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India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

's second largest hotel chain with over 100 hotels. Based out of Hotels Division Headquarters at the ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon

Gurgaon

Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...

, off New Delhi, ITC Hotels is also the exclusive franchisee of The Luxury Collection brand of Starwood Hotels and Resorts in India. ITC Hotels is regularly voted amongst the best employers in Asia in the hospitality sector.

History

ITC Limited entered the hotel business on October 18, 1975, with the opening of a hotel in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, which was rechristened Hotel Chola. ITC hotels currently owns and operates 100 hotels in 75 destinations. ITC Hotels have a reputation of playing host to visiting royalty and world leaders time and again.

Its restaurants Bukhara (restaurant)

Bukhara (restaurant)

Bukhara is a restaurant at the Luxury Collection ITC Maurya Hotel in New Delhi, India. Established in 1977, it is "heavy on meats, marinated and grilled in a tandoor ".-Description:...

, Peshawari, Dakshin, DumPukht and Kebabs & Kurries are well known cuisine brands today.

ITC-Welcomgroup has one of the most extensive art collections in India. A museum of their collection is being planned in Kolkata.

ITC brands

The group today operates under several distinct brands:

ITC - Luxury Collection Hotels
WelcomHotel Sheraton Hotels
Fortune Hotels, which has 54 hotels with 4446 rooms in 41 cities across India
WelcomHeritage Hotels
WelcomHeritage Hotels
WelcomHeritage Hotels is a chain of heritage hotels and resorts in India. WelcomHeritage Hotels is a joint venture between ITC Limited and the Maharaja of Jodhpur....

ITC Hotel Luxury Collection

ITC Grand Chola, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
ITC Maurya, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
ITC Mughal, Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
ITC Maratha, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
ITC Grand Central, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
ITC Sonar, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad
ITC Windsor, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
ITC Royal Gardenia, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

WelcomHotel / Sheraton properties

Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
Sheraton Rajputana, Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
Sheraton New Delhi, New Delhi
WelcomHotel Rama International, Aurangabad
WelcomHotel Vadodara, Vadodara
Vadodara
Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...
WelcomHotel GrandBay, Visakhapatnam

List of Fortune Hotels

My Fortune, Chennai
My Fortune, Chennai
My Fortune, Chennai is a five-star luxury hotel located at Cathedral Road in Chennai, India. Formerly known as WelcomHotel Sheraton Chola, My Fortune Chennai is the first hotel to be launched under ITC's brand "My Fortune"...
Fortune Global Select Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...
Fortune Select Palms Chennai
Fortune Select Trinity Bangalor
Fortune Select Exotica Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai is a Planned Satellite City on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is the largest planned city on the planet, with under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and a total area of . Navi Mumbai...
Fortune Select Manohar Hyderabad
Fortune Select JP Cosmos Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
Fortune Select Loudon Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
Fortune Park Bella Casa Jaipur
Fortune Landmark Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
Fortune Landmark Indore
Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
Fortune Park Center Point Jamshedpur
Fortune Hotel The South Park Trivandrum
Fortune Park Calicut Calicut
Fortune Park Galaxy Vapi
Vapi
Vapi Vapi Vapi (IAST: vāpī, Gujarati: , is a city and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated on the banks of Damanganga River in southern Gujarat, India. Vapi falls under the taluka administration of Pardi...
Fortune Murali Park Vijaywada
Fortune Park Klassik Ludhiana
Fortune Pandiyan Hotel Madhurai
Fortune Park Panchwati Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
Fortune Kences Tirupati Tirupati
Fortune Resort Bay Island Port Blair
Port Blair
Port Blair is the largest town and a municipal council in Andaman district in the Andaman Islands and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India...
Fortune Resort Sullivan Court Ooty
Fortune Chariot Resort Mahabalipuram
Fortune Resort Central Darjeeling
Fortune Inn Riviera Jammu
Jammu
Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...
Fortune Inn Jukaso Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
Fortune Inn Sree Kanya Vishakapatnam

