Some of these are regional players, like K Raheja Corporation (Mumbai), Salgaonkar (Goa), Viceroy Hotels (Hyderabad) and Panchshil Realty (Pune). The hospitality major currently has six properties in Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad and Chennai and operates through five different brands, including Marriott, JW Marriott, Courtyard, Renaissance and Marriott Executive Apartments.
Marriott now has 30 brands globally with over 5,700 properties in over 110 countries
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Emaar MGF, the Delhi-based property company, said it was planning to spend Rs 1,600 crore ($400 million) to set up four hotels in the country in the next three years. It has tied up with global hospitality leader Marriott International to manage the hotels.
With Onam and Raksha Bandhan just around the corner, the festival season is ready to kick off in full swing. As people embrace the celebratory spirit, companies anticipate a surge in sales this year. Consumer durables firms are expecting strong growth of 40-50 per cent in the premium segment during the upcoming season. Appliance makers also foresee increased demand for cooling appliances - refrigerators and air conditioners - which were impacted by unseasonal rainfall.
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Unitech Ltd, the country's second largest real estate firm, has decided to sell its 200-room budget hotel Courtyard by Marriott in Gurgaon ahead of its inauguration in January 2009.
Unitech Ltd, the country's second largest developer, on Friday said it has sold out a hotel in Gurgaon for Rs 231 crore (Rs 2.31 billion) and is in advance stages of talks for selling out an office complex in the national capital.
After a few exciting days in Nepal, a land of alluring stupas, Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera, on a tri-nation drive, heads east via India into mysterious Bhutan.
Readers share their love for food through photographs.
Marriott-Starwood, Carlson Rezidor and others are winning the tug-of-war for customers with local hotel chains as they add new properties at a breakneck speed.
Mini Ribeiro gets top chefs to share the best chutney recipes.
The sun is out. The flood waters have receded. Keralites have spent crores in quickly cleaning up the state and making it visitor ready. Go to Kerala folks!
Mini Ribeiro brings you recipes of ideal tea-time snacks.
Easy to make, these can be ready in minutes.
Six unique khichdi recipes will tantalise your taste buds this rainy season, says Mini Ribeiro.