Chandigarh draws attention of major hospitality chains

“Chandigarh is fast growing as a preferred destination in addition to attracting a large number of business and leisure travelers. Park Plaza,with its central location,will cater to all segments looking for comfortable rooms,business facilities,efficient services and attractive dining options.’’ He said that located in prime business and shopping hub,Park Plaza is an upscale,full service business hotel with 138 elegantly appointed guest rooms and suites.

Park Plaza offers multiple dining options including Cinnamon -– all day dining,IndiSpice – Indian cuisine,The Oriental Blossom – serving delectable Chinese cuisine and Geoffrey’s – the pub. Other hotel facilities include fitness centre,swimming pool and travel desk. The O2 Spa at Park Plaza is operated in association with expert spa professionals and offers a wide range of body and beauty treatments. It has dedicated conference cell,which focuses only on this segment. Park Plaza Chandigarh offers the finest conferencing facilities in the city with a capacity to accommodate from 20 to 500 guests.

Sarovar at present operates 4 hotels in Punjab—Park Plaza & Hometel in Chandigarh,and Majestic Park Plaza and Sarovar Portico in Ludhiana. In addition,3 hotel projects are at various stages of development across Jalandhar,Zirakpur and Dera Bassi.

Besides Sarovar’s Park Plaza,Hotel Lalit Chandigarh from the Lalit Suri group which operates hotel chains under the banner Lalit group is under construction on a four acre land close to IT Park and it would have 200 rooms. Hotel J.W.Marriott has alrady become operational. While the ‘The Taj’,flagship brand of hotel chains by Taj resorts and palaces,was forerunner in making Chandigarh its destination,other hotel chains are having new plans to open their accommodation.

Besides,Taj GVK,Asian Hotels (West) (promoters of Hyatt Regency,Mumbai),ITC ,DS Construction,Soma Enterprise,Simplex Infrastructure,C&C Construction,Era Infrastructure,KCP Projects,Blue Coast Hotels and Resorts (promoters of Park Hyatt,Goa) and Xander Advisor India (an assets management company) have shown keen interest in Chandigarh. Deepak Manocha,general manager,J.W.Marriot observed that “with the expansion of industrial and business profile,Chandigarh was turning into a major corporate destination”.