Speaking to reporters after launching Ginger Hotels' second property in Chennai, Prabhat Pani, chief executive officer and director, Roots Corporation, said, "This is our 26th hotel across the country. With this, we have added around 200 rooms this year in two projects.
Tata Group's associate Roots Corporation operates chain of budget hotels all over the country.
Ginger Hotels, the no-frills brand by Roots Corporation, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Indian Hotels which operates Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, is in talks with real estate developers to rent space in commercial complexes to run its hotels.
Indian Hotels Company Limited, which runs the Taj Group of hotels in India and abroad, will promote the 'Ginger' brand across the country by setting up properties targetting the mass market.
Tata Indicom on Wednesday announced a single rate plan for post-paid mobile customers that allow optimum usage in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
After endorsing Lotto, Malabar Gold and HPCL, tennis star Sania Mirza has been roped in by Tata Indicom with the launch of a limited edition of 'Signature Series' of handset called 'Sania Fone'.
Indian Hotels Company Ltd's Ginger Hotels will invest over Rs 204 crore (Rs 2.04 billion) to set up 17 budget hotels in tier-II cities in the next 12 months.