to Gurgaon.

No doubt with the emergence of many MNC's and high rise buildings in city, Gurgaon has become one of the most mordern cities in respect of new technologies and innovations but one major bottleneck for investors and buyers is its poor infrastructure.

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Bhupesh
Only industry is booming in Gurgaon , god knows when the infrastructure will also see a boom :-)
SM
Without the actual growth of more core infrastructure such as roads, water supply hotels cannot save the city. We must do something about these problems in order to make Gurgaon the actual Millennium city.
Poonam
Gurgaon has been developing at a rapid pace.....
leela
the industrial growth is good in gurgaon. but the infrastructure and roads are not up to the mark. the government need to concentrate over this aspect.
leela
the industrial growth is good in gurgaon. but the infrastructure and roads are not up to the mark. the government need to concentrate over this aspect.
Shalini Rathore
Gurgaon has also become a good stopover place for anybody driving down from Rajathan to Himachal. We remeber while driving down from Jaipur to Manali, we stayed over at Gurgaon. The night life in local pubs is good.
Tulika Khanna
The hotel industry supports not only Gurgaon but Delhi too. Gurgaon has a lot of free space for hotels to come up. The night life is decent. Hence people visiting delhi wont mind spending the night here.
Shanwaar Ali
The industrial growth in Gurgaon had been tremedous. Hence no surprise the hotel industry is booming. Mostly corporate clients fill the rooms.
Raj Pawar
That is a good news for Gurgaon. The city has potential to be a recreational space outside Delhi life.
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