ITC Hotels

ITC Hotels
Public
Industry Hospitality
Founded 1975
Headquarters Gurgaon, India
Number of locations
 190
Area served
 India
Key people
 Y C Deveshwar
Owner ITC
Website Official site

ITC Hotels is India's second largest hotel chain with over 100 hotels. Based in the Hotels Division Headquarters at the ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon, New Delhi, ITC Hotels is also the exclusive franchisee of The Luxury Collection brand of Starwood Hotels and Resorts in India. It is part of the ITC Limited (formerly India Tobacco Company) group of companies.[1][2] ITC Hotels is regularly voted amongst the best employers in Asia in the hospitality sector.[3]

History

ITC Limited entered the hotel business on 18 October 1975 with the opening of a hotel in Chennai, which was renamed Hotel Chola.[4] In 2006, ITC hotels owned and operated 100 hotels in 75 locations. ITC Hotels have a reputation of playing host to visiting royalty and world leaders time and again.[5][6][7][8]

ITC Restaurants Bukhara, Peshawari, Dakshin, DumPukht and Kebabs & Kurries are well known cuisine brands today. They market a line of food products, Kitchens of India.[9]

ITC Hotels has one of the most extensive art collections in India. A museum of their collection is being planned in Kolkata.[10] ITC Grand Bharat[11] is their latest hotel established in Manesar, Gurgaon.

ITC brands

ITC Grand Maratha Hotel, Mumbai
Lavasa Fortune Hotel courtyard, Lavasa, Maharashtra

The group today operates under several distinct brands:

Art collection

Since 1975, ITC Hotels has collected a bank of art by over 50 artists including some of India’s contemporary artists like A.G. Subramanyam, Krishan Khanna, Jatin Das, Ram Kumar, M.F. Hussain, F.N. Souza, J. Swaminathan, Tyeb Mehta, Anjolie Ela Menon, Akbar Padamsee, A. Ramachandran, Satish Gujral, Meera Mukherjee, Jamini Roy, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Sanjay Bhattacharjee, Gopi Gajwani, Biren Dey, Kim Michael, G.R. Santosh and Arpita Singh.

References

  1. ↑ "ITC Limited - One of the World's Most Reputable Companies". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "ITC - History and Evolution". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Welcomgroup tops Hewitt best employer". The Hindu (Chennai). 15 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "About us". ITC Hotels. n.d. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "President Bush arrives". Rediff. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "The Bill Gates suite at the Maurya"
  7. ↑ Joseph, Josy (2 October 2000). "Chandragupta ready to host Putin". Rediff (New Delhi). Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "Obama visit: US wants no-fly zone over ITC Maurya, Taj". hindustantimes. 26 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Kitchens of India - About Us". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  10. ↑ ITC's Art collection
  11. ↑ Our Bureau. "ITC Grand Bharat launched in NCR". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Fortune signs up Savoy Hotel in Mussoorie". Hospitality Biz India. 1 July 2009.

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