ITC Hotels Limited (ITCHL) announced the milestone 50th hotel signing for the Welcomhotel brand in India with addition of new hotels in Shirdi and Bhubaneshwar to the growing band portfolio. The soon to open destinations for Welcomhotel brand includes Gangtok in Sikkim and Bhopal & Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. 

ITCHL entered into definitive agreement with M/s. Sandy Resort Private Limited to operate their upcoming 73-room hotel in Shirdi, Maharashtra. The new alliance between the two companies also extends to a second 84-room hotel in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha under the Welcomhotel brand with these two new signings the Welcomhotel brand portfolio consists of 51 hotels with over 5500 keys (30 operating hotels and 21 in pipeline).