Marriott Sgns New Hotel in Bangalore

Marriott has signed a management contract with Prestige Estates Projects
Private Limited, for a 300-room golf resort, spa, and convention center
in Bangalore, India.

When opened in 2012, the Bangalore Marriott Golf Resort & Convention
Center at Nandi Hills will be Marriott’s fifth property in Bangalore
and 30th in India.

The Bangalore Marriott Golf Resort & Convention Center at Nandi
Hills will be part of a 300-acre, mixed-use project in the city’s Nandi
Hills area, approximately 10 kilometers from the airport. The project
will also consist of a first-class 18-hole golf course and a residential
community comprised of approximately 225 single-family homes.

"We continue to be excited by the robust opportunity India presents
as we implement our global growth strategy," said Ed Fuller, president
and managing director for international lodging at Marriott. "This
particular project holds great promise. Its golf course, extensive conference
facilities which, at 1,940 square meters will be the largest among the
hotel’s competitors, and spa will be an enormous advantage in helping
the hotel penetrates more than its fair share in the meeting, convention
and leisure segments."
Guest rooms at the Bangalore Marriott Golf Resort & Convention Center
at Nandi Hills will feature stylish appointments and Marriott’s famed
plush bed and bath linens and amenities.

For dining and entertainment, the hotel will have three restaurants,
including an all-day casual restaurant offering three meals daily and
two specialty dining outlets; a lobby lounge, pool bar and entertainment
bar.
In addition to the golf course, which will be operated by Prestige,
recreational amenities will include a 1,800 square-meter spa, sauna,
gym, Jacuzzi and 10 treatment rooms; a fitness center and an outdoor
swimming pool.

Other amenities include a business center with four workstations,
two offices, a meeting room for small conferences and two boardrooms;
an executive floor and lounge with its own meeting room; retail shops;
and a gift/sundries shop.

For conferences and social events, the Bangalore Marriott Golf Resort
& Convention Center at Nandi Hills will offer 1,940 square meters
of space including a 1,200 square-meter ballroom which will be divisible
into five sections: a 450 square- meter junior ballroom divisible into
two sections; three individual meeting rooms, each also divisible into
two sections; and a 50 square-meter ballroom.

Also under development in Bangalore are the JW Marriott Hotel Bangalore
(2009, Renaissance Bangalore Hotel (2010), Renaissance Bangalore High
Grounds Hotel (2010), The Ritz-Carlton Bangalore (2010).

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