Hotel boom to take off at revamped Delhi airport

New Delhi: It is all barren land, with mounds of piled cement and sand. Delhi Airport’s Hospitality District isn’t much of a sight presently but that’s temporary. The huge expanse, about three km from the new terminal – T3 of the airport — is going to become the hub of some of the most happening hotels in the capital city.
The vicinity of the airport only has the Radisson and Centaur, beside the Leela Kempinski, Trident and Courtyard Hotel in Gurgaon – all in the five-star category. But now they will come up in all shapes and sizes – five, four and even three-star..
Amongst those to come up are deluxe ones such as the JW Marriott, Hyatt Andaz and Hyatt Place, Dusit D2, Pride Hotel , Pullman, Red Fox, Lemon Tree, Ibis, Holiday Inn and Novotel. Most of these will open their doors by 2012 and are expected to create over 3,100 rooms across different pricing and categories.
Accor Hotels, which is going to open one of its brands, ‘Ibis’, in the middle of next year, is waiting for its neighbouring hotels to get ready. “We don’t want to open with construction work going on all around us. The Delhi airport will become happening once all the hotels open up,” said Uttam Dave, development head of Accor Hotels India.
Besides, a 100-room hotel facility is also likely to come up inside the Delhi International Airport, to cater mainly to passengers in transit. Expected to be operational by December, it will be run by Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL).
30/08/10 Ruchika Chitravanshi/Business Standard

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