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OYO to raise $1.5 bn in latest financing round to boost its US footprint

Opportunity India Desk Oct 08, 2019 - 2 min read

OYO Hotels & Homes will raise $1.5 billion, as part of its Series F funding round. This will value the firm at $10 billion. Under this round, RA Hospitality Holdings will be investing approximately $700 million as primary capital in the company while the rest will be supplemented by existing investors. A significant part of ...

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Clarks Inn expands in Uttar Pradesh with new hotel in Raebareli

Opportunity India Desk Oct 08, 2019 - 1 min read

Clarks Inn Group of Hotels, India’s fastest growing hotel company, has forayed into the burgeoning town of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh with the launch of 32-key Om Clarks Inn. The new hotel houses 30 deluxe category rooms along with 2 Executive suites for catering to the demands of discerning guests. It is offering the latest ...

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Health supplement chain Muscle & Strength ventures into Moradabad, UP

Opportunity India Desk Oct 08, 2019 - 1 min read

Muscle & Strength India, Prince Narula's health supplement retail start-up, has entered into the city of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Neeraj Yadav, Moradabad Franchise Owner, Muscle & Strength, said, “We are excited to launch Muscle & Strength store in Moradabad as there is dearth of good supplement retail outlets in this region. Now, fitness enthusiasts and ...

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Silicon Valley-based theCoderSchool expanding to New Jersey

Opportunity India Desk Oct 08, 2019 - 2 min read

Silicon Valley-based theCoderSchool, whose motto is “Learn to code. Change the world.”, is expanding into New Jersey. The coding school is set to launch a location in Short Hills, N.J. The new school will be joining joins two other locations in the area, including Bayside, NY, which unveiled last month, and Commack, NY, which will ...

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Here is Why You Should Invest in a Healthcare Franchise

Opportunity India Desk Oct 08, 2019 - 3 min read

“The big money is not in the buying or selling, but in the waiting” – this is the perfect statement that embodies the term ‘investment’. We buy stuff from our hard-earned money, often save the money, but invest only a few times. To earn bigger money from the surplus money, investment is the key. Investing ...

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IHG's upscale brand Voco to be soon unveiled in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Opportunity India Desk Oct 07, 2019 - 2 min read

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed an agreement with Nouh Mohamad Nouh and Partners Limited to launch Voco Jeddah Gate in Saudi Arabia. This development follows the company’s recent announcement of the signing of the world’s largest Voco in Makkah. The latest agreement marks the third signing in of IHG’s upscale brand Voco in Saudi Arabia ...

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IHCL To Soon Launch Its 17th Hotel In Karnataka

Opportunity India Desk Oct 07, 2019 - 1 min read

Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) has signed a new Vivanta hotel in Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka. This is IHCL Group’s 17th hotel in Karnataka. A hotel is a management contract with Harinath Builders & Developers Pvt Ltd, a sister concern of Ballal Developers Ltd. Vivanta is IHCL’s collection of upscale hotels and resorts. It caters to ...

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Hospitals chain Paras Healthcare enters Rajasthan in partnership with J K Hospital

Opportunity India Desk Oct 07, 2019 - 1 min read

Paras Healthcare is entering Rajasthan in partnership with Udaipur-based J K Hospital to provide secondary and tertiary care services to the large underserved population of the area. The hospitals chain eyes to make an investment towards upgrading the medical facilities and quality of clinical service in the hospital, which will now be called ‘Paras J ...

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SUGAR Cosmetics Franchise: Second exclusive store in South India

Opportunity India Desk Oct 07, 2019 - 1 min read

SUGAR Cosmetics Franchise has opened its first exclusive store in Hyderabad. This is the brand’s second exclusive brand outlet (EBO) in South India, after Bengaluru. Vineeta Singh, CEO, SUGAR Cosmetics, said, “We have 28 exclusive stores across the country and planning to scale up to 100 by next year including 7-8 stores in Hyderabad.” The ...

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Franchise India to host 17th Edition of International Franchise & Retail Show 2019 supported by MSME

Opportunity India Desk Oct 07, 2019 - 2 min read

Franchise India announces the 17th edition of its flagship annual property, “17th International Franchise and Retail Show’19 in association with RE/MAX India, UClean, Thanco's Naturals and Aghraharam supported by MSME” on 12-13th Oct’19 at Pragati Maidan. It will be a two-day mega event, which will aim to inspire new-age entrepreneurs to create a wave of ...

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