InterContinental Hotels Group ties with Jain group for Holiday Inn Durgapur

KOLKATA: Hospitality major InterContinental Hotels Group has joined hands with city based Jain Group, to develop south Bengal's first eco-friendly Rs 75-crore 5-Star hotel.

This tie up would mark the entry of the Holiday Inn brand in Durgapur, an industrial town of the state.

The hotel is expected to be operational with 2-3 years, a release said here today.

"We understand the needs of today's global travellers and are well-positioned to offer a unique guest experience to both business and leisure visitors to south Bengal when the new Holiday Inn opens in Durgapur," IHG VP development, (South West Asia) Rajiv Sharma said.

"We are pleased to join hands with IHG. We are investing over Rs 75 crores in developing the Durgapur property and this will be the first 5-star eco-friendly hotel in West Bengal," said Jain Group vice-chairman Shrayans Jain.

Jain Group along with IHG, would be developing two more 5-Star Holiday Inn properties in Kolkata and Siliguri. The Kolkata property would be operational by the end of 2014, while the Siliguri property would be ready in the next 2-3 years.

IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,700 hotels and 6,88,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries, with more than 1,100 hotels in its development pipeline, the release said.