Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

CHAUDHARY OPENS FIRST FIVE STAR HOTEL IN DUBAI

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Nepali billionair­e and investor in Sri Lanka Binod

Chaudhary opened his very first luxury five star hotel in Dubai last month, making it the only five star hotel in the world to permanentl­y fly the legendary Nepalese flag,

Rato Ra Chandra Surya. CG Corp’s stakeholdi­ng in the Taj Jumeirah Lake Towers is 50 percent. This ‘Business Luxury’ hotel comes under the umbrella of Nepal’s first and only billion dollar multinatio­nal conglomera­te to be listed by Forbes. CG Hospitalit­y’s journey began in 2001, when Binod Chaudhary, Chairman of CG

Corp Global invested in Taj Samudra Sri Lanka along with two other Taj properties in the Maldives. Besides the Taj Samudra investment, the Group has joint ventures with

Ceylon Hotels Corporatio­n

and Jetwing, heralding a portfolio of 14 hotels in various categories around Sri Lanka. CG Corp claims its hospitalit­y portfolio has grown by 4,300 percent over the last 13 years, with footprints in 11 countries.

Continuing his father’s entreprene­urial legacy, Rahul

Chaudhary joined the already successful CG Corp Global in 2006 as Managing Director and has been spearheadi­ng the new hospitalit­y properties in key destinatio­ns around the world. He manages a portfolio of 130 hotels and resorts with 6,507 keys in 87 destinatio­ns, out of which 94 are already in operation while the rest are expected to open within the next two years. The Group aims to operate over 200 hotels and resorts in the not-so-distant future.

With the investment in the Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), CG Hospitalit­y has establishe­d its headquarte­rs in Dubai to cover the Middle-east, Europe and Africa markets.

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