IHG annouces Holiday Inn in Lavasa, Maharashtra

Lavasa Corporation has signed an agreement with IHG to open Holiday Inn at Mugaon, the second town under development at Lavasa. Holiday Inn Lavasa, Mugaon will have 200 rooms and is expected to open by 2015.
Mugaon, located close to the first town Dasve is being developed as a residential, educational, business and commercial hub. Major attractions in the new town are the Town Centre with shops, cafes, cultural institutions, spiritual centres, Apollo Medicity, schools and colleges, sports academies like Manchester City Football Academy, Nick Faldo Golf Academy and a USSRC supported Space theme Park and a Hollywood – Bollywood style theme park.
Holiday Inn Lavasa, Mugaon will exemplify the standards of the USD$1 billion Holiday Inn relaunch, featuring new signage, new exterior landscaping and design, an enhanced welcome experience with a re-designed lobby, de-cluttered reception desk and all-new signature scents and sounds. The 200-room hotel will offer an extensive selection of F&B outlets. Construction of the new hotel is likely to commence in the third quarter of 2013.
Commenting on the development, Rajgopal Nogja, group president – Development Companies, HCC said, “Tourist traffic to Lavasa is on the rise with close to 1 lakh tourists visiting the city every month.”
Douglas Martell, vice-president pperations, South West Asia, IHG said, “ With a growing economy and an expanding middle class, we foresee a strong demand for midscale hotels in the country, and the Holiday Inn Lavasa, Mugaon will be a great product of the next generation of hotels planned for India.”