Indian Hotels Company Taps Acquisitions to Fuel Expansion
Photo Credit: IHCL opened Bangaram Island Lakshadweep - IHCL SeleQtions during the first quarter of 2026 financial year. IHCL SeleQtions
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IHCL is proving that scale and selectivity can go hand in hand. Its aggressive signing pace and boutique acquisitions show how the hotel chain is adapting to the country’s evolving travel landscape.
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), parent of Taj Hotels, now has over 250 operational hotels across India. In the first half of the fiscal year alone, IHCL signed 46 new properties and opened 26 hotels.
A significant share of the signings were across the Gateway, Tree of Life, and Ginger brands, said Suma Venkatesh, executive vice president for Real Estate & Development at IHCL. “This momentum in growth was enabled through multi-hotel framework agreements with the Ambuja Neotia group for Taj, SeleQtions and Tree of Life brands and with Madison for the Ginger brand in south India.”
Among the new properties added to IHCL’s portfolio, 14 were through the marketing and distribution partnership with Brij Hospitality and Clarks Group of Hotels.
The company entered new locations including Alibaug, Raichak, Lakshadweep, and Thane with its new openings during the six months. IHCL now has an inventory of 25,500 rooms.
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