SERVICE APARTMENT CONCEPT IN PATNA BIHAR PICKING UP

New hotel-like apartments with extra facilities mushroom in city for people always on the move

AAROHI KESHAV

A service apartment in Patna. Picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh Patna, Aug. 18: A short trip to Patna can stay long in your mind provided you opt for the right place to rest your back. Patna with an improved law and order situation is emerging as a rapid expanding consumer market and is a popular destination among the business class. There has been a tremendous growth in service sectors in recent years and several multinational companies have come up in Patna and many others are planning to join this competition. For those who visit Patna for a business or a personal trip can savour a comfortable vacation with on-the-toe services and a home away from home feel in the already mushrooming service apartments in the city. Travelling for work has become a norm for the business class. For those who keep their bags packed, it is important for them to find the right type of accommodation, so that they can work with ease and also get a home-like atmosphere. A service apartment is a furnished room, available for both short-term and long-term stays. It provides daily amenities and the apartments have huge space, privacy, convenience when travelling with family. Moreover, one can cook their meal in the apartment itself. In Patna, places like Boring Road, Sri Krishna Nagar, Kankerbagh are coming up with many such apartments. Shashi Bhushan Sinha, director, Nesh India Infrastructure, has his service apartment operating in Kidwai Puri. “We started the business of service apartments in the name of nesh.in. At present, we have 12 fully operational rooms, which is always occupied and we are also planning to come up with 100 more rooms in different localities of Patna,” he said. They offer three categories of rooms: club, premium and executive ranging between Rs 1,900 and Rs 4,000 for one night. Unlike hotels, service apartments cater to all living needs. Service apartments offer residential space, bedroom, bathroom, fully fitted kitchen and a living room. In addition to this, they are furnished and offer concierge facilities. These apartments also offer great value for money. They are 25% cheaper than hotels and incidental costs are lower. Shantanu Vats, zonal business manager, Airtel, Jharkhand, whose nature of work includes extensive travelling always prefers service apartment to hotels. He said: “I always love to stay at service apartments. I get the kind of food I want, whereas in hotels, I get what they have to offer.”