India-Pak match: Hotel room tariffs in Ahmedabad skyrocket for October 15

Hotel room rates here have skyrocketed nearly tenfold in some cases for October 15 after the International Cricket Council ICC on Tuesday announced the fixtures for the ODI World Cup showing that India and Pakistan would face off in Ahmedabad on that dayRates on various hotel booking websites suggest that unprecedented demand may have led to the sharp surge in the room tariff for October 15 when the archrivals will be playing at the Narendra Modi stadium hereRoom rentals have gone up nearly 10 times with some hotels charging close to Rs 1 lakh while many are already sold out for that dayOn normal days room rent in luxury hotels hovers between Rs 5000 and Rs 8000 in the city It has jumped to Rs 40000 and Rs 1 lakh in some places for October 15As per the hotel booking portal bookingcom the rent for one deluxe room for July 2 is Rs 5699 at Welcome Hotel by ITC Hotels in the city But the same hotel will charge Rs 71999 if one wants to stay for a day on October 15Renaissance Ahmedabad Hotel on SG Highway which now charges nearly Rs 8000 for a day is showing the perday room rent at Rs 90679 on the match day in OctoberSimilarly Pride Plaza Hotel on SG Highway has upped its rental to Rs 36180 for that day The Cama Hotel on Sabarmati Riverfront an otherwise budgetfriendly hotel that would charge little over Rs 3000 for the upcoming Sunday has hiked its rental to Rs 27233Owing to the unprecedented demand rooms are not available for October 15 at ITC Narmada Courtyard by Marriott Hyatt and Taj Skyline Ahmedabad all fivestar hotels in the cityAccording to the officebearers of the Hotels and Restaurants Association HRA Gujarat the prices were hiked by hotels in accordance with the demand mostly from NonResident Indians NRIs as well as uppermiddleclass cricket fans living in other statesWhen inquiries start pouring in for some particular dates hotels would increase their tariff said HRAGujarat spokesperson Abhijeet DeshmukhIf the hoteliers think that the demand is very high for a particular period they will try to make some revenue because they are assured that rooms will be full despite higher rates Once the demand drops the room rentals will also come down said DeshmukhThe demand is mainly fromIs as well as the upper middle class or rich class living in other cities or states he said These cricket fans first choice is luxury hotels and they wont hesitate to travel long distances to watch such interesting cricket matches he saidSince their first choice would be luxury hotels and they plan in advance they might have started booking rooms in city hotels which might have resulted in no occupancy in some of the hotels said the spokespersonHe added that budget hotels in the city have yet to witness such a surge because middleclass cricket fans who would prefer such places will make a decision to come here or not for the match only at the last momentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever