Global hospitality major Accor Hotels plans to add up to nine hotels in India this year, bringing in global hotel chains like 25Hours and Banyan Tree into the country. The French hospitality company, considered Europe’s largest hotel chain, recently made strategic investments into the two hospitality firms. With the opening of the new hotels, the company will enter cities such as Lucknow, Guwahati, Nagpur and Coimbatore. The company currently operates 46 hotels in the country under 10 brands including Sofitel, Novotel and Ibis in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Globally, AccorHotels owns and runs around 20 brands across 92 countries.