Fortune park JP celestial bangalore
Fortune park Zeeshan ayaz inn, lucknow

List of WelcomHeritage Properties

Bal Samand Lake Palace Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
Bal Samand Garden Retreat Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
Bassi Fort Chittorgarh
Chittorgarh
Chittorgarh is a city and a municipality in Rajasthan state of western India. It lies on the Berach River, a tributary of the Banas, and is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgharh District and a former capital of the Sisodia clans of Rajputs of Mewar...
Bijay Niwas Palace Ajmer
Ajmer
Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...
Bob's Place Nathuakhan
Nathuakhan
Nathuakhan is a village in the Ramgarh block of the Nainital district in the state of Uttarakhand. It is situated at a height of 1940 meters, in the heart of Kumaon Mountains of the central Himalayas, close to the towns of Mukteshwar and Nainital....
Calve Pondicherry
Camellia Hotel & Resort Shantiniketan
Chalets Naldehra Naldehra
Chinnar Plantation Bungalow Elappara
Elappara
Elappara is a village in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala.-Demographics: India census, Elappara had a population of 26094 with 12908 males and 13186 females. This hill area is known for the Elappara Tea estate and their brand MASCO. Elappara is a small village city located near to...

, Idukki Dist.
Connaught House Mount Abu
Corbett Ramganga Resort Corbett National Park
Denzong Regency Retreat Gangtok
Gangtok
Gangtok is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim. Gangtok is located in the Shivalik Hills of the eastern Himalayan range, at an altitude of . The town, with a population of thirty thousand belonging to different ethnicities such as Nepalis, Lepchas and Bhutia, is administered...
Fernhills Palace Ooty
Golf View Pachmarhi
Pachmarhi
Pachmarhi is a hill station in Madhya Pradesh state of central India, also known for the Pachmarhi Cantonment. It is widely known as "Satpura ki Rani" , situated at a height of 1000 m in a valley of the Satpura Range in Hoshangabad district...
Grace Hotel Dharamsala
Dharamsala
Dharamshala or Dharamsala is a city in northern India. It was formerly known as Bhagsu; it is the winter seat of government of the state of Himachal Pradesh and the district headquarters of the Kangra district....
Grand Imperial Agra
Gurkha Houseboat Srinagar
Srinagar
Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...
Judge's Court Pragpur
Kasmanda Palace Mussoorie
Mussoorie
Mussoorie is a city and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located about 35 km from the state capital of Dehradun and 290 km north from the national capital of New Delhi...
Khimsar Fort Khimsar
Khimsar Sand Dunes Village Khimsar
Koolwal Kothi Nawalgarh
Nawalgarh
Nawalgarh may refer to:*Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, India*Nawalgarh, Himachal Pradesh, India...
Lal Niwas Phalodi
Phalodi
Phalodi is a city and a municipality in Jodhpur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated between latitude 27°-06 to 27°-09 north and 72°-20 to 72°-23east. It has an average elevation of 303 metres...
Lallgarh Palace Bikaner
Maharani Bagh Orchard Retreat Ranakpur
Ranakpur
Ranakpur is a village located in Desuri tehsil near Sadri town in the Pali district of Rajasthan in western India. It is located between Jodhpur and Udaipur, in a valley on the western side of the Aravalli Range...
Mandir Palace Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer
Jaysalmer , nicknamed "The Golden City", is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital Jaipur. It was once known as Jaisalmer state. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace and several ornate Jain...
Narmada Jackson Jabalpur
Noor-Us-Sabah Palace Bhopal
Palace Belvedere Nainital
Pemaling Dirang
Pragati Resorts Hyderabad
Rajendra Villas Palace Mysore
Ranjit's Svaasa Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
Ranthambore Forest Resort Sawai Madhopur
Sawai Madhopur
Sawai Madhopur is a city and a municipality in Sawai Madhopur District in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Sawai Madhopur District....
Raobagh Palace Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand anciently known as Chedi Kingdom is a geographic region of central India...
Regency Villas Ooty
Royal Camp Nagaur Fort
Royal Camp Pushkar
Pushkar
Pushkar is a town in the Ajmer district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is situated at 14 km North West from Ajmer at an average elevation of 510 metres , and is one of the five sacred dhams...
Sardar Samand Palace Pali
Páli
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Shambha - La Leh Ladakh
Solang Valley Resort Manali
Taradale Cottage Ramgarh
Ramgarh
Ramgarh Raj was a major Zamindari in the era of the British Raj.The areas that would later comprise the Ramgarh Raj had initially belonged to the Raja of Chhota Nagpur. Around the year AD 1368, the area witnessed unrest for reasons not now known. The Raja deputed two brothers by name Baghdeo and...
Taragarh Palace Palampur
Palampur
Palampur is a green hill station and a municipal council in the Kangra Valley in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, surrounded on all sides by tea gardens and pine forests before they merge with the Dhauladhar ranges. Palampur is the tea capital of northwest India but tea is just one aspect that...
Umed Bhawan Palace Kota
Kota, Rajasthan
Kota , formerly known as Kotah, is a city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located south of state capital, Jaipur. Situated on the banks of Chambal River, the city is the trade centre for an area in which millet, wheat, rice, pulses, coriander and oilseeds are grown; industries...
Windamere Hotel Darjeeling
Windsor Lodge Ranikhet
Ranikhet
Ranikhet is a hill station and cantonment town in Almora district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the home for the Military Hospital, Kumaon Regiment & Naga Regiment and is maintained by the Indian Army....
Woodville Palace Shimla
Shimla
Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...

