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InterGlobe Hotels will invest around Rs 550 crore to set up two new properties in Mumbai and Bengaluru by 2025, its President and CEO JB Singh said on Thursday. The company -- a 60:40 joint venture between InterGlobe Enterprises Pvt Ltd and Accor Asia Pacific -- opened its new 'ibis Styles' hotel here and plans to open a new property under the 'ibis' brand in Mumbai by the end of next year, followed by the launch of a new hotel under the Novotel brand in Bengaluru early 2025. "This (ibis Styles Vagator) becomes the 23rd ibis (property in India), but as a portfolio, we are at 28 hotels, with this and two to open (which are) under active development. The ibis in Mumbai will open sometime late next year and the Novotel in Bangalore within 2-4 months of that or early 2025," Singh told PTI here. He was responding to a query on the company's expansion plans. When asked about the investments in the two new properties, Singh said, "We will add 207 rooms in Mumbai at an ibis, which will hav
A proposal by InterGlobe Enterprises, the Gurugram-based parent of the IndiGo airline, for travel benefits to the two independent directors (IDs) on its board and their family has caught the eye of a proxy advisory firm.Stakeholders' Empowerment Services (SES) has objected to the plan and asked shareholders to vote against the move in a postal ballot that is currently open and closing this Tuesday. The company is seeking shareholder approval for unlimited free tickets, for leisure purposes, to the two IDs, Devadas Mallya Mangalore and Anupam Khanna, and their family members (spouse and dependent children) in the ballot. SES contends Section 197(7) of the Companies Act does not allow any such payment to IDs. Further, this proposal has been referred by the Nominations and Remuneration Committee (NRC) and the Audit Committee -- both panels comprise three directors, including these two."Did these directors participate in recommending the proposal? If yes, it raises a question over their ..