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AccorHotels
opens new
Mercure in
Hyderabad |
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AccorHotels has
announced the
opening of the
Mercure
Hyderabad KCP,
the midscale
brand’s fourth
property in
India and its
first in the
city.
Located in the
centre of
Hyderabad, 21km
from the
airport, the new
hotel has 128
rooms and
suites, plus
three food and
beverage
outlets, a
rooftop fitness
centre and
meeting space.
“The opening of
Mercure
Hyderabad KCP
marks yet
another
milestone for
AccorHotels’
expansion and
growing brand
presence in the
country,” said
Jean-Michel
Cassé,
AccorHotels’
senior vice
president of
operations for
India.
“Mercure
Hyderabad KCP’s
launch takes our
combined room
inventory in the
city to 869
rooms, making
AccorHotels the
largest hotel
operator in
Hyderabad.”
Kavitha Dutt
Chitturi,
executive
director of KCP
added;
“Hyderabad has
witnessed rapid
growth in the IT
and
pharma[ceutical]
sector in the
recent past,
with leading
MNCs
(multinational
corporations)
making a beeline
to the city.
This has
resulted in an
increase in the
number of
business
travellers to
the city. We are
delighted to
launch Mercure
Hyderabad KCP
with a promise
of delivering
the best quality
product and
services in the
hospitality
sector.”
Mercure
Hyderabad KCP
joins
AccorHotels
existing Indian
Mercure hotels
in Bengaluru,
Mysuru and
Lavasa. |
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IHG adds two
Holiday Inn
Express hotels
in India |
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InterContinental
Hotels Group (IHG)
has opened two
new Holiday Inn
Express Hotels
in India,
located in Delhi
and Chennai.
Holiday Inn
Express Chennai
is located on
Old
Mahabalipuram
Road and offers
136 rooms, while
Holiday Inn
Express New
Delhi is
positioned at
Terminal 3 of
Indira Gandhi
International
Airport and has
93 rooms.
Both properties
will feature
Holiday Inn
Express’
standard
services, such
as free Wi-Fi
and breakfast, a
choice of
pillows, a
self-service
business centre
and laundry
room, and a
24-hour fitness
centre.
“Holiday Inn
Express is
really gaining
momentum in
India as we
continue to
expand our brand
portfolio across
the country,”
said Shantha de
Silva, IHG’s
head of
Southwest Asia.
“The brand
offers guests
everything they
need and nothing
they don’t while
being situated
in easily
accessible
locations. We’re
excited to be
opening the
doors of these
two hotels and
we’re confident
they will be the
number one
choice for smart
travellers
visiting New
Delhi and
Chennai.”
IHG now operates
its Holiday Inn
Express brand in
four Indian
cities:
Ahmedabad,
Chennai, Delhi
and Hyderabad. |
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Lebua to open
luxury hotel in
Lucknow |
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Lebua Hotels &
Resorts has
confirmed plans
to open a new
luxury property
in Lucknow, the
capital of
India’s Uttar
Pradesh state.
Scheduled to
launch on 25
April 2016, the
new Lebua
Lucknow will
offer a total of
41 rooms and
suites, all of
which come
equipped with
balconies or
terraces,
bathtubs,
complimentary
Wi-Fi, satellite
TVs and coffee
and tea making
facilities. The
hotel will
officially take
bookings from 01
May 2016.
Other facilities
at the hotel
include a
swimming pool,
Indian and
Italian
restaurants, a
lounge bar,
business centre
and conference
and banqueting
space, including
the Baradari
Ballroom which
can accommodate
up to 225
guests.
The hotel is
located 14km
from Lucknow’s
Chaudhary Charan
Singh
International
Airport.
Lebua Lucknow
will become the
brand’s third
hotel in India,
joining the
existing Lebua
Resort and Lebua
Lodge at Amer,
both of which
are located in
Jaipur. The
company also
operates the
landmark Lebua
Hotel in
Bangkok, which
is home to
Sirocco, the
world’s highest
open air
restaurant. |
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Sri Lanka |
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Shangri-La’s
Hambantota
Resort & Spa,
Sri Lanka |
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On June 1,
Shangri-La opens
the first of two
new-build
properties, a
300-room
beachfront golf
resort in
Hambantota on
the south coast,
about an hour
from the famous
Yala National
Park. A 500-room
hotel is slated
to open in
Colombo next
year.
Sprawling across
58ha,
Shangri-La’s
Hambantota
Resort & Spa is
the first in Sri
Lanka to have
its own golf
course and also
includes a day
spa with 12
treatment rooms,
a dive centre,
health and
children’s
clubs, freeform
and lap pools,
and a cultural
village where
guests can meet
local artisans
and buy their
wares.
All guestrooms
afford garden or
ocean views from
a terrace or
balcony and
feature the
usual deep
luxury that is a
Shangri-La
trademark: plush
robes, zillion
thread-count
sheets, big bath
tubs,
extra-large
towels, pillow
menus and
state-of-the-art
technology. The
fit-out is
urbane but
relaxed; the
colours neutral
with a nod to
typical Sri
Lankan design
features,
notably timber
floors and teak
and rattan
furniture. The
room inventory
includes 26
suites with
private butler
service.
The resort is
located a
four-hour drive
from Colombo and
is 35km from the
nearest airport. |
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