Wyndham to expand
Wyndham Hotels & Resor ts is ready to open new proper ties across India, catering to
different segments
Nikhil Sharma, Area Director, Eurasia for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts EMEA, shares that the brand is ready to open new properties across India, catering to different segments.
We recently shared the news of our expansion across the Indian sub-continent, showing Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ strong growth trajectory in the region with the openings of our first hotels in Nepal and Bhutan. Our economy brands such as Days Hotel and Hawthorn Suites continue to show momentum, together with our most dominant mid-scale brand in the region, Ramada by Wyndham. We expect to open our 50th Wyndham branded hotel in the Indian sub-continent next month, highlighting our commitment to growth across the region.
We see tremendous potential in religious holiday destinations across India. Dwarka is one of the four main pilgrim destinations for Hindus, which made it the perfect location for a Wyndham branded property. We currently have various hotels in religious destinations such as Varanasi, Amritsar, Ajmer and are currently exploring opportunities in Tirupati, Vrindavan, Shirdi, Kathmandu among others. Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham in Dwarka is a villa development, which makes it an ideal property for families that are searching for a hotel that can accommodate them for an extended stay.
Over the last few years, we are seeing a significant uptick in interest for internationally branded hotels that offer large meeting and event spaces. Aligarh is a TierIII city, as well as an industrial city, located in Western Uttar Pradesh, famous for its brass and meat processing industry. It is also home to public sector undertakings such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), making our Ramada by Wyndham Aligarh GT Road a convenient, amenity-rich location for meeting, event and industry-specific business travel.
Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Pune Hinjewadi is strategically located in Hinjewadi – India’s largest IT Park, as well as home to the Balewadi Stadium. This prime
Wyndham in Dwarka is an ideal property for families that are looking at an extended stay”
location garners significant business from international and domestic IT and automobile companies and also offers sports fans a great home base when travelling for sporting events taking place at the nearby stadium.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ newest promotional offerings such as ‘Welcome Back’, ‘Travel Again’ and ‘Stay for Two Nights’, help us to engage with our guests and in turn boost sales. Our regional sales team is also working on deploying a variety of sales initiatives including Wyndham Easy Book that offers discounted rates for small to medium sized businesses. This new initiative was designed to build on Wyndham’s already strong presence in the corporate travel space. These small to mid-sized businesses are a critical business segment to attract domestic travel, which as we’ve seen is dominant in today’s market.