The Mercure Sydney is leading the national push for more Indian tourists, becoming the first hotel to achieve accreditation under Accor’s new Optimum Service Standards for Indian Visitation. The standards will ensure the hotel can cater for the specific needs of the country’s growing number of Indian visitors. Australia experienced 11% growth in Indian visitors last year with a total of 128,000 Indian tourists who spent US$614 million during their stay. Over the next few years India is set to become our second-fastest growing market, with some predicting 500,000 visitors per year by the end of the decade.Accor introduced the standards to meet the expectations of these travellers for quality service and products and to ensure staff were trained to respect Indian cultural and religious differences. The programme includes Indian dishes on the breakfast, restaurant and room service menus; hotel welcome kits in Hindi; Indian adaptor plugs; Indian television channels and newspapers; and Indian snacks and drinks available in the minibar.”Mercure Sydney has been a popular hotel with Indians since opening and we are very proud to offer the highest standards to our Indian guests thanks to this accreditation,” said Greg Brady, General Manager of the hotel. “Indian travellers are increasingly sophisticated and they have high expectations in terms of service. “Indians represent a significant and growing future for tourism in Australia so it is imperative we enhance their experience of Australia, especially given that repeat visitation grew by 39% last year.”Accor has a rapidly growing network of hotels in India, with 50 hotels planned by 2015.Accor is the first hotel group to introduce Optimum Service Standards for both Chinese and Indian guests and will continue to roll out the Optimum Service Standards training to those hotels in its network who host large numbers of guests from these countries.
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