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Atria Group plans several hotel properties pan India

Bengaluru-based Atria Hospitality Management Services is planning projects in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Chennai, Mysore, Coorg and Hyderabad. It will launch a 270-room five-star luxury hotel 'Atria Grand' in Whitefield in mid 2009. This boutique hotel will have a swimming pool, two specialty restaurants, a coffee shop, two banquet halls and all the rooms will have a sauna. It is also planning a spa spread over 14,000 sq ft. which will be managed by their in-house team. It will offer various therapies and massages for its guests. Just behind this property, the group has another ten acres of land where another 230-room property will be set up. Work on this project will commence after the completion of Atria Grand.

It will also launch a hotel-cum-entertainment city spread over ten acres in NCR Delhi in mid 2009. This property will have a 330-room hotel, a serviced apartment and an indoor entertainment centre. This centre will have facilities for various indoor games such as skating and entertainment shows. Its 100-room property in Mysore will face the Brindavan Gardens and will be ready by mid 2009. In Coorg, it will set up a 100-room resort-cum-golf course under the Atria Resort brand amidst 150 acres of coffee estate. It is planning a fishing resort with 50 cottages on the banks of Shimsha River which is about 80 km from Bengaluru.

The group has plans to add 1,500 rooms at an investment of Rs 1,500 Crore in the next five years. It plans to raise the investment through internal accruals and debt. All the properties will be four or five-star properties with facilities such as a swimming pool, spa, health club and restaurants. Some of the properties will be developed jointly with other developers and some will be built entirely by the group.

“We also offer hotel and hotel project consultancy, management services, brand franchise, training, sales and marketing on a pan-India basis. We are in the process of finalising projects on management contract basis in Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi and Coimbatore,” informs Satish Amblee, CEO, Atria Hospitality Management Services. It also plans to launch three-star business hotels under Atria Express Hotel brand in Bengaluru and Coimbatore. In Bengaluru, it will convert its existing property Chalukya Hotel into a three-star business hotel. It is further planning to launch four serviced apartments in Bengaluru, Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad.

Nov 25, 2008
Source: Hospitality Biz India
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