MoU for three-star hotels on the cards.
Country Inns & Suites, part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, has announced that it will open a hotel in Bangalore in mid-2006.
The fifth largest private hospitality group in the world with a $38 billion-plus turnover, the Carlson group will open a bouquet of its hotel brands like Radisson, Regent International, Country Inn, Park Plaza and Park Inn in next three years.
The government approved 17 foreign direct investment proposals on Tueday involving total inflow of Rs 122.3 crore (Rs 1.22 billion), including that of First Flight Couriers and Carlson Hotels.
A country liquor manufacturer is set to launch the Radisson brand in Ranchi.
The company would bring two-three hotels under Regent brand in India. Besides, it would add five hotels under Park Plaza, eight under Country Inn and the rest under Radisson.
Radisson hotels and resorts, which are managed by Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific, have been chosen as the "best franchise brand in India' by the Galilelo and Express group.
'A heavy tanker takes time to move, but when it starts rolling, it's difficult to stop it,' Indian Hotels CEO Puneet Chhatwal tells Shyamal Majumdar.
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