Ramee Group of Hotels has announced its upcoming hospitality project in Gaya, further strengthening the group’s growing presence across East India. The expansion aligns with the company’s broader strategy of entering high-potential destinations driven by spiritual tourism, leisure travel, and business demand.

Recognised as one of India’s most significant pilgrimage destinations, Gaya continues to attract strong domestic and international footfall, supported by improving tourism infrastructure and enhanced connectivity. The city’s growing hospitality demand has made it an important market for hotel brands looking to expand into emerging travel hubs.

The upcoming property is being designed to offer a blend of comfort, convenience, and contemporary hospitality experiences. The hotel will feature well-appointed guest rooms, an all-day dining restaurant, banquet facilities, and an open-to-sky jacuzzi experience aimed at both leisure and spiritual travellers.

The property is also expected to position itself as a preferred venue for weddings, conferences, corporate events, and social gatherings with nearly 4,000 sq. ft. of dedicated banquet space.

Speaking on the expansion, Saurabh Gahoi said, “East India remains a key focus market in the company’s expansion plans, with Gaya emerging as a strategic hospitality destination due to its religious importance, growing tourism landscape, and improving infrastructure. The property aims to offer a seamless and guest-centric experience for both pilgrimage and business travellers.”

He further highlighted that increasing tourism activity and rising demand for quality accommodation continue to strengthen Gaya’s position as a promising growth market for the hospitality sector.

The launch marks another step in Ramee Group’s ongoing India expansion strategy as the company continues to build a diversified hospitality portfolio across business, leisure, and pilgrimage-led destinations. The group remains focused on delivering thoughtfully designed hospitality experiences backed by service excellence and guest comfort.

Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) Goa marked World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on 21 May by reinforcing its commitment towards inclusive hospitality, cultural preservation, and community-driven experiences across its Goa properties.

Recognised globally by UNESCO and the United Nations, the day highlights the importance of cultural diversity, dialogue, mutual respect, and inclusion in building stronger communities and sustainable societies.

Through a range of initiatives spanning regional cuisine, local artisan collaborations, traditional celebrations, and cross-cultural employee engagement programmes, IHCL Goa continues to integrate cultural diversity into its hospitality experiences.

Key initiatives include the Tribal Food Festival hosted in association with the Tata Steel Foundation at Taj Exotica Resort & Spa Goa, regional food festivals at Taj Holiday Village Resort & Spa, cross-cultural team activities at Taj Fort Aguada Resort & Spa, and local artisan collaborations at Taj Cidade de Goa.

The company also continues to celebrate Goa’s rich cultural traditions through events and festivities including Sao Joao celebrations, Carnival parades, and cake mixing ceremonies hosted across its hotels in the state.

Speaking on the occasion, Ranjit Phillipose said Goa has always represented a confluence of cultures, traditions, and stories from across the world, adding that IHCL Goa remains focused on creating hospitality experiences where diversity is celebrated through people, cuisine, service, and local engagement.

He further highlighted that cultural diversity within hospitality is not only about coexistence, but also about encouraging learning, dialogue, and meaningful human connections among guests, employees, and communities.

IHCL Goa’s initiatives reflect the growing importance of culturally immersive and locally rooted hospitality experiences within India’s luxury tourism sector, while also supporting regional communities, traditions, and talent.

The LaLiT Suri Hospitality Group continues to strengthen its position as one of India’s earliest and most visible champions of LGBTQIA+ inclusion within the hospitality industry, long before diversity and inclusion became mainstream corporate conversations across the country.

As Pride-led campaigns and DEI-focused branding become increasingly prominent across India’s corporate landscape in 2026, The LaLiT stands apart for having embedded queer visibility, representation, and community engagement into its brand identity for more than a decade.

At a time when LGBTQIA+ representation remained largely absent from mainstream Indian corporate culture, the hospitality group had already begun creating inclusive spaces across hospitality, nightlife, employment, entertainment, and community-led platforms.

Under the leadership and vision associated with Keshav Suri, the group emerged as one of India’s first hospitality brands to openly champion queer visibility within luxury hospitality environments.

The organisation’s long-term commitment extended beyond symbolic campaigns, integrating LGBTQIA+ representation across workforce hiring, creative collaborations, cultural programming, nightlife experiences, and community engagement initiatives. This sustained approach helped the group establish deep cultural credibility within India’s queer community over the years.

Speaking on the brand’s philosophy, Keshav Suri, Executive Director of The LaLiT Suri Hospitality Group and Founder of the Keshav Suri Foundation, said the group’s commitment to inclusion has always been rooted in creating safe and dignified spaces where individuals can freely express themselves without fear or judgment.

One of the most visible extensions of this philosophy has been Kitty Su, which evolved into one of India’s most recognised queer-safe nightlife and cultural spaces. Over the years, the platform has supported drag performers, queer artists, trans voices, underground collectives, and alternative performance cultures well before such representation entered mainstream entertainment conversations.

The venue also played a key role in normalising queer visibility within India’s luxury hospitality and nightlife ecosystem at a time when such positioning was still considered commercially risky by many brands.

Building on that legacy, The LaLiT is set to host Pure Love Nights at Kitty Su, New Delhi, throughout June 2026 as part of its Pride Month programming. The month-long cultural series will feature drag performances, trans-led showcases, immersive nightlife experiences, fashion-led concepts, creator collaborations, and digital storytelling initiatives focused on self-expression and community representation.

The initiative reflects the group’s broader philosophy of inclusion through hospitality, culture, entertainment, and storytelling, while also extending Pride conversations beyond physical venues into wider youth culture and digital communities.

As more organisations across India begin formalising LGBTQIA+ inclusion within workplace and brand strategies, The LaLiT’s early and sustained engagement continues to distinguish it as one of the few hospitality groups that helped shape queer cultural visibility in India itself.