Diversified brandscape powers 670-hotel portfolio; 47 signings and 20 hotel openings in H1 FY2027
The company said it signed 47 hotels and opened 20 hotels in H1 FY2027.
- Hotels Signed (H1 FY2027)
- signed 47 hotels
- Hotels Opened (H1 FY2027)
- opened 20 hotels
- Total Portfolio
- 670 hotels — 390 operating and 280 in the pipeline
What the company announced
The company said it signed 47 hotels in the first half of FY2027 and opened 20 hotels in the same period. Its total hotel portfolio has reached 670 hotels, made up of 390 operating hotels and 280 pipeline hotels.
Portfolio as on 30 September 2026
- Taj: 151 hotels in total (95 operating, 56 pipeline)
- Ginger: 254 total (162 operating, 92 pipeline)
- Gateway: 63 total (14 operating, 49 pipeline)
- SeleQtions: 60 total (36 operating, 24 pipeline)
- Vivanta: 55 total (33 operating, 22 pipeline)
- Tree of Life: 55 total (32 operating, 23 pipeline)
- Brij: 20 total (10 operating, 10 pipeline)
- Clarks: 6 total (4 operating, 2 pipeline)
- Claridges Collection: 4 total (3 operating, 1 pipeline)
- Atmantan: 2 total (1 operating, 1 pipeline)
- Total: 390 operating, 280 pipeline, 670 overall
The operating hotel counts include hotels under brand migration — Ginger 60 hotels, Claridges Collection 2 hotels and Tree of Life 3 hotels.
Where the signings came from
- In luxury, 4 Taj hotels, one Brij and one Amantaan were signed.
- Ginger and Tree of Life together accounted for 19 signings, adding scale in the mid-scale segment.
- The signed and opened hotels were spread across the company's ten hotel brands.
Where the growth is
- Openings increased presence in key lodging markets of Mumbai, Gurugram, Goa and Hyderabad.
- The company also entered emerging destinations of Kandla, Ayodhya, Tadoba, Kota, Bokaro and Jorhat in India.
- Internationally, the Taj footprint was extended with hotel openings in Frankfurt and Kruger in South Africa, taking operating hotels to 390.
What management said
- Ms. Suma Venkatesh, Executive Vice President – Real Estate & Development, said the company is on track to achieve its guidance under Accelerate 2030 of a 700-hotel portfolio ahead of time.
- She said the growth is driven by a diversified strategy across brands, markets and contract types, a mix of capital-light and capital-heavy assets, and a growing high-margin fee-based business.
About the company
- It describes itself as India's largest hospitality company by market capitalisation.
- It opened its first hotel, the Taj Mahal Palace, in Bombay in 1903.
- It says its portfolio of 670 hotels, including 280 in the pipeline, spans 4 continents, 15 countries and over 300 locations.
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More numbers
- Hotels signed in H1 FY202747
- Hotels opened in H1 FY202720
- Total hotel portfolio670
- Operating hotels390
- Pipeline hotels280
- Accelerate 2030 portfolio guidance700
- Signings in Ginger and Tree of Life19
- Ginger brand total hotels254
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