Indian Hotels to expand global footprint with 12 launches.

A 283-room Taj hotel near the domestic airport and a 250-room Vivanta by Taj hotel in New Delhi are among the 12 new properties Indian Hotels Company is set to launch this year. The Tata Group-promoted company said the 12 properties would add about 1,500 rooms to its global inventory, increasing its tally to about 17,000 rooms across 137 properties.

The new hotels would be launched under the company's four brands - Taj, Vivanta by Taj, Gateway and Ginger. The launches would be under various models -ownership, management contracts and joint ventures, according to an Indian Hotels Company presentation.

Last financial year, the company inaugurated seven properties (1,060 rooms overall), but did not launch any property under the Taj brand.

A 296-room luxury property in Dubai (Taj Downtown), the 78-room Gateway Resort (National Capital Region), the 150-room Gateway (Hinjewadi, Pune), a 73-room Ginger (Vaishno Devi), a 45-room Ginger (Madgaon, Goa) and a 52-room Gateway (Corbet, Uttarakhand) are among the hotels to be launched this year.

BS