Hospitality chain AccorHotels bullish on UP, to expand footprint in state

Group already has hotels in Noida, Lucknow, is scouting for properties in PM Modi's Varanasi

French hospitality chain AccorHotels is bullish on the North Indian market, particularly Uttar Pradesh and is looking at expanding footprint in the state.
 
AccorHotels, which already operates hotel properties in Noida and Lucknow, is now eyeing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency of Varanasi to open its next hotel in the country’s most populous state.
 
“We are keen to having our next hotel in Varanasi and we are already on the lookout for suitable opportunities in this regard,” AccorHotels, chief Operating Officer (India and South Asia) Jean-Michel Cassé told Business Standard here.
 
He said the Indian hospitality