Sarovar Hotels & Resorts, which manages 60 hotels and resorts across 40 cities in India and overseas under Sarovar Premiere, Sarovar Portico, Hometel, Park Plaza and Park Inn brands, is now on a major expansion spree with focus on South India.
The plan is set for next two years. The company will manage more than 85 hotels by 2014, said Anil Madhok, managing director. Sarovar Hotels operate Park Plaza and Park Inn in India under a franchise agreement with Carlson Hotels Worldwide. He spoke to Business Standard recently.
Apart from expanding our strong hospitality base in India, they are also focusing on expansion in East Africa.
At present they operate 3 hotels in Africa – Ole Sereni in Nairobi; New Africa Hotel in Dar-es-Saleem and The Heron Portico in Nairobi. The company is planning to add two more hotels - a 100 room hotel in Nairobi and another hotel by the Game Park.
They plan to launch 25 hotels across the following cities in India in next two years. The cities/towns proposed to be added are New Delhi, Shahdara, Shantiniketan, Jaisalmer, Solapur, Thekkady, Bhiwadi, Jalandhar (2 properties), Dera Bassi, Zirakpur, Jaipur, Bhubaneshwar, Raniganj, Vadapalani - Chennai, Vandalur-Chennai, Tirupati, Bodhgaya and Rishikesh.
Sarovar has invested in 3 hotels they are Sarovar Portico at Indore, Hometel at Chandigarh and Hometel at Roorkee and fourth property Hometel Sriperumbudur, Chennai is expected to commence shortly.
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