IHCL opens Ginger hotel in Pune
November 13, 2006

The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) has unveiled another GenNext 'Smart Basics' Ginger Hotel at Pimpri Chowk, Pune, the latest addition to the growing chain of Ginger hotels across the country, which includes Bangalore, Haridwar, Bhubaneshwar, Mysore and Thiruvananthapuram. The 100-rooms hotel was inaugurated on November 10 by Tata Motors managing director Ravi Kant in the presence of Roots Corporation CEO Prabhat Pani and other dignitaries. Speaking at the launch, Pani said: "It gives us great pleasure to unveil our first Ginger Hotel in Maharashtra. Pune holds tremendous potential for this innovative category of hotels. Apart from being well-connected, Pune is also becoming a hub because of its extensive economic activities, trade, commerce and manufacturing, which makes it an extremely important city on our domestic circuit."

By the end of this current financial year, Ginger hotels will also be unveiled in Nashik and Durgapur. Work on other Ginger hotels has also commenced in Goa, Pondicherry and Agartala and will also commence work on hotels in Tirupur, Varanasi, Pantnagar, Baroda and Ahmedabad, amongst other destinations within the next couple of months.