• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Canvas
• Praxis
• Urban Pulse
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager

Stocks

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

Cross Currency

• Rates
  
  

Shipping

• Ports
  
  

Archives

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• The Hindu ePaper
• Business Line
• Business Line ePaper
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

Our Bureau

Chennai , Nov. 28

Choice Hotels India, the company which manages and franchises hotel brands such as Quality Inn and Comfort, is set to add more hotel properties to its network.

Mr Vilas Pawar, CEO, Choice Hotels India said that the company plans to sign up a hotel property on the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) as Quality Inn. This property would be ready by June 2007, he said.

It would also be introducing its upscale brand `Clarion' on the OMR in a year's time. Clarion will also be present in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ludhiana and Chandhigarh.

The company currently has 30 hotels in its portfolio, 50 per cent of which are also managed by Choice Hotels. Mr Pawar said that there are about 11 hotels in various stages of development across the country, which will also be a part of the network.

The total investment towards developing the hotels is about Rs 750 crore, he said.

Choice Hotels International markets more than 5,000 hotels in more than 40 countries under the brand names Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, MainStay Suites, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn. It launched its brand, Cambria Suites, in January 2005.

More Stories on : Outlook | Hotels | Tamil Nadu

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
SAIL to invest Rs 10,000 cr in IISCO upgrade

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line