ITC Hotel Group's upper upscale brand Welcomhotel is planning to add three more properties in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Recently, ITC inked a deal to open 136-room Welcomhotel Gwalior, which is spread over 7 acre and slated to open by 2025.

ITC group firm Fortune Park Hotels plans to add 15 new properties with 1,500 rooms in the next two-and-a-half years to its portfolio as part of its expansion across India. The hospitality firm, which currently has 42 properties with room inventory of around 3,200, is looking to cater to a strong domestic demand in smaller cities and also from pilgrimage tourism.

ITC is exploring all options and discussing alternate structures for the demerger plan of its hotel business. ITC Hotels has plans of launching more than 20 hotels in the next two years in Ooty and Jabalpur among others.

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Uttar Pradesh has attracted investment of over Rs 5,000 crore in the food processing sector from various national and international companies. The Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority has allotted land for projects to companies such as AB Mauri, PepsiCo, ITC Ltd and Coca Cola.

With the Centre issuing in-principle approval for the Outer Ring Road project in Thiruvananthapuram, the state government has directed KITCO to come up with a detailed project report by October. The government decided to develop the project further taking into consideration the economics of the upcoming Vizhinjam project.

The Department of Industries has approved the firm’s proposal to establish a manufacturing unit of nicotine and nicotine bitartrate dihydrate. It will invest Rs. 265 crore in the project at Immavu Industrial Area in Nanjanagud taluk, Mysuru.

Tamil Nadu recently cleared projects worth Rs. 2,500 crore, expected to create nearly 4,000 jobs. The proposed projects include Rs. 500 crore from ITC for its proposed expansion in Coimbatore, while Philips Carbon, a carbon black major, and electric vehicle maker Ather Energy will invest Rs 600 crore each in different projects.