The Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) today unveiled its 'Generation Next Smart Basics Hotel' - 'Ginger' in Agartala. This is the first such hotel in the North east India. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inaugurated the hotel at Khejurbagan on Airport road.

The hotel is expected to be a three star category hotel. The hotel has 101 rooms at affordable price.

Inaugurating the hotel, Chief Minister urged the authorities of Ginger group to explore opportunity of opening hotels at Udaipur, a religious tourist hotspot and Charamnagar in North Tripura.

He said that the central government was contemplating to offer a package tour involving Northeastern states and Bangladesh.

"If the plan is implemented, the hotel industry will get extra benefit", he said. Chief Minister also praised Suman Bhattacharjee, proprietor of the construction farm for speedy completion of construction of the hotel.

In his address, Industries Minister Tapan Chakraborty said that the opening of Ginger hotel would usher in infrastructure development in the state. The state government had to face trouble when the Thai business delegation visited the state to explore feasibility of investment", he said.

In the similar line, Chief Secretary Sashi Prakash admitted that the state could not host some important summits or conferences due to lack of proper accommodation and hospitability.

"However, this will not happen as the Ginger hotel opened here", he said.

Speaking on the occasion, Prabhat Pani, Chief Executive Officer, Roots Corporation Ltd mentioned various facilities available in the hotel.

He also hailed Mr. Bhattacharjee for the building the hotel on time and maintaining quality of the work. In fact, the Ginger hotel is most attractive hotel in the capital town for its unique design and facilities.

Among others, Principal Secretary, Srivastava and Commissioner Sudip Kumar Roy were also present in the inaugural function.