CARLSON Rezidor Hotel Group is poised to remain the international hotel operator with the most number of properties in India, following 13 hotel openings and 13 new signings in 2012.
The Group now has 63 hotels in operation and 44 hotels in development in its Indian portfolio.
“Apart from opening 13 more hotels in India this year, we will continue in our efforts to drive hotel management excellence and build capability at all levels. Carlson Rezidor is also ready to move forward aggressively with rolling out our midscale Park Inn by Radisson hotel brand in selected locations in India,” said Simon C Barlow, president, Asia Pacific, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group.
Properties due to open this year include the 124-key Park Plaza Salem, the 100-key Park Inn by Radisson Gurgaon Bilaspur, the 45-key Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Jim Corbett and the 94-key Country Inns & Suites by Carlson Navi Mumbai.
In 2012, the group launched the first Radisson Blu hotels in Ahmedabad, Ghaziabad, Jaipur and Nagpur, as well as its first hotels in Hyderabad and Kandla. The 13 new deals signed last year comprised major cities, resort destinations and satellite towns such as Faridabad, Gandhinagar, Jalandhar, Karjat, Salem, Gurgaon, Bhiwadi and Goa.
Carlson Rezidor’s expansion in India also gained added traction with the April 2012 signing of a strategic alliance with Bestech Hospitalities to develop a network of 49 Park Inn by Radisson hotels in north and central India by 2024.
