Harbour Plaza Hotels, the largest hotel group in Hong Kong, recently held a roadshow in Mumbai and Delhi, marking a return to the Indian market after five years.

Hong Kong’s largest hotel group, Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts recently concluded a two-city India roadshow in Mumbai and Delhi, that were attended by over 200 industry partners including key travel agents, tour operators, professional conference organisers and media.

According to a press statement, the roadshows were attended by a delegation from four hotels of the group, Harbour Grand Kowloon, Harbour Plaza North Point, Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees and Hotel Alexandra, which is the newest addition to the portfolio.

“India is a very important source market for all our hotels. We have seen a steady business take up post the pandemic, especially for FITs and MICE groups and expect the business recovery to reach the 2019 levels with increased flight capacity. Through this sales mission, we aim to revisit some of our key partners with whom we have long-standing relationships and, get introduced to new trade partners. Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts aims to showcase our hotel in Hong Kong and Shanghai, with over 10,000 rooms from luxury to affordable stay experience, and each of our hotel is well connected to subway, with few minutes’ walk only, which suit the Indian clientele,” says Andy Yeung, Group Director of Sales & Marketing, Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts.

“The roadshow also aims to introduce the Indian market to our new hotels.  Hotel Alexandra with 840 guest rooms, and is well located at the North Point harbour front. The hotel is designed with exquisitely melding sophisticated French neoclassicism and contemporary elements, a combination of timeless affluent elegance and modern concepts delighting even the most discerning travellers. Harbour Plaza Metropolitan Shanghai and Metropolitan Residence Shanghai, which opened last May.  Our Harbour Plaza Metropolis completed all room renovation last August too,” adds Yeung.

”India has become a very important market for Hong Kong in the past five years. China is our biggest market, but we know that the Indian market is becoming more important since we reopened. Now the high season of May and June is coming, so we are here to refresh their memory and reintroduce our hotels to them,” Billy Wan, Director of Sales, Harbour Plaza North Point, tells India Outbound.

He adds that the response from the Indian trade to the roadshow has been very positive. ”A lot of agents are keen to reintroduce Hong Kong as a destination to their clients but are facing some challenges vis a vis reconnecting with the local ground support like DMCs in Hong Kong since it has not returned to normal from the pandemic impact. So they can not manage for FITs and are focusing on groups and MICE,” Wan adds.

“We have now hotels in Hong Kong and mainland China, so Indian agents can do combined itineraries also,” says Wan.

“We take pride in welcoming back one of our oldest clients to India. After a hiatus of five years, Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts is back in Delhi and Mumbai. We have seen an overwhelming response and feedback from our esteemed trade partners. Through this initiative, we aim to further strengthen the group’s presence in India and look forward to more sales and marketing activations for the FIT, corporate and MICE segments,” says Priyanka Nijhawan, Director Representations, Nijhawan Group.