HYATT Hotels Corporation announced that Hyatt affiliates signed management agreements for an Andaz hotel in Gurgaon and a Grand Hyatt hotel in Kochi, bringing the total number of Hyatt-branded hotels under development in India to 56.
“We are focused on creating preference by enhancing distribution of our full-service, extended-stay and select service brands in both new and established markets in India where our guests are increasingly traveling,” said Ratnesh Verma, senior vice president – real estate and development, Asia Pacific for Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. “Creating a strong presence for our complete brand portfolio in India is critical to Hyatt’s leadership in the global hospitality sector.”
“The new agreements along with the previously announced properties under development, demonstrate growing confidence among owners and developers in the strength of Hyatt-branded hotels in India,” said president and chief executive officer Mark Hoplamazian.
Located in Gurgaon, the industrial and financial center of the state of Haryana, Andaz Gurgaon is slated to open in Q4 2014 and will offer 275 rooms and 75 serviced apartments. The Grand Hyatt Kochi, expected to open in Q1 2017, will be located on Bolgatty Island in Kochi and will feature 250 rooms and amenities including a multi-cuisine restaurant, two specialty restaurants, a bar and lobby lounge, a 10-treatment room spa, fitness center, swimming pool, and Grand Club lounge.
Hyatt will open three new hotels in India in the remainder of 2012 across its Park Hyatt and Hyatt Place brands including Park Hyatt Chennai, a 204-room hotel to open in late 2012, Hyatt Place Hampi, a 115-room hotel planned to open by the end of the year, Hyatt Place Pune, Hinjewadi, a 117-room property also set to open at the end of the year.