{"id":13587,"date":"2016-06-23T15:34:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T15:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=13587"},"modified":"2016-08-14T14:53:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T14:53:19","slug":"indias-first-portable-hotel-with-discarded-shipping-containers-in-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/indias-first-portable-hotel-with-discarded-shipping-containers-in-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat Gets India\u2019s First Portable Hotel for Sustainable Hospitality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indian hospitality sector has turned over a new leaf with portable hotels in Gujarat.<\/strong> Ushering a new era of sustainable, eco-friendly hospitality, India’s first portable hotel project titled Beetle Smartotels is the brainchild of an Ahmedabad-based entrepreneur Tanmay Bathwal who owns and runs Hirise Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.<\/p>\n

Launched in Mundra-Sez in Kutch district of Gujarat, the portable hotel consists of discarded shipping containers as rooms which can be moved to any corner of India<\/strong>. Such an environmentally conducive venture is ideal for hassle-free hospitality in remote locations, venues with huge mass gatherings like Kumbh Mela and industry places where new construction is not feasible.<\/p>\n

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According to Tanmay Bathwal, India’s first portable hotel with discarded shipping containers in Gujarat will have posh interior d\u00e9cor, plush upholstery, safe lockers and fool-proof security systems<\/strong>. He is looking to add 2,000 portable hotel rooms to the existing hospitality infrastructure in India by 2018. Multi-storey room installation is the next phase of his plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike brick and mortar hotels which require minimum 3 to 4 years for construction, a portable hotel can be developed in only 3 months.<\/strong> The concept of Smartotels is based on recycling and sustainability. What it requires is the base support for containers. We will create an inventory of such ready-to-move rooms so that we can transport them to wherever and whenever there is a demand,\u201d says Tanmay Bathwal.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s first portable hotel with 141 rooms across 7 acres in Mundra cost INR 20 crore. Each of the rooms cost INR 15 lakh for interior d\u00e9cor, furnishing, amenities and facilities.<\/strong> With three-layered insulation at bottom and top, the portable rooms are sound-proof and have AC cooling inside. One container consists of three rooms with a dimension of 13 x 8 feet each. It is as comfy and luxurious as a plush hotel room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Indian hospitality sector has turned over a new leaf with portable hotels in Gujarat. Ushering a new era of sustainable, eco-friendly hospitality, India’s first portable hotel project titled Beetle Smartotels is the brainchild of an Ahmedabad-based entrepreneur Tanmay Bathwal who owns and runs Hirise Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. Launched in Mundra-Sez in Kutch district of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[22,91],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":["post-13587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-ahmedabad","tag-gujarat"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t