Tune Hotels.com in tune with AHC for India foray

To give competition to the Indian hospitality industry the leading Malaysian hotel chain Tune Hotels.com has entered into a franchise agreement with Mumbai-based Apodis Hospitality Corp (AHC) to launch Tune Hotels in India which will be operational by the end of the next year.

AHC has been negotiating for six sites across Mumbai in addition to pursue locations in the country's southern and northern regions to open 20 hotels across the country and are also keen to seek further franchisees within India.

Tune hotels will be a completely new breed of hotels, designed keeping in mind the Asian customers' requirement of a value-for-money proposition. In the coming three years, Apodis will invest about $200 million for 20 properties. Tune Hotels.com runs seven hotels across Malaysia and Indonesia and has plans to start 64 hotels outside of Malaysia.