WORLDHOTELS expands India Portfolio with two new hotels in Gurgaon and Bangalore

(Hong Kong, December 11, 2008) – WORLDHOTELS is delighted to announce further expansion in India by welcoming two business hotels from Bangalore and Gurgaon into the First Class Collection.

Park Premier Hotel is the newest 4-star business hotel in Gurgaon, the growing corporate hub on the outskirts of New Delhi.

The designer boutique hotel features 94 spacious and elegantly designed guest rooms and suites.

The Park Premier Hotel offers a choice of three refreshing and stylish food and beverage outlets. The Down Town Café serves popular and freshly baked dishes 24-hour a day. The fine dining restaurant 29th The Grill is renowned for its exquisite grilled platters and succulent delicacies of seafood and meat, and as well as a distinctive selection of wines. The Lounge Bar at the lobby level provides hors d’ oeuvres, delectable snacks, and cocktails as well as live entertainment in the evening.

The sophisticated conference and banquet facilities are complemented by a dedicated team of planners, chefs and service personnel who are on hand to assist with any events.

Also joining WORLDHOTELS’ First Class Collection is The Atria – the well-established business hotel located in the heart of Bangalore, India's 'Silicon Valley’. The hotel is well connected to the main business and transportation hubs and is also the closest 4 star hotel to the new Bangalore International Airport.

With a total of 168 rooms and suites, The Atria is targeted at the international traveller and provides guests with comfortable high quality stays at affordable rates. The hotel features three restaurants and a bar including the acclaimed Tijouri which serves authentic Hindustani cuisine. The other restaurants are the 1498 A.D. restaurant - a tribute to the great Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama which offers daily breakfast and lunch buffet and a la carte dinner delights, and Silk Winds which serves a variety of Asian cuisines including Cantonese and Sichuan, Japanese, Malaysian and Thai delicacies. These are complemented by the hotel’s cosy Aqua Bar. In addition, The Atria offers well equipped and extensive conference and banquet facilities which can accommodate a maximum of one thousand guests.

WORLDHOTELS Vice-President for Asia Pacific, Mr. Roland Jegge, said "We are delighted to welcome Park Premier Hotel and The Atria Hotel to our India portfolio. Following our breakthrough into the market last year with three hotels from the exclusive luxury hospitality group, Claridges Hotels & Resorts as well as two independent properties in Mumbai and Chennai our India portfolio has now grown to 7 hotels over the past 12 months. We see exciting future potential in the fast-developing India market."

For further information Park Premier Hotel and on The Atria Hotel go to www.worldhotels.com