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About the book
Futurama : noun : a preview of something that is not yet a reality : indication of potential Hotel Futurama is about a hotel that we hope to see in the future. While it was written ahead of its time around 2008 and the original manuscript slated the story to take place in the year 2015 but the year 2015 came and went and the hotels are yet to advance to this stage as on date. Part of it is now coming true for hospitality and yet so much more has to be adapted in technology. It took a pandemic to start many aspects in motion like mobile phone access , facial recognition , and digitalization of menu cards , sensor taps in guest rooms, to say the least. We have therefore pushed the book into 2025. Like the name of the Hotel – Futurama – the actual hotels are somewhat there but not yet a reality. But in the Hotel Futurama we get a glimpse of the future, and yet with technology changing faster than we can imagine, would there be an actual hotel like this or it would always not yet be a reality ?
About The Author
Mr Rajinder Mohan Bhatia (fondly known as Raj Bhatia or R.M.) (1939-2020) Mr Bhatia’s early years of his career was spent with the Oberoi Group of Hotels. It was his 15 years with the Oberoi Group that enabled him to travel and get exposure to the best of hotels in the world. His passion for hospitality grew. He was part of purchasing and starting many hotel properties with Mr Oberoi himself. He travelled widely across the Globe giving him many life experiences. Thereafter he started a Consultancy service: “United Hospitality Services” His hobbies included sports like tennis and squash, reading and later in life penning down his stories, views and creating a well known e-newsletter called “ United Newsletter” which he diligently sent out every month to an email list of several hundred in the hospitality industry, friends and family. It was in this newsletter that the book Hotel Futurama (earlier under the title “Hotel Bill Gate”) was born and became so popular that he was asked to repeat the series. Unfortunately Mr Bhatia could not release it as a book in his lifetime and so we, his children, Ritu and Rachna, have taken the onus to make true his dream of publishing his book. He was forever a storyteller with lively anecdotes on his travel and life experiences. His children, extended family and his grand-children have all benefitted from many a lively soiree listening to the tales of Mr Raj Bhatia. We share a few with you here.
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