Union govt plans 100 budget hotels on PPP mode

The Union government is planning to add 100 budget hotels by 2016 in a bid to give a boost to the hospitality sector. The tourism ministry wants to set up these hotels through public-private-partnership (PPP) in one-, two- and three-star categories, besides add 3,440 rooms by the end of the 12th Plan period (2012-17).

The land for building these hotels will be allotted through a 'transparent bidding process', according to tourism ministry's working group report on the 12th Plan.

Companies with a minimum experience of five years in running budget hotels will be allowed to bid for these.