By BW Hotelier
THE Wyndham Hotel Group, will be opening 10 new properties under the Ramada Encore and Howard Johnson brands set to open by 2017 in India. The properties would be at Gurgaon, Darjeeling, Greater Noida, Jaisalmer, Pali, Lonere, Dharmapuri, Bangalore, Chennai and Trivendrum. A joint statement by Geoff Ballotti, President and Chief executive officer, Wyndham Hotel Group (see photo), and Deepika Arora, regional vice president- Indian Ocean, Wyndham Hotel Group also stated that the key to success in India lies in the strategic relationships forged with partners and the group was looking to deepen those relationships and expand further.
Six Ramada Hotels would be built under a strategic partnership with Expat Projects & Development Pvt. Ltd (for two properties) and with Creative Buildwell Private Ltd, Swift Financial Results Limited, Vardhman Infra Developers Pvt. Ltd and Expat Leisure &-Resorts Ltd (one Hotel each).
Wyndham Hotel Group was also going to build one Days Hotel & Suites property with Akruti Developers; one Days Hotel property each with Saras Hotels Pvt. Ltd and Mohyideen Hussai Fisal. They also announced that they would build a Howard Johnson Hotel with Unique Mercantile Pvt. Ltd.
The Wyndham Hotel Group already have 24 properties totaling around 2,587 rooms under the Ramada Wyndham Hotels and Resorts operational in the country. They have a further 33 properties of 3,853 rooms under construction, This new signings will take the Wyndham Hotel Group tally to a total of 43 properties with around 4.841 rooms in India.