Car wash facilities at fuel stations
In India, the fuel stations are rather static. Some stations are now being tweaked to serve as recreational centres. In... Read More
Germ-free toilet in 3 seconds!
AIRCRAFT LAVATORIES are at the upfront when it comes to the most expansive ones across sections. Right from ‘chemical toilet... Read More
Tapping the Untapped
[box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” ]“As we start catering to the demands of East-Asia, Africa and B2C segments in India, the aim... Read More
Rising Confidence in Cleaning
[box type=”shadow” ]India is set to be the world’s third largest economy with projected GDP at US$10,133 billion by 2030,... Read More
Touching Lives, Spreading Hygiene
[box type=”shadow” ]There are over three million NGOs in India – double the number of schools – working towards making... Read More
Indian Railways Rolling Out Clean Linen
[box type=”shadow” ]Railways, the world’s largest network of transportation, carries over 23 million passengers daily across the country. Chugging through... Read More
Express Bike Wash: The Story of a Mumbai-based startup
Three bikers Niraj Taksande, Jigar Vora, and R Bhushan Karn from India’s premier Schools, IITB & IIMI, found it too... Read More
Make in (Clean) India
New initiatives ‘Make in India’ and ‘Clean India Mission’ have geared up the socioeconomic feature of the country. Increasing CSR... Read More
Women Entrepreneur: Making a difference in Cleaning
Talk of cuisine or cleanliness, it is largely the women lore as homemakers that come to the fore. As much... Read More
Swachh-Grih to Swachhaagrah
The entire country is getting galvanized, but the real challenge lies in converting people’s mindset from Swachhagrih to Swachhagrah,” comments... Read More
Gujarat, the pharma hub
In the next 10 years, Gujarat pharmaceutical industry is expected to see a CAGR of 15-20%. The State, a hub... Read More
Bio-toilets for better Sanitation
Millions die every year across the world due to lack of safe sanitation facilities. “Ensuring 100% waste discharge from a... Read More
Ginger Hotel:Ramping up from 30 to 100!
With ever-growing tourism and single clearance window policy, Gujarat provides a ready market for hospitality.” PK Mohankumar, MD & CEO,... Read More
‘Why do people litter in India?’
Lack of individual social responsibility
Being among the first environmentalists in India, he learnt from his own mistakes; Dr Yogendra Saxena, Chief Sustainability Officer-Tata Power... Read More
Empowering Cleaning Industry
“About 54.9% of the overall market in India is for soft services and 45.1% for hard services. The market for... Read More
‘CSR in Housekeeping’
Housekeeping has tremendous potential to employ even the physically challenged people and is capable of harnessing the best out of... Read More
Clean India Show moves to Gujarat
• Progress • Opportunities
This north-western State of India promises a bright industrial future for the country. When rest of the states grapple to... Read More
Clean India Week – Cleaning Buses & Depots
Clean India Journal marked the ‘Clean India Week’ from December 2 to 7, 2013, as a curtain raiser to Clean India Pulire 2013. The Clean India Team took initiatives in creating awareness about clean environment as a step ahead. One important activity during the week was cleaning up the Goregaon Bus Depot in Mumbai. Karcher Cleaning Systems Private Limited & Kaarya Facilities and Services Pvt. Ltd supported the cleaning operations.
Indian Hospitality:The Shifting Equation
“The supply of ‘Margarita, The Benjamin’ with a composition of a special Cuvee of Grand Marnier… finished with Louis XIII Cognac… is limited, but the demand is getting up. Let’s have some tequila shots instead!” – were the words of a hospitality consultant explaining the shift towards the fertile markets of Tier II cities to keep up the demand. While the hospitality business is moving to Tier II cities to tap the growing demand, better connectivity & infrastructure, advent of MNCs and rising lifestyle of middle class in Tier II & III cities have opened new markets not only for hotel chain operators but also for the cleaning industry. Suprita Anupam explores…
Bridging the Gap…
FM and Hospitality, both these sectors are labour-oriented dealing with manpower shortage, rising labour cost, training cost & time and managing assets & service delivery, but the difference lies in their objectives. While an FM company aims at better service delivery as per the contract, the hospitality sector aims to upgrade its service deliverables. In the event of the rising opportunity for the FM company to take on the upgraded service deliverables in the hospitality sector, is it prepared to meet the revolutionary change? Suprita Anupam finds out
