Following on from the success of Hilton Bangalore
Embassy GolfLinks, the Embassy Group, India’s
leading real estate developer, today announced the signing of a management
agreement with Hilton for its second hospitality project – A 586-room
dual-branded hotel within the Embassy Manyata Business Park that features a
Hilton Hotels & Resorts and a Hilton Garden Inn brand hotel. This will be
one of the largest dual-branded hotels in India. It will
be developed and owned by the Embassy Group and managed by Hilton.
The hotel’s plan and design are in an
advance stage of finalisation, targeted to start construction by 2017 and to be
completed by 2020. The hotel will be part of a mixed-use development which will
also house a Food and Beverage hub and two commercial towers. The entire
complex will sport an iconic design by the Singapore based Andy Fisher
Workshop. The dual-branded hotel will comprise 586 rooms in total, with
250 rooms at the Hilton and 336 rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn. It will also
feature 46,000 sq. ft. of flexible Meetings and Events space that accommodates
up to 1500 people.
Located at the entrance of the business
park, the hotel will offer two price points in order to serve the needs of
global organizations housed in and around the Embassy Manyata Business
Park. Talking about the signing, Jitu Virwani, Chairman &
Managing Director, Embassy Group, said, “We are delighted to expand
and strengthen our partnership with Hilton. Our first hospitality
project with Hilton at Embassy GolfLinks has been a great success and we are
looking forward to extending our partnership to newer heights.”
Commenting on the development, Sartaj
Singh, President, Embassy Hospitality, said “Partnering with Hilton in
the development of two more hotels is part of an ongoing, consistent business
strategy around the hospitality business. Hilton is a global leader in the
hospitality sector and it is reputed for its remarkable service and attention
to detail. We also plan to replicate a similar scale project at the 100-acre
Embassy TechVillage coming up in East Bangalore.”
Adding at the occasion, Mike
Holland, CEO, Embassy Office Parks, said, “Hilton has been our
partner for over two years and having a Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand hotel
at Embassy GolfLinks has been a great experience. We are committed to enhancing
the value of our office park and being strong enablers to our occupiers’
businesses at Embassy Manyata Business Park. This partnership will help in providing a great
synergy with our international corporate occupier clientele of 175
international corporates across our commercial parks.”
On signing the agreement, Guy
Phillips, Senior Vice President, Development – Asia and Australasia, Hilton,
said, “We are very pleased to extend our strong partnership with the Embassy
Group and bolster the success of the Hilton Bangalore Embassy GolfLinks through
the management agreement for a 586-room dual-branded hotel project featuring
two brands – our flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand and popular upscale
Hilton Garden Inn brand. We continue to see increasing brand awareness across
our brand portfolio in India and this agreement underscores our long-term
commitment to this country as a strategically important market where we now
operate 15 hotels across 11 cities covering most major markets in the country”.
Kaushik Vardharajan,
Vice President, Development – India, Hilton, added, “We are
delighted to sign this agreement with the Embassy Group for one of the largest
dual-branded hotels in the country. The hospitality industry in India offers
exponential potential. We continue to pursue a multi-brand and
multiple-partners strategy to drive sustainable growth. Currently, our
pipeline in India includes 16 hotels with 2,700 rooms.”
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