Brigade Hospitality plans 1,200 hotel rooms in South India.

Brigade Hospitality plans to build 1200 hotel rooms in eight properties in South India, including a 275 room budget hotel in Bengaluru that it aims to open in 2017.

The company plans business hotels in cities such as Kochi and Chennai, which will be part of a mixed usage plan of its parent Brigade Group. The firm will open a luxury hotel Grand Mercure in Mysore this year, aimed at tapping the business as well as the tourist segment.

'There is growth opportunity in building small niche hotels. It would be part of the mixed used community for business and residential properties,' said Nirupa Shankar (pictured), Director of Brigade Hospitality.

Brigade has two large luxury hotels in Bengaluru, Grand Mercure and Sheraton and plans two more properties - on in the city centre and one near the airport to expand its presence in the city.


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