Bajaj Hotels mulls franchise expansion

The Bajaj Group of Hotels, branded under Le Sutra Hospitality, is planning to open hotels and restaurants across the nation in the next three to five years. The company is going to invest Rs 300-500 crore for these hotels and restaurants, which will be a mix of both company owned and franchised, confirms a company official.

The company will open its second Le Sutra at Dehradun by 2012 and another 80-room capacity boutique hotel is soon going to come up in Goa via franchise route. Besides this, it has plans to launch five to six Indian Art Café restaurants in major cities across India.

Presently, Bajaj Group of Hotels is operating through two hotels and six theme restaurants across the country.