IntelliStay Hotels Pvt Ltd (IHPL) has launched its third brand, i-Stay Hotels, with its first hotel in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The brand is a youth and transit hotel, which also provides shared accommodation for families and groups.
i-Stay Hotels at Raipur Junction is located besides the railway station, and bus stand, making it convenient for transit travellers. i.Qube, i.Quad and i.Share are rooms with shared facilities that can sleep two to eight people. This is an innovative approach to organized dormitory style accommodation for better value.
This hotel has 33 rooms, which include twenty-four i.Classic rooms, eight i.Comfort rooms and one i.Share with nine beds. The public spaces have been designed to give guests a familiar yet refreshing atmosphere to socialize and network with fellow guests. On-site amenities in Raipur include a vegetarian restaurant, complimentary internet access, banquet hall, shared office space, a deli, and a gym. The shared working space, called i-Work, is a co-working space operated by IntelliStay Hotels, and will be run across most i-Stay Hotels, providing the guests with a convenient working and networking facility.
The second and third i-Stay Hotels are scheduled to launch in Mumbai. , both of which are currently under renovation. Mango Suites properties in Nagpur and Secunderabad are to be renovated and reflagged as i-Stay Hotels.
“Abhishek Agrawal, owner of i-Stay Hotels at Raipur Junction, and I strongly feel that the hotel will be a boon for railway travellers coming into Raipur from various inner markets of central India,” said Prashanth Rao Aroor, CEO of IHPL. “We plan to take this concept forward to connect 100 major railway stations with i-Stay Hotels, through franchise, management contracts and revenue share contracts.”
“In IntelliStay Hotels, we found a pragmatic and logical partner, with the required corporate set up, to help us design and develop a new product that matches the market requirements,” said Abhishek Agrawal. “We are looking at setting up a network of i-Stay Hotels, Mango Hotels and Apodis Collection in partnership with IHPL across Chhattisgarh, which has a lot of untapped potential for both business and leisure hotels.”
