Sunday 16 October 2011

Serviced Apartments for Multinationals

In this era of globalization and liberalization, many multinational firms are reaching out to India. This has resulted in many expats coming to India. These expats are mostly officials of senior management or middle management in the company. But when then come to India, it is the company’s responsibility to take care of their stay.

Hotels are one option and multinationals do not mind making their officials stay in hotels if it is a matter of a day or a two or even a week. But expats do not come for such a short period. They come for an assignment or to complete a project work, which is generally from six month to a year, may be longer. And many of them come with their families. So hotel comes out to be a very costly option.

Another option is Serviced Apartments, and indeed a low cost option. Serviced Apartments are fully furnished, spacious and have large equipped kitchens… basically they have all amenities one requires to stay a fulfilled life. Therefore, serviced apartments are ideal for such a situation – temporary but long stay.

Moreover, serviced apartments generally provide with certain common facilities that can be used anytime of the day. So however late you are from office, you can get rid of your tiredness by taking a dip in the pool or relaxing in the sauna room. If similar amenities are provided by a hotel, it will cost minimum 15% - 30% more.

Even though the serviced apartment industry is very new in India, it is gaining immense popularity and is a much sort after alternative for multinational corporate and businesses having either the head office or branch office in India.

NeivaWorld is an online portal that lists several serviced apartments in India in many prominent places like Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Faridabad, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Cochin, Kochi, and Coimbatore. Neiva works with a mission to provide all guests enjoy the services of a luxury hotel coupled with the comfort of home.  Visit www.nievaworld.com for more details.

Thursday 13 October 2011

Serviced Apartments – A Cheap Alternative

People take vacations to relax and make themselves stress-free. Most of us either go on vacations to hill stations like Manali, Darjeeling, etc. or to towns with beaches like Goa. These places are peaceful and therefore help us relax. There is one aspect more aspect to good vacation - the place we stay in when we are on vacation. For most of us it is staying in a luxurious hotel, with a great view. And the hotel cost takes the maximum weight of the holiday expenses.

Serviced Apartments is a good and cheap alternative to hotels. The concept of Serviced Apartment is very new to India. So the thought that Serviced Apartment is a stay option during vacations very rarely crosses the mind of people. In U.S, the Service Apartment Industry constitutes 12% of the Total Hotel Industry, but in India the share is less than 1%. And we will not be exaggerating if we say that Service Apartments are 15-20% cheaper than their Hotel Counterparts.

Nieva World aims to contribute towards the tourism of India by promoting travel by making cost of stay more affordable for people. NievaWorld is a credible online portal that lists several serviced apartments, holiday homes and cottages that make you enjoy the luxuries of a hotel coupled with the comforts of home.

With Nieva World you can find apartments for single, double or family. The apartments in numerous price ranges are available, so you can select one as per your budget. All our serviced apartments are well placed and offer an excellent view. Some serviced apartments also offer common facilities like swimming pool, gymnasium & fitness centre, wi-fi connection, common sitting area, squash courts, spas, etc.

With all these facilities and low cost, serviced apartment is an option that one should definitely consider. If you have any apprehensions regarding serviced apartment or you want to book one for your upcoming holiday, visit our website www.nievaworld.com

Monday 10 October 2011

Serviced Apartments – The preferred choice for family holidays

Serviced Apartments are gaining tremendous popularity these days, especially among families going on vacations. Mainly because choosing serviced apartments helps them save on cost and gives a homely atmosphere.

People take vacations to relax and calm themselves at places that are away from their stressful lives. And one big part of a relaxing vacation is the place you choose to stay, may be a luxury hotel with all amenities. But not everyone can choose to stay in an expensive hotel... and so, for those people the option of Serviced Apartment has become prevalent.

Serviced Apartments are furnished apartments provided to people for short stay. These apartments are fully equipped with all types of luxuries that one can get in a hotel room and that too at very low costs. The Serviced Apartments are home away from home for people.

NievaWorld offers more than 20,000 apartments to its clients in India in places like Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Faridabad, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Cochin, Kochi, Coimbatore, Manali, Goa, Pondicherry and Darjeeling.

NievaWorld portal offers its clients the widest possible choice of impeccably furnished accommodations combined with tireless individual service that is both attentive and discreet. Each apartment has fully fitted kitchen that enables to save cost on expensive room service and you can cook as per your desire even at places where you cannot find food suiting your taste buds. There is also a refrigerator lets you keep your favorite snacks, meals and drinks at supermarket prices. You can stay absolutely as per your wish.

