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Marriott Sgns New Hotel in BangaloreTuesday, April 22, 2008
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." 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. 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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