Tata group to roll out 30 hotels

Tata group-promoted Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) is planning to open 30 more hotels of its mid-segment premium brand 'The Gateway Hotel' chain by fiscal 2015. Presently, there are 20 Gateway Hotels throughout the country. Gateway Hotel's Director (Operations), Monica Lakhmana said, "This is our upscale chain. We are planning to open 13 hotels by 2012 and then scale-up operations to 50 by 2015 across the country." The Gateway Hotels will provide to a pan-India network of hotels and resorts offering all key services at competitive prices. "We are looking at Tier II and other smaller cities as they are growing and also plan to expand in places that attract more tourists," Lakhmana added. Lakhmana said that the company is exploring opportunities at Tier II and other smaller cities as they are mounting and also envisage to spread out in places that has tourist attraction. Among the 20 hotels under this trademark, 16 hotels belong to IHCL and were renamed as Gateway Hotels, while the remaining four are new constructions.