ITC Hotels

ITC Hotels

 is India’s third largest hotel chain with over 100 hotels. It is based in the Hotels Division Headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. It is part of the ITC Limited group of companies. ITC Hotels is regularly voted amongst the best employers in Asia in the hospitality sector. It has a franchise agreement to operate most of its hotels as part of The Luxury Collection of Marriott International.

History

ITC Limited entered the hotel business on 18 October 1975 with the opening of a hotel in Chennai, which was renamed Hotel Chola.

ITC Hotels has hosted many visiting royalty and world leaders, including George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, and Barack Obama.

The hotel chain works on a philosophy of “Responsible Luxury” and each hotel in the chain has a LEEDS (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum rating.

Originally incorporated as Rama Hotels Pvt Ltd in 1972 and renamed Vishwarama Hotels in 1973. The Vazir Sultan Tobacco Co Ltd. (VST Industries) bought Vishwarama Hotels in 1980-1981 and soon after, in 1982, the first luxury hotel for the new chain opened in Bangalore.

In 1984, ITC Ltd. bought the entire equity capital from VST. In 1985 the Indian government awarded the Hotel that would later become the ITC Gardenia a five star rating.

The company name was changed from ITC Ltd. to ITC Hotels in 1986.

ITC brands

The group today operates under several distinct brands:

• ITC luxury collection, which has 14 hotels
• Welcom Hotels
• Fortune Hotels, which has 54 hotels with 4,446 rooms in 41 cities across India
• Welcom Heritage Hotels

ITC Hotels

• ITC Rama International, Aurangabad
• ITC Grand Bharat, Gurugram
• ITC Maurya, New Delhi
• ITC Grand Chola, Chennai
• ITC Maratha, Mumbai
• ITC Grand Central, Mumbai
• ITC Sonar, Kolkata
• ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata
• ITC Fortune Park BBD, Lucknow
• ITC Mughal, Agra
• ITC Narmada, Ahmedabad (Opening in 2022)
• ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru
• ITC Windsor, Bengaluru
• ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad
• ITC Kohenur, Hyderabad
• ITC Rajputana, Jaipur
• ITC Welcomhotel, Jodhpur
• ITC Grand Goa Resort and Spa, Goa (Previously, Park Hyatt Goa, before acquisition)
• ITC Hotel Colombo, Sri Lanka (Opening in 2022)