Taking a closer look at Indian BnBs

Who had imagined in the last decade that the travelers will start giving preference to stay in Bed and Breakfast accommodations/Homestays and such service providers like Airbnb, BnB Nation etc will become such big companies. Since 2016, India has had a shortage of 2,00,000 hotel rooms mainly in the budget category. Thus, Indian hospitality industry is in urgent need to find ways to cope up with such huge shortage of hotel rooms. Now, the question is how can we fill the need gap? The best option, hitherto not given much emphasis is "Experiencing India in its homes" through hosted accommodation in Bed and Breakfast accommodations or BnBs. Unfortunately, neither literature was available nor significant research work is available in India on Bed and Breakfast accommodations though the Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India launched the Incredible India Bed and Breakfast scheme in 2006. In order to fill the need gap, a book, dedicated to Bed and Breakfast accommodations is out on the stands.

Titled, 'Indian BnBs: An emerging disruptor in the hospitality sector', the book is authored by Dr GG Saxena, Anshul Saxena and Ambuj Saxena. The precursor to this book is the doctoral work of Dr GG Saxena, a retired bureaucrat and tourism expert who has seen and executed various important tourism schemes as a former MD and CEO of Delhi Tourism and as Ex Secretary-Tourism, Andaman and Nicobar islands. Anshul Saxena and Ambuj Saxena, both MBAs, offer a hands on experience to the topic of the book as they head 'BnBNation' which is online aggregator platform of BnBs in India.

So, whether you are enamoured by scope of Accessible and Medical tourism in India or wish to experience 'Atithi Devo Bhava' by staying with an Indian family, you can now read about all burning Indian tourism topics in a single 10 chapter, 176 page book that costs INR 295 in paperback and INR 495 in hardbound. Not only that, the book also emphasises on the success stories of 17 BnBs owners. The book is available on Amazon.

First of its kind in India, the book is like a manual on Indian BnBs gives an overview of the International scenario of BnBs. Also it contains marketing hacks required by all existing BnB owners to attract more guests India BnBs. It has suggestions to the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India as to how more BnBs could be registered and how the homeowners having spare rooms in their homes would be encouraged to register their homes and become entrepreneurs.

Eminent personalities and experts on tourism and hospitality have recommended this book for inbound foreign and domestic travellers, policymakers, travel agents and tour operators, academicians and research scholars etc to use this book as information manual for recommending BnB stays in Indian cities.