Art collection

Art Collection
Since 1975, ITC-Welcomgroup has collected a massive bank of art by over 50 artists including some of India’s most important contemporary artists like A.G. Subramanyam, Krishan Khanna, Jatin Das, Ram Kumar, M.F. Hussain, F.N. Souza, J. Swaminathan, Tyeb Mehta

Tyeb Mehta

Tayyabb Mehta was a noted Indian painter. He was part of the noted Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, which included greats like F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza and M.F...

, Anjolie Ela Menon

Anjolie Ela Menon

Anjolie Ela Menon is one of India's leading contemporary female artists. Her paintings are in several major collections. Most recently , a major work "Yatra" was acquired by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California. Her preferred medium is oil on masonite, though she has also worked in...

, Akbar Padamsee

Akbar Padamsee

Akbar Padamsee is a contemporary Indian artist.He received his diploma from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, in 1951...

, A. Ramachandran, Satish Gujral

Satish Gujral

Satish Gujral is an Indian painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer and architect. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1999....

, Meera Mukherjee, Jamini Roy, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Sanjay Bhattacharjee, Gopi Gajwani, Biren Dey, Kim Michael, G.R. Santosh and Arpita Singh.

ITC-Welcomgroup

‘ITC Green Centre’ certified by the US Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (USGBC – LEED) is the first largest commercial ‘Platinum Rated’ building in the world.
ITC-Welcomgroup was adjudged as a Super Brand in the premium hospitality category in 2003-04.
ITC-Welcomgroup won Today’s Traveler India’s Best Luxury Chain Diamond Award in 2008.
ITC-Welcomgroup was declared Hewitt Best Employer in India & Asia 2009.

Galileo Express Travel World Award

ITC-Welcomgroup was declared as the Best Premium Hotel Brand for three consecutive years - 2005-06, 2006-07 & 2007-2008.
WelcomHeritage won the Award for Best Heritage Chain in India for three consecutive years from 2005 to 2007.
Fortune Park Hotels Limited was declared the Best First Class Hotel Chain in 2004.

Economic Times Avaya Global Connect Award

ITC-Welcomgroup was declared The Most Customer Responsive Company (Hotels) in 2006.

The NCPEDP - Shell Helen Keller Award

ITC-Welcomgroup won the NCEDP ‘Shell Helen Keller Award’ 2008 in

the category ‘Companies / Organisations / Institutions who share our vision and through their policies demonstrate their belief in equal rights and gainful employment for persons with disabilities’.

EHS Awards

ITC-Welcomgroup won PATA Gold Award in Corporate Environmental Category in 2005.
ITC Maurya, New Delhi - Environment Champion Hotel of the year in 1997 and 2001-02.
ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad FHRAI - The Environment Champion award in 2005
ITC Sonar, Kolkata received Five Star rating in the Environmental Management System from British Safety Council in 2007
ITC Mughal, Agra won TERI Corporate Environment Award in 2003-04
ITC Maratha, Mumbai won FHRAI Green Champion of the year among Large Hotels in 2004
ITC Grand Central, Mumbai won FHRAI Award for Green Champion of the year among Large Hotels in 2008
ITC Maurya, New Delhi India declared by Today Travel Plus Toplist Survey as the Eco Friendly Hotel in 2008-09

Tourism Awards

Sheraton New Delhi Hotel won The National Tourism Award - Best Eco Friendly Hotel in 2004-05
ITC Maurya, New Delhi won National Tourism Award for Best Eco Friendly Hotel 2008
ITC Grand Central was recognised as the best Private Public Enterprise Providing Facilities for Physically Challenged Persons by Ministry of Tourism in the year 2007-08

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