Sudipta Dev – Mumbai
GenX Hotels brand from the 1589 Hotels company is a member of Clarks Collections. These hotels are a combination of managed and owned properties. The focus of 1589 Hotels is to cater to the generation next modern Indian traveller. With properties ranging from destinations like Vadodra in Gujarat to Lucknow in UP, from Haldwani in Uttarakhand to Hyderabad in the south, the brand has an aggressive expansion strategy. “We are creating a value for money chain for the business traveller. GenX Hotels is a brand which is striving hard to provide five star services at a nominal cost of budget hotel range,” said Nikhil Sanjay Joshi, GM – operations and new property development, GenX Casaya Inn.
The upcoming hotels are in Chittorgarh, Manipal, Jodhpur, Varanasi, Mughalsarai, Naukuchiyatal and Birganj (Nepal). “We have extensive expansion plans in India and overseas. We already have a property in Nepal called Fulbari Resort by Clarks,” stated Joshi.
In UP, where the company recently opened GenX Casaya Inn in Lucknow, they are looking at more destinations like Kanpur, Varanasi, Noida. In Agra a hotel is already operational. “We are open to setting up new properties in any Tier II destinations,” mentioned Joshi. GenX Casaya Inn in Lucknow is a 30 rooms mid-scale hotel. “We have been getting 60 to 70 per cent occupancy. The hotel is built by the owner and operated by our company. There is a big banquet hall of 4000 sq feet and smaller meeting rooms. We can cater to MICE and weddings. We have made an effort to give facilities for both leisure and business travellers. Lucknow has a lot of diversity in culture and food so we not only get business travellers but also families who are here on a holiday,” stated Joshi, pointing out that they have also been getting Buddhist circuit guests in the property.