Most of our serviced apartments are well located, and are near the tourist places, eating joints, buying destinations, spas, etc. to keep you busy and relaxed during your vacation. Just visit our website www.neivaworld.com to look at the different serviced apartments we have in offering. At NievaWorld, our mission is to make all our guests enjoy services of a luxury hotel coupled with all the comforts of a home. 

Thursday 6 October 2011

Apartments for Short Stay in India

We are an English couple and my husband works for a multinational company having branch offices in various parts of the world. His territory is India and so he keeps traveling to India for work for a long period of time and I accompany him as then I get to see different parts of India.

Since the office refuses to cover the cost of my stay so we had to take care of it ourselves and therefore we needed to look for a cheaper options to stay.  Staying in hotels was not a very feasible option, for one it costs a lot and secondly the eating hotel food everyday comes to be very healthy.

We found this amazing site call www.nievaworld.com that provided us numerous options for furnished homes. We chose the one that was in our budget and desired specifications – furnished house, fully equipped kitchen, refrigerator, iron, cable connection and wi-fi connection.

We were a little apprehensive the first time, but seeing the apartment was like a dream come true. We got everything what was promised on the site. And after that we chose properties from Nieva World with closed eyes. Each apartment we have ever chosen from Nieva has given us the warmth and convenience of a house and has never disappointed us.

Thanks to Nieva we are able to visit other parts of India too as we save so much on stay. And the best is that Neiva offers holiday homes and cottages in many tourist destinations in India like Manali, Goa, Darjeeling, etc. and so for us it has been a very good option always. For details on the latest offerings you may also like to visit the website www.nievaworld.com

Saturday 13 August 2011

Holiday Homes and Service Apartments for Family Holidays

While planning a vacation, the thing that pinches the most is the hotel bills. Sometimes, the per-night charge of a hotel is more than your monthly grocery bill. And thus, it so happens, that the enthusiasm with which you had started planning for your family vacation, goes down the drain. I think we all have experienced this feeling some or the other time in our lives.

But not anymore! With the concept of Holiday Homes and Service Apartments gearing up in India, it has become very economical to plan a holiday with the entire family. These Service Apartments are fully furnished, clean & comfortable, and provide for a fully equipped kitchen. So if you are the sort of person who does not like to eat out much or want to save money on food, you can prepare your own meals.

Most of these apartments have common entertainment facilities in their vicinity. To have a virtual tour of the service apartments and holiday homes available, you can visit www.nievaworld.com

NievaWorld portal has extensive listings of service apartments and holiday homes that are very well located. For example, our Goa Holiday Home is located near the beaches, so that you can sit on the beach side for hours without worrying about the late hours. And our Manali Cottage is near the Mall, so that you can roam around in the Mall after touring the whole day. 

The Apartments available are in different sizes too. Like if you want to have a 2 bedroom apartment or a 3-4 room apartment, the options are available. Have an intelligent holiday by choosing a holiday home for your stay. I am sure you  can think of much better ways you can use the money you save by staying in a holiday home.

Wednesday 10 August 2011

How are service apartments useful to Corporates

How will you feel if you go outstation for a business trip and after spending an exhausting day in office, when you reach your service apartment, and you are welcomed with a fully cleaned room, your bed made and room dusted, a comfortable sofa waiting to be occupied and a kitchen with hot cooked meal in it. Wonderful, isn’t it? Will you not thank your company to take care of you by providing you a housing facility that services itself? And will you not feel happy to be part of such a caring company? We are sure you will.

At Nieva World, we understand the stress the corporate employees undergo and according help the corporate select a service apartment for their employees that are comfortable and cost effective. Most of our service apartments have house-keeping and maid services and laundry facility. There is also free internet facility available in the rooms. Our service apartments are fully customized, so if there are any services you do not require or additionally require, that can be taken care of. 

A dining out facility is available in case a business dinner needs to be arranged for. 

There may be times when the employee accompanies his/ her family. All our apartments are well connected and well located. We provide for transport facility also, should that be needed. Some of the apartments have common areas like swimming pools and activity room to entertain them.

NievaWorld team ensures that each service apartment listed on the portal is authentic and provides excellent quality services. NievaWorld portal lists fully furnished service apartments in all major cities of India, namely Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi,  Kolkata, Noida, Mumbai and Pune. 

Our quest is to provide you with the best alternative to costly hotel rooms, while at the same time we try to make you feel at home. So whether it is for a few days or for few months, for single person stay or for family stay, NievaWorld has all kinds of furnished apartments available that are comfortable, homely and cost effective.

