Date | Event | Reference |
20 January, 2020 | First case of COVID- 19 infection in Kerala | Reid, 2020 |
27 February, 2020 | Loss of Chinese guest in India, but that accounts only 2.6 % of all international tourists. However favorable condition for IHG (Indian hotel group) | Naidu, 2020 |
28 February, 2020 | A guest in Delhi’s Hyatt regency found positive for coronavirus, the staff sent for 14 day self quarantine. | Tripathi, 2020 |
6 March, 2020 | MoHFW issues guidelines to hotel and lodging facilities about prevention of transmission and disinfection where suspect or confirmed COVID-19 cases have found | MoHFW, 2020 |
12 March, 2020 | Hotel face huge cancellation of bookings | Roy, 2020 |
16 March, 2020 | Tourist visa ban. Occupancy down by 45-50% of roseate hotels Delhi. Le Maridien Delhi brought down the rates by Rs. 4000 and the occupancy is down by 40%. | Chaturvedi, 2020 |
17 March, 2020 | Indian hotel company Ltd (IHG) , ITC, Radisson, and Marriott provides free waivers on cancellation | Gandhi, 2020 |
18 March, 2020 | Hotel booking in February declined 60% in Delhi/NCR, 54% in Kerala, and 42% in Maharashtra. | Chaturvedi, 2020 |
18 March, 2020 | The national restaurant association of India (NRAI) has said in a statement that all 50 lakh restaurant in the country should remain closed till further notice. | IANS, 2020 |
24 March, 2020 | Complete lockdown | ET online, 2020 |
24 March, 2020 | Since the lock down is there for next 21 days. The hotels are closed many hotel are planning to cut salaries of their employees | Aute, 2020 |
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