UK-based hotel chain Premier Inn, which has touched the 50,000 rooms mark globally, plans to open four hotels in the country by 2014.

Aly Shariff, Managing Director, Premier Inn, South Asia, said that the landmark signifies the company’s leading position in the mid-market hotel category in the UK.

The economy hotel chain has two operational hotels in New Delhi and Bangalore. The company plans to open additional hotels in Pune, Chennai and Goa by next year, while its sixth property is expected to open at Chennai by 2014.

“Encouraged by the robust development of the chain, the company also has aggressive expansion plans for international markets like South Asia, South East Asia and the Arabian Gulf regions,” the statement added.

>meenakshi.v@thehindu.co.in

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