NEW DELHI: The process to convert five major hotels in Delhi, including the ITC Sheraton at Saket and Crowne Plaza in Okhla, into makeshift hospitals for covid-19 patients is facing resistance, with an hospitality industry body asking the state government to revoke the order.
The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has written a letter to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking to revoke the order which has asked five hotels in the city to be attached to covid-19 hospitals. "It is quite ridiculous to allow hotels to start operations and then attach them to covid-19 hospitals.
There will be a huge stigma attached to these properties and guests will not consider staying there," Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, vice