Wyndham Is ‘Sprinting’ Towards Its 100-Hotel Mark in India
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For Wyndham, India is an unmissable opportunity and the growth is rapid but not indiscriminate. It is still conscious about the markets, locations, and the brand mix it wants to bring here.
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is “sprinting” to the 100-hotel mark in India, Rahool Macarius, the recently appointed market managing director for Eurasia, told Skift. “We are actually doing it in a quarter of the time that other international brands have,” he said.
Macarius rejoined Wyndham in January this year, and since then, the company signed eight hotels in the April-June quarter. Six hotels were signed last month alone, he said. “Growth is absolutely phenomenal for us. I see a great pipeline and I want to reach the 100-mark as soon as possible,” he said. He further said the company will breach this mark “probably this year” and if not, then “definitely next year.”
The company’s present growth has been in Tier-2 and 3 cities in India, such as Ambala, Ranchi, Zirakpur, Ghaziabad. “We are one of the companies that did not rise or explore from the metros. We gained traction from Tier-2 and 3 cities. A lot of our great leisure locations a
