With an aim to have a wider presence in the Indian market, Pride Group of Hotels is now eyeing Tier II cities to expand its business hotel brand, Pride Biznotel. For the same, the company is considering cities like Surat and Rajkot in Gujarat; Mangalore, Coimbatore, Madurai and Kochi in south India. The hotel chain will operate properties under this brand on a management and marketing contract. A management contract has been signed for two Biznotels in Maharashtra.

A 65-room property is also under development in Delhi, which is expected to be launched by March 2010. There are plans to launch city centre business hotels in Jaipur, Agra and the National Capital Region (NCR). The two hotels in Maharashtra will be located in Nashik and Aurangabad. The 91-room property in Aurangabad will be launched by March 2010 while the 100-room hotel in Nashik will be launched by end of 2010.

The chain is developing its first five-star property in Mumbai, which will be operational by 2011. The 250-room hotel will be developed on a two acre area. S P Jain, Chairman, Pride Group of Hotels, said, “We had to rework our hotel designs as the property received an

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