The Lalit New Delhi has been conferred with the favourite LGBTQIA+ Friendly Hotel

The Lalit New Delhi has been conferred with the favourite LGBTQIA+ Friendly Hotel

Whenever one talks of inclusion and diversity in the Indian Travel & tourism space, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group always comes to one’s mind. Recently, the twelfth edition of Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards conferred the group’s flagship hotel, The Lalit New Delhi as the the favourite LGBTQIA+ Friendly Hotel. It’s a recognition for the work, the hotel has been doing to ensure safe space for the queer community to be themselves. The Lalit Group is known for making significant difference by skilling and hiring queer community to bring them to the mainstream. Be it policies, offering, experiences for the guests or efforts to build more allies for the queer community, The Lalit has established itself as safe haven for the LGBTQIA+ community and is the winner of this award for 3rd consecutive year.

Like every year, the Readers’ Travel Awards are chosen through a readers’ voting process spanning two months and recognises the best in the travel industry across hotels, destinations, airlines, spas, websites, apps and more. This year Conde Nast Traveller received an overwhelming response of 28,000 votes.

“The Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards are known as the Oscars of the travel industry for good reason. Our audiences are the most discerning and influential travellers in India and their choices matter. They inspire others. They trust CNT and are highly engaged with the brand, giving their precious time to voting for their favourites. We are deeply grateful to our audiences for always coming out to vote in such high numbers, making the CNT RTA the only true indicator of the tastes of luxury travellers in India today,” said Divia Thani, Global Editorial Director, Condé Nast Traveller.

“I thank Conde Nast Traveller and all our patrons for choosing us as the most LGBTQIA+ friendly hotel in the country, yet again. This recognition further strengthens our commitment to carry forward our work by offering diverse experiences for our guests through an all-inclusive team” said Keshav Suri, Executive Director, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group.

The Lalit supports Special Olympics Bharat 2022

The Lalit supports Special Olympics Bharat 2022

Delhi, Chandigarh: To celebrate “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” – 75 years of India’s glorious independence, The Lalit has joined hands with Special Olympics Bharat as its Happiness Partner for National Health Fest for Divyangjan (people with disabilities) to be held across the country. The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group has always supported the marginalised and is contributing as happiness partners for the Delhi and Chandigarh chapters of Special Olympics; by providing breakfast, lunches, and snacks at the Aanchal Special School & Ananth Centre for Learning & Development in New Delhi and Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities in Chandigarh.

The national health festival, under the guidance of its Chairperson, Dr. Mallika Nadda, aims to screen 75,000 athletes by 7500 medical professionals at 750 sports centres in 75 cities across the country, on April 5 and April 7, 2022.  “We believe that India’s march towards progress and empowerment is incomplete without including each and every section of the population, especially the most disenfranchised. It is important for each and every citizen to join this Inclusion revolution which we have highlighted on the occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav,” said Dr. Mallika Nadda, Chairperson, Special Olympics Bharat.

Dr. Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson and Managing Director, Bharat Hotels Ltd. The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group has been invited as the Chief Guest for the event. “The practice of ‘giving back’ and supporting the marginalised intersections of our society is deeply ingrained into The Lalit DNA. Being a part of the hospitality industry, we want to be of service to the people, especially the disparaged intersections of society. We are celebrating #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav with the mission to create opportunities and bring the neglected intersections to the fore,” said Dr. Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson, and Managing Director, Bharat Hotels Ltd. (The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group).

The hotel group is renowned to usher inclusion for the LGBTQIA+ communities of the country, has several people with disabilities in their team, including India’s first wheelchair-bound DJ, visually impaired & autism spectrum pianists across Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, and acid attack survivors, across functions and roles. The group believes in affirmative action that resonates with the organisation’s core values, i.e., respect for individuals and love for all. With this ethos, they are building a discrimination-free platform. This opportunity is a great way to encourage the participants to achieve their dream regardless of their disabilities and The Lalit is proud to be by their side.

About Special Olympics:

Founded in 1968 by Ms. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown to more than 6 million athletes and Unified Sports partners in more than 190 countries. With its inception in 2001, Special Olympics Bharat is recognized by the Government of India as a National Sports Federation for the development of sports opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. The programme has so far drawn a number of coaches to work with 8,50,875 athletes across the country.  Special Olympics Bharat has registered over 30,000 Athletes with Intellectual disabilities in Delhi and over 2000 in Chandigarh.