IHCL Accelerates Growth with 46 Hotel Signings & 250+ Hotels

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) maintains its fast tracked growth in H1 FY2026 with 46 signings and 26 openings including 14 that are part of the recently created marketing and distribution partnership with Brij Hospitality and Clarks Group of Hotels.

Key Highlights

• IHCL accelerates growth with 46 hotel signings and 26 openings in H1 FY2026.
• Mid-scale to upscale hotels drive IHCL’s portfolio expansion under Accelerate 2030.
• IHCL reaches milestone of 250+ operating hotels across India with 25,500 rooms.

Suma Venkatesh, Executive Vice President – Real Estate & Development, IHCL said, “Reflective of the growing potential of the mid-scale to upscale hotels in India, a significant share of the 46 signings in the first half of this fiscal were across IHCL’s Gateway, Tree of Life and Ginger brands. This momentum in growth was enabled through multi hotel framework agreements with the Ambuja Neotia group for Taj, SeleQtions and Tree of Life brands and with Madison for the Ginger brand in south India.”

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She added, “Expanding its footprint, hotels under Taj brand were signed in locations like Darjeeling, ECR Chennai, Pondicherry, Mohali and in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Fueled by this strong growth, IHCL is well poised to achieve its goal of a 700-hotel portfolio under its strategy – Accelerate 2030 hotel expansion.”

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Deepika Rao, Executive Vice President – Hotel Openings & New Businesses, IHCL added, “Maintaining a robust pace of openings, IHCL opened 12 hotels and onboarded 14 more in H1 of FY2026. Entering new locations, we opened a Taj in Alibaug and Raichak and two SeleQtions resorts in Lakshadweep and a Vivanta in Thane. We strengthened our presence in existing markets of Udaipur with our fourth Taj hotel – Taj Lalit Bagh, a Gateway in Coorg and Ahmedabad and added a second SeleQtions in Haridwar as well as a Ginger in Dehradun. With the addition of these new hotels, IHCL reaches a milestone of 250+ operating hotels in India with 25,500 rooms.”