India-headquartered Gokulam Group of companies, a business conglomerate having diverse operations, has opened their first overseas business venture, with a four-star luxury business hotel in Doha.

The new hotel, operated in a 13-storey state-of-the-art building on the Museum Road,  has 38 executive suites, 34 well-groomed rooms, business centre, conference hall, swimming pool, multi-equipment fitness centre, barbeque grill and shisha, pool side bar, lounge bar, steam room and sauna, and multi-cuisine restaurant, among other facilities.

As part of their business expansion in Qatar, the official said their group would set up another five-star hotel and a resort in the next few years. They are also exploring possibilities to set up hotels in neighbouring GCC states,

The $1.5bn Gokulam group, which has been running a successful chit fund and related financial activities in India since 1969, made a successful foray into many other activities including hospitality, education and movie industry in the last one decade. The group runs a medical college in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district.