Sunday 7 August 2011

Holiday with college friends in Pondicherry

Last summer I went to Pondicherry with my college friends. We were six girls and our target was to spend more on shopping and roaming around and less on hotel stay and food. But our parents would only allow if we were staying safe. 

My father’s office always books a service apartment for him when he goes for business tours. His secretary told me that she always books from NievaWorld. The portal lists economical, comfortable and safe apartments. So I went on www.nievaworld.com and booked a 3-room holiday home for myself and my friends. And since the apartment was listed on NievaWorld, my father was assured of the safety.

Our holiday home was fabulous, clean and very well located. We were all jumping with excitement once we were in. The reception staff was very helpful, they told us what to beware of and who you can trust. They guided us about the best places to visit and also the nearest place we could get our groceries. Once we got our groceries, we were sorted for our weeks stay. 

And the amount of fun we had, cooking our food, roaming around, dancing, playing and what not. We were on our own and relaxed. After our four torturous years of engineering, I think we all needed it. That week brought us closer to each other. And because our Pondicherry holiday home was so cheap and we were doing our own cooking, we managed to extend our stay too. 

Our place was near the Paradise Beach and so we spend a lot of time playing on the beach and engaged ourselves in the daring water sports. We were all really in paradise. How those 10 days past away we only realised when they were over. I think our on our back home journey we are had dreamy eyes and trying to relive the 10 days and trying to secure as many memories as we could. 

Friday 5 August 2011

Service Apartments helped reduce Company Costs

I work in the admin department of my company. We have offices across India and so people keep on coming to Mumbai (our head office) for meetings quiet often. 

In one of our quarterly budget review meetings we found that the cost of the stay of people coming and staying in hotels was quiet a lot. And so it was decided to find a solution to reduce the cost under this head. So while researching, I came on to www.nievaworld.com. The site had listings of various service apartments available in Faridabad, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. The apartments are very diligently listed and are available in all budget ranges.

I chose a two bedroom apartment which was near our office building and within my budget. I wanted to experiment this option for a quarter, so that I have some solution by the next quarter’s review meeting. 

So I went ahead and booked the serviced apartment for a quarter. And by the end of the second month I was amazed to see a 20% drop in the amount. The apartment was near our office building, so it saved local travel cost. Since I had booked two bedrooms, two to four people could share it, that save the additional room cost. We hired a cook, who cooked for the guests.

Even the employees were happy. They were provided with facility of free sauna and a swimming pool. And they were getting home cooked meals, which saved them from the outside food. 

There was another thing. The service apartment was booked for three months, so it also saved my admin assistant the task of booking the room each time someone was coming or rescheduling the booking if someone cancelled. And then there were times in peak seasons when we did not even get hotel bookings. But with Service Apartments, it was for us to keep for the whole quarter.

So now we only opt for Serviced Apartments. And we have an apartment not only in Pune but also Delhi and Mumbai. Thanks to www.nievaworld.com, we got a good deal too. I think it is a wonderful concept. Saves us so much of headache.

Tuesday 2 August 2011

Service Apartments in India

Service Apartments or Serviced Apartments are gaining massive popularity in India, especially in the big cities like Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. These apartments serve as a very economical option for those who go outstation on short trips and want to save on the high cost of hotels and motels. As a concept, Serviced Apartments are very prevalent in western countries.

So what are Service Apartments? These are basically fully furnished units that are made available to people on rent for a short duration. These apartments cater for all things a family or individual might need to make a place foreign to them/ him into their/ his home for as long as they/ he stay(s). Some of the things provided include a television with cable connection, fully equipped kitchen, iron, hot kettle, micro wave, and other things of necessities. And you don’t have to worry about plumbing or electricity, etc. 

Let me explain the concept with an example. Suppose person based in UK needs to go to Delhi on official assignment for say two months and wants to bring along his family. To stay in the hotel will turn out to be a very expensive option for him if he bears the cost of stay (his family being with him) or even for the company if they agree to bear the cost of their stay. So here a much cheaper alternative is service apartments. The expat and his family get to stay in a fully furnished accommodation for the two months, which serves to them as good as a home. And they can cook as per their wish as taste. 

At some places the management provides certain common facilities like swimming pool, gym, sauna, pool table, etc. These facilities act as an added advantage for the people staying in these apartments.

Who all benefit from Service Apartments (not exhaustive list):
  1. Tourists
  2. Expats
  3. Repatriates
  4. Corporate employees on intra-state assignments
  5. People renovating their houses
  6. People on vacation
www.nievaworld.com is a web portal where you can find information about all the serviced apartments available in Faridabad, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. You can view all features and services provided and select your ‘home away’ as per your budget.