The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) has continued its steady growth, taking its overall portfolio to 628 hotels. This includes 373 hotels currently in operation and a strong pipeline of 255 upcoming properties, showing the company’s clear focus on expansion.

Sharing insights on this growth, Ms. Suma Venkatesh, Executive Vice President - Real Estate & Development, IHCL said, “This fiscal year marked a record of 250 signings through inorganic and sustained organic growth delivering an expanded brandscape and scaling our presence in the midscale segment. Reflective of the rising affluence and accompanying demand, we strengthened our presence in the luxury segment with the on boarding of Claridges Collection, a boutique luxury offering and acquisition of controlling stake in Atmantan, an integrated wellness centre and Brij hospitality in experiential leisure. Ginger leads the midscale segment with the acquisition of majority stake in ANK and Pride hospitality reaching a 250+ portfolio across 150+ locations.”

She further added, “IHCL demonstrated organic growth momentum across its brandscape with 19 signings in Taj including a hotel in Cairo, a 500 key hotel in Patna and a hotel and branded residences in NOIDA. The re-imagined Gateway reached a milestone portfolio of over 50 hotels.”

Highlighting the company’s expansion on the operations side, Ms. Deepika Rao, Executive Vice President – Hotel Openings & New Businesses, IHCL said, “In line with our guidance, IHCL opened 30+ hotels this fiscal year well represented across brands. Entering new markets of Lakshadweep, Ekta Nagar, Raichak, Kanpur, Vrindavan and Bhutan and strengthening our presence in Goa, Ahmedabad, Coorg, Kochi, Gurugram, Delhi, Varanasi, Udaipur, Haridwar and Dehradun.”

She added, “Through acquisitions this year we added over 100 operating hotels taking IHCL’s operating hotels to 373 hotels with over 33,000 rooms this fiscal.”

With this pace of growth, IHCL is moving closer to its long-term vision under the Accelerate 2030 strategy, aiming to reach a portfolio of 700 hotels in the coming years.