HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Not everybody is celebrating the wedding of Aamir Khan01st Jan 2006 22.19 IST By Agencies It should have been a great advertisement for Panchgani as a tourist destination, but instead Aamir Khan 's decision to host his wedding reception in the tiny hill station has spelt loss of business for local tourism industry. "Every year Panchgani overflows with tourists during Christmas and New Year, but this time regulars who drive down from Mumbai and Pune are heading elsewhere after the media hype about Aamir hosting his marriage reception here, since they believe that every hotel room would be booked well in advance. 
“On the contrary, rooms are available and we have had to suffer loss because of Aamir's wedding," said Vishal Ranjane, who owns a tour and travel company. Hotels have seen a 25 per cent drop in occupancy compared to the last year's New Year "season" thanks to the media attention given to Aamir's celebration. "This year hotel room occupancy is only 75 per cent, mainly because people have presumed that there will be no rooms available due to the marriage. As a result smaller hotels have suffered," said Shiva, manager of the Pan Hill lodge. Aamir has booked three hotels for his more than 200 guests, but everything including the entertainment, catering and security have been brought in from Mumbai. "He has brought even his own drinking water from Mumbai. Panchgani has not benefited in terms of business from his marriage at all," said another hotel owner. While hotels have just 75 per cent occupancy, bus services in and out of Panchgani have also suffered, forcing operators to run lesser capacity buses. Locals say they feel left out of such a major celebrity event. "We have seen a lot of film shootings here and a lot of celebrities but we have never seen so much secrecy," said a taxi driver. Related Aamir Khan | ALSO READ scoop ~ Saif loves to see Kareena dressed up hot ~ Priyanka Chopra a diehard fan of Michael Jackson ~ Akshay's daring promotional stunt for 'Kambakkht Ishq' ~ 'Ekta has all it takes to win Miss Universe crown' ~ Kambakkht Ishq – Movie Review ~ Don't call me lucky: Katrina ~ Akshay Kumar plans a film for Michael Jackson? ~ I don't believe in luck: Imran Khan ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Katrina Kaif voted most eligible single female ~ Making love with clothes on! ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Valentines Day, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas CardWeaver.com > Birthday, Holi MOVIES Kambakkht Ishq, New York, Paying Guests, Kal Kissne Dekha, 99, Aa Dekhen Zara, Videsh, Billu Barber, Aloo Chaat, Dev. D, Delhi 6, Jashnn , Love Aaj Kal , Kaminey , Rann MUSIC Love Aaj Kal , Jashnn celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Freida Pinto | Anushka Sharma | Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Dev Patel | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Nandana Sen | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | Namitha | Kalki Koechlin | Mahi Gill | Shakeela | Lara Dutta | A R Rahman | Trisha | Shruti Haasan | Neetu Chandra | Shriya Saran | Padma Lakshmi | Emma Watson | Kelly Clarkson | Britney Spears | Anne Hathaway | Anjana Sukhani | Tila Tequila | Soha Ali Khan | Priyamani | Sonal Chauhan | Vaishali Desai | Jackky Bhagnani | Kristen Stewart | Robert Pattinson | Neil Nitin Mukesh | Shiney Ahuja | more... | 
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